Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila – 16.55-58
Where: Alachua, USA, April 19, 2008
Essence: “The road to Vraja is loaded with brambles and thorns. But the devotees who are singing and dancing on this path of bhakti and are guided by the road map of the Sri Siksastaka prayers with verses like “na dhanam” as signposts will have a smooth ride back home, back to Godhead.”
Category Group: All
Holds all the categories.
Kali-yuga leftovers
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 1.1.22
Where: Alachua, USA, April 18, 2008
Essence: “Although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is one good thing left in this age. Just by decorating the tongue with the holy names of Krsna, one can achieve perfection and go back home, back to Godhead.”
Lord Nrsimhadeva’s insurance policy
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.10.25-29
Where: Alachua, USA, April 18, 2008
Essence: “The coverage of an insurance policy is in proportion to the premium we pay. Similarly, the protection of Lord Nrsimhadeva is in proportion to our level of surrender.”
Brahmana by qualification
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.10.24
Where: Alachua, USA, April 17, 2008
Essence: “Just as bell metal is turned into gold when mixed with mercury in a chemical process, one who is properly trained and initiated by a bona fide spiritual master immediately becomes a brahmana.”
Hogs, Dogs, Camels and Asses
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 2.3.19
Where: Alachua, USA, April 17, 2008
Essence: “In Vedic culture, a living entity is classified according to his level of consciousness. If a living entity is in the body of a human being, but acting like an animal, then he is classified as an animal. Conversely, if an animal’s consciousness is higher than that of a human being, he is considered superior to the human species.”
Rama Navami Lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 1.3.22
Where: New Talavana, USA, April 15, 2008
Essence: Lord Rama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, declares that “It is My eternal principle that, if any living entity takes shelter of Me and utters My name even once, I award them full protection.”
Good management means delegation
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.25.42
Where: Washington DC, USA, April 12, 2008
Essence: “The Supreme Lord delegates various duties to demigods who help Him maintain order in this Universe. But people with a poor fund of knowledge worship demigods without understanding their actual position as servants of the Lord.”
Talk to college students
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Rutgers University, USA, April 10, 2008
Essence: “Modern man wants to go to the space and the moon, but in doing so he has lost track of his real journey – the journey of self-discovery.”
Dinosaurs
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.19.30
Where: New York, USA, April 9, 2008
Essence: “As per the accounts of several nomadic groups – some of the most honest people on this planet – there is a special area in the Amazon jungle where they have seen such large reptiles as the Tyrannosaurus rex or Brontosaurus.”
The bud of love
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.29
Where: New York, USA, April 8, 2008
Essence: “Our budding devotion towards the Lord is like a small insignificant creeper. All we have to do is strictly adhere to our sadhana, and in due course of time, this small creeper will grow into a large tree going all the way to the spiritual sky and produce fruits of love of God.”