Our Only Security Is Krsna

We have so many false shelter; "My family…my family gives me protection".

Bhagavatam says:

"ātma-sainyesv asatsv api" - Fallible soldiers – what kind of protection can they give us?

"My money will protect me".

Then you get an economical crisis and suddenly your bank has gone bankrupt and your money is gone! Or it has no more value. What security is there in this world? No security – we never know. Simply our only security is Krsna! And if we keep that in mind – only then – only one who is fully remembering that;

"That my only security is Krsna".

Such a person is peaceful. Only such a person is peaceful. As simple as that, then we can be free from anxiety – then we realise that actually I have no real relationship with this temporary world or anything from this temporary world – my only real relationship is with Krsna.

The only thing that matters in this life is what I've done for my eternal position, and everything I am doing for the temporary is not important. Everything for the temporary is…you have to eat something, you have to sit somewhere, you have to sleep, we have to do these things – but they are not important. Not important whether we sleep in a golden bed or whether we sleep somewhere else – sleeping is sleeping.

So the main thing is to do something for our eternal spiritual benefits – to render some devotional service for Krsna, then we will surely attain perfection in life!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Chowpatty, 12th December 2010)

 

 

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A Lock Will Not Do

At this stage of spiritual life where we are still in between Prahlada and Hiranyakashipu - we are not always inspired - there are plenty of days that we are struggling.
So we need some nectar. It's very important that we have some nectar. It is not all about determination:
'I shall do it!!! I shall never do it again!!! I'm giving up sex life!!! At least all illicit sex, and in between I just bite a piece of wood!!!'
That is not going to work.
Srila Prabhupad spoke about a yogi who was walking naked and who had put a lock on his genitals and the Prabhupad asked the intelligent question:
'They may put the lock, but the question is:
'who has the key?!?''
Yes, very intelligent. A lock will not do, - what will the piece of wood will do?

We need nectar in Krsna Consciousness.

Transcribed By Yamuna Devi Dasi
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Fruska Goranga camp 2010)

 

 

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Blood, Sweat, Tears and Ecstasy!

If one really wants to do something for Krishna, it's not easy.
It's not easy at all to push on this Krishna consciousness movement in this world - not easy, it's heavy!
"Takes gallons of blood"
Blood, sweat, heh-heh... Tears!

But, it also becomes ecstatic.


Transcribed by Bhakta Frederick
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2008 Stockholm)

 

 

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What are we doing about it?

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Delhi 2010)

"that is the situation, degradation is setting in very fast - very fast, rapidly, culture is being lost…
So it is coming to that very quickly - everything is getting lost:
Bollwood is growing and so on!
ISKCON is also growing but if ISKCON is not an active preaching movement then Mayavada will win the race."



I was reading some statistics about India the other day and in these statistics it said that now thirty one percent of people are vegetarian, but six percent of them eat eggs - so that brings it down even more – and then there are also the ones that eat onion and garlic out of those that are vegetarian - so pure vegetarians are even less.
So that was quite a low figure actually if you think about it for a country like India, and it is all going very fast.
When I came to India, forty years ago, that time there were separate canteens on the railway platform: vegetarian and non-veg, separate kitchens but now…well!
We see on the plane very few are taking the vegetarian diet. Yesterday on the flight to Delhi, the vegetarian meals were left over - we didn't take those either:
They were walking around:
" we have plenty left of the vegetarian"
So that is the situation, degradation is setting in very fast - very fast, rapidly, culture is being lost…
So it is coming to that very quickly - everything is getting lost:
Bollwood is growing and so on!
ISKCON is also growing but if ISKCON is not an active preaching movement then Mayavada will win the race. They are also catching on…they are on television yes,
videos yes,
they are on the internet,
they are everywhere
and where are we?
We eat a lot of prasadam and then rest! Then we wake up and start the cycle again, we eat and a little more rest…
We are falling behind, Impersonalism is presiding everywhere.
Every devotee: It doesn't matter whether you are wearing kurta, dhoti or if you are a plain clothed devotee - the same thing, the same duty, whether shaved or lots of hair – that doesn't matter, the essence is what are we doing about it:
'SAMSARA DAVA… ' This world is afflicted by the blazing forest fire, suffering of karma, jnana, sense gratification and impersonalism.
What are we doing about it - to tell people to stop their sinful activity?
To expose the mayavada's foolishness, what are we doing about it?
That is the question – that is the big question we should ask our self:
"What am I doing?"

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Delhi 2010)

 

 

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We Must Take Shelter!

When weakness occurs – be brave. Respond by being brave. Respond by ignoring that weakness. Respond with strength. Sometimes I say it's a weak devotee who will be there everyday in the Mungal Aarti. So it's a weak devotee – strong devotee whether he is in Mungal Aarti everyday or not doesn't really matter – he's strong! But the weak devotee, he must be there everyday.

It's the weak devotee that takes shelter. So we must learn to take shelter. We have no strength! We are full of fear – we are weak, but we must take shelter of the process that gives strength. The more fear we have, we take shelter of chanting Hare Krishna. We take shelter of the scriptures. We take shelter - that's what will give us strength, and in that way we will rise above that weakness – than we will not stay in the impediment!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Chowpatty, 12th December 2010)

 

 

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