Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 11.5.35
Where: Laguna Beach, USA, Mar 14, 2009
Essence: “The Lord is not so interested in having to maintain the conditioned souls in the material world. Rather, it is getting them out of the holocaust of material existence and taking them back to Godhead that’s really dear to His heart.”
Category: Scriptures
Give More Than You Take
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 18.65
Where: Washigton DC, USA, Mar 1, 2009
Essence: “The formula for any successful loving relationship is to give more than what we take. By keeping good association, we can develop unmotivated and uninterrupted devotional service to the Lord, and share the good fortune with others.”
Why Didn’t You Do It?
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 5.19.10
Where: Washington DC, USA, Feb 28, 2009
Essence: “Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu could have liberated all the three worlds in an instant, if He had desired to do so. But He wanted His pure devotee, Srila Prabhupada, to do it because He takes pleasure in making His devotees famous.”
By the will of Providence
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 8.3.17
Where: Alachua, USA, Feb 12, 2009
Essence: “Just as the light of the dawn precedes the rising of sun, the mercy of a devotee precedes the mercy of the Lord.”
Who can stop Him?
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 4.9
Where: Atlanta, USA, Feb 8, 2009
Essence: “Sometimes, when the situation in this material world gets so much out of hand that even the combined efforts of the liberated souls are not very effective, the Lord Himself comes to rescue His devotees.”
Confidential companions
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 11.5.38
Where: Melbourne, Australia, Jan 28, 2009
Essence: “The same personalities who appeared 5000 years ago in their original female forms as gopis, sakhis, and manjaris in Lord Krsna’s pastimes appeared 500 years ago in Lord Caitanya’s pastimes in male forms.”
Better to have loved and lost
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 11.5.35
Where: Melbourne, Australia, Jan 25, 2009
Essence: “Kali-yuga is so degraded that it is a great challenge to deliver the fallen conditioned souls. But still, the Lord comes to deliver a few fallen conditioned souls, rather than not try at all.”
Stolen by illusion
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 11.5.31-32
Where: Melbourne, Australia, Jan 22, 2009
Essence: “In this age of Kali, the intelligence of men is stolen by illusion and they have a tendency to imitate their idols. Therefore, instead of coming as Himself, the Lord comes as His devotee to propagate the congregational chanting of the Holy names.”
Go East, young man
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 11.5.20-23
Where: Melbourne, Australia, Jan 15, 2009
Essence: “Anyone who is serious about acquiring spiritual knowledge should look towards the East where this knowledge is available in its most refined and complete form.”
The words of a sadhu
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 2.1.16
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 28, 2008
Essence: “Sadhu means one who cuts our material attachments. He does not speak to flatter the audience but rather speaks the truth which may be painful but is for the ultimate benefit.”