Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.8.1
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 12, 2008
Essence: “By abstaining from sex life one can perform wonderful work — one’s memory is enabled to act very swiftly, the duration of life is increased and one can be elevated to the highest perfectional stage, even to the spiritual world.”
Category: Bhagavatam
Kartikeya – the son of Lord Siva
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.7.56-59
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 10, 2008
Essence: “Lord Brahma offered Taraka the benediction that he cannot be killed by any living entity except the son of Lord Siva.”
Strengthen our faith with knowledge
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.7.50
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 4, 2008
Essence: ”By analyzing these three aspects of God – Bhagavan, Paramatma and Brahman from different angles of vision our faith in Him becomes strong.”
The power of demigods
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.7.43
Where: Sydney, Australia, Nov 27, 2008
Essence: “For every material desire in this world, there is a corresponding demigod to fulfill it. For example, for getting rid of diseased condition, the Sun god is worshipped; for knowledge, goddess Saraswati is worshipped. But the easiest way is to worship Lord Krsna, because He is the chief of all the demigods and they ultimately derive their powers from Him.”
Thief
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.26.45
Where: Sri Vrindavana dhama, India, October 13, 2008
Essence: Srila Prabhupada explains: “As a thief is always punishable by the state, we are subject to punishment by taking or using God’s property without His permission.”
Holy Places
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 1.13.10
Where: Russian Yatra, Moscow, September 26, 2008
Essence: “Just as Krsna is the source of all His expansions, all the holy places in the universe are expansions of Sri Vrindavana dhama, and the way to see the dhama is by hearing from a saintly person who can awaken our dormant love for God.”
Terrifying yet auspicious
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.9.2
Where: Ukraine Festival, September 19, 2008
Essence: “I offer my obeisances unto Lord Nrsimhadeva- the fierce and powerful Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Visnu. His flaming mouth faces in all directions. He is terrifying yet He is auspicious, for He is the death of death.”
Look before you leap
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.10.8
Where: New Vraja-Dhama, Hungrary, September 6, 2008
Essence: “A conditioned soul in this material world guided by imperfect senses and clogged by the fog of illusion cannot see where the path of pravrtti or sense gratification is leading. However, if he takes shelter of the transcendental radar of guru, sadhu and sastra, he can see things in their proper perspective and will be saved from the misery of this material existence.”
Double Trouble
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.18.9-10
Where: Budapest, Hungrary, September 5, 2008
Essence: “The world is suffering today because we are taking resources from Mother Nature without the sanction of the Supreme Lord, denying His existence, and even worse using those resources either for sense gratification or for exploiting others.”
Preaching
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.30.37
Where: Moscow, August 27, 2008
Essence: “Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted His followers to move all over the world to preach in every town and village. In the Caitanya-sampradāya those who strictly follow the principles of Lord Caitanya must travel all over the world to preach the message of Lord Caitanya, and these are called gosthanandi.”