Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Seattle, June 4, 2011
Essence: “By sound one becomes conditioned and by sound one becomes liberated.”
Category: Supreme Personality of Godhead
Lord Nrsimhadeva – Appearance Day
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.34
Where: Ukraine, May 16, 2011
Essence: “For the devotees, Krsna is the most lovable object but for the demoniac, He is death personified”
My prayer as I leave Vrindavana
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.20.31
Where: Vrindavana, India, March 26, 2011
Essence: “I wander over this earth meditating on Her, who is a moon shining in the rasa-dance arena, who is a host of bright lamps in Vrsabhanu’s palace, and who is the central jewel in the necklace of Goloka.”
24-Karat Gold
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 10.32.22
Where: Vrindavana, India, March 25, 2011
Essence: “To enter into Vrindavana we need to develop an intense desire to serve Radha and Krsna as They desire to be served. We should learn this from the brajavasis beginning with Srila Prabhupada.”
Braja-bhakti
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, India, March 24, 2011
Essence: “Lord Caitanya revealed the Vrindavana pastimes of Lord Krsna and made them so easily available to all of us. Only by His mercy, through His teachings, we can understand the esoteric pastime of Radha and Krsna.”
The Treasure Chest of Krsna Prema
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.”
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.”
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.”
Journey to a Lost City
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Moscow, Russia, 1989
Essence: “Whatever the Lord touches with His transcendental hands becomes transcendental. The water of the kunda known as Rakta kunda was red because Lord Nrsimhadeva washed His hands there after killing the demon Hiranyakasipu.”
Please Never Leave Me Behind
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.6.1
Where: Bhaktivedanta Manor, England, April 30, 2010
Essence: “The Holy name is most merciful in the situation where we are sharing it with others. That is the sublimity of devotional service. If we can all be in this sharing mood as brahmacaris, grhasthas, vanaprasthas or sannyasis – the combined effort will be very powerful.”