Kadamba Kanana Swami

Kadamba Kanana Swami
Religion Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Personal
Born April 12, 1953
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Religious career
Initiation Diksa–1979, Sannyasa–1997
Post ISKCON Guru, ISKCON Sannyasi
Website http://www.kkswami.com/

Kadamba Kanana Swami (born April 12, 1953 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) 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 Vrindavan.[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 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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Costa, Jordi (10 October 2003). "Las vacas que ríen". El Mundo.
  2. ↑ "Of hotties and new hope". Sunday Tribune (South Africa). Oct 1, 2006. p. 7.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yadunandana Swami (2009). "A History of Education in ISKCON". ISKCON Studies Journal 1 (1).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hare Krishnarocks down South". Post (South Africa). Sep 24, 2008. p. 13.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ratha-yatra festival will be ‘spectacular beyond belief’". Post (South Africa). March 21, 2007. p. 3.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Faculty: Kadamba Kanana Swami". Bhaktivedanta College.
  7. ↑ Smullen, Madhava (8 Aug 2009). "Mayapur Institute for Higher Education Enters Tenth Year". ISKCON News.
  8. ↑ "Diary of a Spiritual Journey". www.kkswami.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  9. ↑ Management of ISKCON Vrindavan

External links

External video
Hare Krishna - Wie ich sie sehe
Kadamba Kanana Swami interviewed in a German documentary