Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 10, 2010
Essence: “Radha kunda is very rarely attained even by the most exalted devotees. If you bathe in Radha Kunda, you get the same love that Radharani has for Krsna. It is only by the mercy of our spiritual master that we can come to this holy place where all these transcendental pastimes are going on.”
Category: Language
One Step Closer to the Goal – Initiation Lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 7.14
Where: Vrindavana, India, October 14, 2010
Essence: When a disciple was afraid of not being forgiven by Srila Prabhupada for any offenses he might commit, Srila Prabhupada replied, “If I don’t forgive you, Krsna will forgive you and if Krsna doesn’t forgive you, Radharani will forgive you. So stay with us. There is always hope.”
Father Pierre
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Mumbai, September 19, 2010
Essence: Father Pierre’s note read: “In my 45 years of being a priest here, I have not learnt as much as I have learnt from you in the last week, nor have I enjoyed so much, nor have I become closer to my God as I have with all of you.”
Express Your Gratitude
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, August 5, 2010
Essence: When someone does a favor for you – big or small – you acknowledge the kindness and say ‘thank you’.
Lecture on the Departure of Aindra Dasa
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, July 20, 2010
Essence: “For those with a deeper vision, Aindra Prabhu spent most of his life chanting Hare Krsna in Vrindavana, serving his Deities, doing parikrama and his final act of service was to fall down in front of his Gaura-Nitai Deities. I am sure a flower airplane appeared and took him back to the spiritual world. So, we rejoice that he achieved his heart’s desire.
Responsibilities in Family Life
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, July 12, 2010
Essence: “In the Vedic tradition there was no divorce because the affection of the husband for his devotee wife and the affection of the wife for her devotee husband were very deep. The husband appreciated the wife so much as a devotee of the Lord and the wife appreciated her husband so much as a devotee of the Lord that they were ready to tolerate any minor differences that would come about by constantly living in each other’s association.”
Chaste to the Mission, Opening Address – Summer Tour Festival
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, July 5, 2010
Essence: “If we make the mission of our spiritual master as our priority, then that chastity will produce amazing results.”
Vyasa Puja Offering of His Holiness BB Govinda Maharaja to Srila Gurudeva
Speaker: His Holiness BB Govinda Maharaja
Where: Ukraine, May 16, 2010
Essence: “Everybody loves Srila Gurudeva because he is full of Krsna’s mercy. He has focused his whole life developing a loving relationship with Krsna.”
The Greatest Danger
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 8.3.15
Where: Ukraine, May 15, 2010
Essence: “The greatest danger is that we come under the influence of material energy and forget the Lord. Real protection means that Krsna helps us to never forget Him so that we can go on with our devotional service.”
The Peace Formula – Public Lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 12, 2010
Essence: “Our humble presentation is that peace will be achieved when we see what we have in common instead of our differences. Our differences are temporary because they are all based on temporary body but what we have in common is that we are eternal spirit souls – all part of the greater family of God.”