Speaker: His Holiness Giriraja Swami
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila – 16.235
Where: Laguna beach, USA, June 16, 2008
Essence: “Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami was renunciation personified. In spite of having the most beautiful wife and opulence like the King of heaven, he was completely detached and renounced them all for the higher goal of life.”
Category: Guru parampara
Temple of the heart
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.14.41
Where: Budapest, Hungary, May 27, 2008
Essence: “For sankirtan devotees, the temple of the heart is the streets of the modern cities where they relish the nectar of spreading this transcendental knowledge of Krsna consciousness to the most ignorant.”
The glories of Rupa Goswami
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila – 1.186-188
Where: Budapest, Hungary, May 24, 2008
Essence: “Srila Rupa Goswami was empowered by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to reveal to the whole world the confidential reasons for the Lord’s appearance in this material world. He understood the mind of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and was able to fulfill His mission – to disseminate this transcendental knowledge of the holy names everywhere.”
Preaching should go on
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: San Jose, USA, Mar 27, 2008
Essence: “The real result of practicing sadhana is that a vaisnava develops the desire to preach. The time is short, and the situation is getting worse day by day. We should feel the sense of urgency. Brhad mrdanga needs to continue pounding. Preaching should go on. This is most important.”
The oasis of Krsna consciousness
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Phoenix, USA, Mar 25, 2008
Essence: “Out of his causeless mercy, Srila Prabhupada has given us this rare gift of Krsna consciousness which can overwrite the deep impressions of material existence present within all of us. All we have to do is to seek shelter of the oasis of the beautiful temples and practise this process regularly with determination.”
Conflict resolution
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Seattle, Mar 19, 2008
Essence: “The solution to all conflicts in the human society is to recognize what we have in common instead of the differences. When we have such a change of consciousness, we can all live harmoniously even in this world.”
Spiritualize your relationships
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Seattle, Mar 18, 2008
Essence: “Material relationships based on sense gratification, as near and dear as they are, are the cause of bondage and degradation. So, see the wife, the husband, friends and society as spirit souls and base your relationships in Krsna consciousness and become liberated and go back home, back to Godhead.”
Vrindavana Bhajan – Introduction
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Seattle, Mar 17, 2008
Essence: In Vrindavana Bhajan, Srila Prabhupada gives us insight into his own heart at the juncture of renouncing material life altogether. This bhajana has two parts:
1. Reflections on being forced to give up the material life and
2. Trying to see the will of Krsna in his life.
Goal of chanting – Initiation lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Hong Kong, Jan 24, 2008
Essence: “After years of attentive chanting, when we eventually chant purely, one tear will glide down our cheeks. That tear is more valuable than all the gold in the world. That is the goal of chanting.”
The ultimate medicine
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Hong Kong, Jan 23, 2008
Essence: “When we are diseased, the only thought in our mind is to quickly become cured. Similarly, we should be eager to get cured of the disease of material existence. Chanting Hare Krsna is the ultimate medicine to cure this disease once and for all.”