Kadamba Kanana Swami
| Kadamba Kanana Swami | |
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| Religion | Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Hinduism |
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| Initiation | Diksa–1979, Sannyasa–1997 |
| Post | ISKCON Guru, ISKCON Sannyasi |
| Website | http://www.kkswami.com/ |
Kadamba Kanana Swami is a Hare Krishna guru[1][2] and one of the senior members of ISKCON.[3][4][5] He is a member of the faculty at Bhaktivedanta College where he teaches in the subject area titled Reflections on Chaitanya Charitamrita.[6] Kadamba Kanana Swami has also been teaching courses on Vaishnavism at Mayapur Institute for Higher Education and Learning.[3][7]
Kadamba Kanana Swami is of Dutch nationality.[4][5] He joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam.[6] From 1985 to 1990 he was in charge of the construction of Srila Prabhupada's Pushpa Samadhi Mandir in Mayapur.[6] From 1990 till 1995 he was serving as a temple president of the renowned Krishna Balarama Mandir in Vrindavan.[6] There was an attempt to murder him in 1995 and after recovery he took sannyasa from his guru, Jayadvaita Swami and is presently an initiating spiritual master within ISKCON.[6] He is the first of a few diksa gurus in ISKCON who were not initiated by ISKCON's founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.[8] Kadamba Kanana Swami is also a member of the Vrindavan Executive Board, the Governing Body Commission for ISKCON Vrindavan.[9]
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[edit] References
- ^ Costa, Jordi (10 de octubre de 2003). "Las vacas que ríen". El Mundo. http://www.elmundo.es/laluna/2003/238/1065615618.html.
- ^ "Of hotties and new hope". Sunday Tribune (South Africa). Oct 1, 2006. p. 7. http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&docId=CJ152186154&source=gale&srcprod=SP01&userGroupName=mtlib_2_1035&version=1.0.
- ^ a b Yadunandana Swami (2009). "A History of Education in ISKCON". ISKCON Studies Journal 1 (1). http://iskconstudies.org/iskcon-studies-journal-vol-one/a-history-of-education-in-iskcon/.
- ^ a b "Hare Krishnarocks down South". Post (South Africa). Sept 24, 2008. p. 13. http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&docId=CJ185532953&source=gale&srcprod=SP01&userGroupName=mtlib_2_1035&version=1.0.
- ^ a b "Ratha-yatra festival will be ‘spectacular beyond belief’". Post (South Africa). March 21, 2007. p. 3. http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&docId=CJ160864128&source=gale&srcprod=SP01&userGroupName=mtlib_2_1035&version=1.0.
- ^ a b c d e "Faculty: Kadamba Kanana Swami". Bhaktivedanta College. http://www.bhaktivedantacollege.com/index.php?p=article&g=33.
- ^ Smullen, Madhava (8 Aug 2009). "Mayapur Institute for Higher Education Enters Tenth Year". ISKCON News. http://news.iskcon.com/node/2203.
- ^ "Diary of a Spiritual Journey". www.kkswami.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20080229073519/http://www.kkswami.com/diary/diary.php. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ Management of ISKCON Vrindavan
[edit] External links
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| Hare Krishna - Wie ich sie sehe | |
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Kadamba Kanana Swami interviewed in a German documentary |
- Biography of H.H. Kadamba Kanana Swami
- Kadamba Kanana Swami on the Official Site of ISKCON Germany and Austria
- Accept what we are!' - interview with Kadamba Kanana Swami
- Bhaktivedanta College Starts Sixth Academic Year
- Writings by Kadamba Kanana Swami
