Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.7.41
Where: Vladimir, Russia, May 14, 2009
Essence: “King Vladimir killed anyone who did not follow Christianity and wiped out any trace of the ancient pagan culture present during his time. However, it is still reflected in the language as the Russian Veda.”
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Break on Through to the Other Side
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 7.3
Where: Vladimir, Russia, May 13, 2009
Essence: “The human form of life is compared to a boat, the spiritual master is the captain and the sastras are favorable breeze that help the living entity cross over this vast ocean of material existence.”
Changing a Leopard’s Spots – Arrival Address
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vladimir, Russia, May 12, 2009
Essence: “Give up the sand bags of material desires and let the Helium of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra take you back home, back to Godhead.”
“Поменять пятна леопарда” (обращение при встрече)
Его Святейшество Индрадьюмна Свами
Владимир, 12 мая 2009
“Выкиньте мешки с песком материальных желаний – позвольте Харе Кришна маха-мантре забрать вас обратно домой, к Богу”.
A Vision of Ourselves
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 10, 2009
Essence: “The spiritual master finds us in an unpolished state where our heart is full of blemishes of material desire. But our vision should be that everyday we polish our heart so that one day it develops into a rare jewel of pure devotion which can be offered at the lotus feet of our spiritual master.”
Sri Prahlada’s Vyasa-Puja offering to HH Indradyumna Swami
Speaker: Sri Prahlada Das
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 10, 2009
Essence: “Lord Caitanya is the most merciful incarnation. But for me, Srila Gurudeva, is even more merciful as Lord Gauranga’s mercy comes to me through him.”
Johnny Appleseed
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.3-4
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 9, 2009
Essence: “Just go out and throw the seed of the Holy name, and definitely some will take root, germinate and grow.”
A Love Story
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.29
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 8, 2009
Essence: “A pure devotee can sacrifice even his very life for the Lord’s service, if necessary. And the Lord, in reciprocation, manifests as an incarnation to save even one pure devotee like Prahlada Maharaja. This is the remarkable nature of love in Krsna consciousness.”
Coming to a Higher Standard – Vyasa Puja Address
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: New Vraja Dhama, Hungary, May 2, 2009
Essence: “The spiritual master keeps raising the bar and pushes us to higher and higher realms of devotional service so that we advance both externally and internally. We can then become instruments in his hands and develop some compassion to spread this sankirtan movement to all the suffering people.”
The Path of Perfection
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.5.1
Where: Washington DC, USA, Feb 28, 2009
Essence: “The spiritual master is like a doctor for the soul. By following his prescription the disease of material existence is cured, and in due course of time, one achieves perfection in devotional life.”