Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Dallas, May 28, 2011
Essence: “When we come to festivals and give our heart to the festival, listen with a desire to advance, apply the knowledge the speaker has spoken in our lives, chant from the heart and dance in kirtan we make a quantum leap in our devotional lives.”
Category: Themes
Bringing the Troops Home – Vyasa Puja Address
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Ukraine, May 15, 2011
Essence: “If we do not have compassion for our fallen comrades our brothers and sisters, how can we have any real compassion for the people who are non-devotees?”
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Ukraine, May 14, 2011
Essence: “Nothing in our relationship with our spiritual master is ever insignificant or trivial. For a devotee they mean a lot and are on a deep spiritual platform.”
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.”
Brahmanas – Initiation lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 20, 2010
Essence: “A Vaisnava is naturally a brahmana and, in fact, above a brahmana because he is situated in transcendence by dint of the nine processes of devotional service.”
You are my Deity
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 19, 2010
Essence: In his offering to Tamal Krishna Goswami, Balarama Dasa said, “These days, all the devotees have their Deities. But Guru Maharaja, you were my Deity. You were be-all and end-all of my existence. How can I live now in your separation?”
Gayatri mantra
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 13, 2010
Essence: “Gaya means ‘to sing’ and tra means ‘to deliver’. The chanting of the Gayatri mantra delivers us from material existence, so we can chant the Hare Krsna mantra properly and attain pure Krsna prema.”
Trust no future however bright
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 12, 2010
Essence: “In a true disciple’s life his only happiness is to see his Guru happy and his unhappiness is to see the spiritual master dissatisfied.”
One day you will understand
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 11, 2010
Essence: “As one gradually relinquishes his material desire and gives his heart and soul to the mission of the spiritual master, his relation with his spiritual master deepens.”