Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 18.66
Where: Barnaul, Russia, May 20, 2009
Essence: “Our hearts are full of nasty material desires like lust, anger, and greed. But deep within that filth of the heart is the seed of love of God which, when watered regularly, will grow and fructify producing fruits of love for Radha and Krsna.”
Category: Supreme Personality of Godhead
Changing a Leopard’s Spots – Arrival Address
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vladimir, Russia, May 12, 2009
Essence: “Give up the sand bags of material desires and let the Helium of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra take you back home, back to Godhead.”
Johnny Appleseed
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.3-4
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 9, 2009
Essence: “Just go out and throw the seed of the Holy name, and definitely some will take root, germinate and grow.”
A Love Story
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.29
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 8, 2009
Essence: “A pure devotee can sacrifice even his very life for the Lord’s service, if necessary. And the Lord, in reciprocation, manifests as an incarnation to save even one pure devotee like Prahlada Maharaja. This is the remarkable nature of love in Krsna consciousness.”
Dear to His Heart
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.”
The Life and Times of Narottam das Thakura – Part 1
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Alachua, USA, Feb 9, 2009
Essence: “Srila Narottam das Thakura was empowered by Lord Caitanya to establish a new type of kirtan that mesmerized the whole world. Even the Gandharvas were put to shame by his dancing and singing.”
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.”
Initiation lecture
Speaker: Sri Prahlada Das
Where: Atlanta, USA, Feb 8, 2009
Essence: “By establishing our vows of spiritual practice, the spiritual master helps us to nurture the seed of devotion, so that it can ultimately produce the fruits of prema-bhakti and reunite us with Radha and Krsna.”
Nityananda Prabhu’s appearance day lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Atlanta, USA, Feb 7, 2009
Essence: “In Gaura-lila, Krsna and Balarama appeared as Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda inviting everyone to participate in Their transcendental pastimes.”
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.”