(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Helsinki, Finland, 2011)


It is said that from all of the service, the chanting of Hare Krishna is the
first and foremost – it's the most important. Of course, we may not always
experience it like that. Somebody may just love cooking and they may feel like:
"Cooking is my life and soul! That's what I love to do. I also chant my rounds
but I'm always thinking about cooking, and that's just my nature."
That's also there, but if you just cook – that's not good enough. Cooking
has to be accompanied by chanting!
The book distributor may think about:
"Books….books….books".
But there has to be a time when he has to stop thinking about book distribution,
and when he has to think about chanting. Because during chanting
it is not good to think of one's service! It's better to put everything
out of the mind and try to just focus on Krishna!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Helsinki, Finland, 2011)


Srila Prabhupada said:
"Krishna Consciousness means we should always be satisfied and happy – not 
that we try to do some impossible work, become over burdened and then 
because we are not happy by so much trouble, that we lose all the enthusiasm 
altogether, and give up all hope. No, too much endeavour should be avoided.
By all means we much reserve our spiritual status – that is the point. Not
that we are mad after big buildings, many devotees life members and this
and that. No, these are only ways to engage the devotees, so they may 
apply the principles of devotional living to some kind of work for practical 
realization of these principles.
It's not the result of the work we want. If we only sincerely preach to one
person a day, that is sufficient. Never mind big big programs. So my
request to you is that you do not be bothered by these things. Krishna
doesn't like to see his sincere devotees suffer or become frustrated 
or depressed. He will not stand by idly at such a case. He has some plan
for you and always think in that way, and very soon He will provide
everything to your heart's desire!"
This is obviously a letter written to a devotee who had the nature 
to create too much stress and to take on too much service. 
But it is something to keep in mind and it's not that he was 
the only one. Many devotees have tried to do too much!

If you come to the temple once a week….poor! Poor- spiritually poor!
It's a poor lifestyle. You are a poor man! You don't get much spiritual 
wealth. Only once a week? I mean is that all? Poor! We must seek
out devotees all the time. We must be eager to be with devotees.
Even if it is at a distance, somehow or other we must be there all 
the time as much as possible. That is eagerness.
(Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, October 2011, Sydney, Australia)

Here is another video of the wonderful harinam through the
streets of Melbourne in October. Enjoy the video. If you cant 
see the video then visit youtube.