Slow but Steady Wins the Race

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 6.41-43
Where: Sydney, Australia, November 22, 2009
Essence: ““More than the donations, flowers or garlands, the spiritual master is most pleased when he sees his disciple conquering material desires and developing some attraction to the service of Radha and Krsna.”

Seek and You Shall Find

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Miedzyzdroj, Poland, July 19, 2009
Essence: “The lower species of life are nothing but punishment for all the sinful activities performed during the human form of life. So, at the end of this punishment when we get back to the human form of life, we should utilize it properly to get out of this cycle of birth and death and return back to the kingdom of God.”

Catch the Disease

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 1.8.42
Where: Moscow, Russia, May 31, 2009
Essence: “Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that just as it is more dangerous than associating with women is associating with a man who is attached to women,  more valuable than serving the Lord Himself is serving the devotees of the Lord who are attached to Him.”

Rain Drops

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 10.8
Where: Krasnoyarsk, Russia, May 25, 2009
Essence: “A rain drop is in a pure uncontaminated state until it touches the muddy ground. Similarly, the living entity is uncontaminated until it falls down into this material world. And that contamination is the misidentification with the body.”

Standard Public Lecture – Day 2

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Omsk, Russia, May 23, 2009
Essence: “Science believes that every seven years all the cells of our body are replaced by new ones. So, if we are sixty years old, we have already changed our bodies eight and a half times.”

Standard Public Lecture – Day 1

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Omsk, Russia, May 22, 2009
Essence: “If the animals could vote and they were asked if human beings should be vegetarian, they would vote ‘Yes’.”

The Pilot Light

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.”

Coming and Going

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Detroit, USA, Feb 16, 2009
Essence: “Our entrance into this life and our departure are very mysterious and fascinating things. They capture the attention of everyone – except a learned sage who is in full knowledge of the reality.”

Radio Interview with Indradyumna Swami and Sri Prahlada Das at Dallas

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami and Sri Prahlada Das
Where: Dallas, USA, Feb 14, 2009
Essence: “Our message to the people of India is that we should not make material progress at the expense of our spiritual culture. They both can, in fact, go together very nicely.”

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.”