Speaker: His Holiness BB Govinda Maharaja
Where: Ukraine, May 16, 2010
Essence: “Everybody loves Srila Gurudeva because he is full of Krsna’s mercy. He has focused his whole life developing a loving relationship with Krsna.”
Category: Vyasa-puja
The Razor’s Edge
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 17, 2009
Essence: “Sincerity means whenever you have a choice between maya and Krsna, you always choose Krsna.”
My Very Best Friend
Speaker: His Holiness B.B Govinda Swami
Where: Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 16, 2009
Essence: “If I could fly and had two wings, one would be Indradyumna Swami and the other would be Sivarama Swami.”
A Vision of Ourselves
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 10, 2009
Essence: “The spiritual master finds us in an unpolished state where our heart is full of blemishes of material desire. But our vision should be that everyday we polish our heart so that one day it develops into a rare jewel of pure devotion which can be offered at the lotus feet of our spiritual master.”
Sri Prahlada’s Vyasa-Puja offering to HH Indradyumna Swami
Speaker: Sri Prahlada Das
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 10, 2009
Essence: “Lord Caitanya is the most merciful incarnation. But for me, Srila Gurudeva, is even more merciful as Lord Gauranga’s mercy comes to me through him.”
Coming to a Higher Standard – Vyasa Puja Address
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: New Vraja Dhama, Hungary, May 2, 2009
Essence: “The spiritual master keeps raising the bar and pushes us to higher and higher realms of devotional service so that we advance both externally and internally. We can then become instruments in his hands and develop some compassion to spread this sankirtan movement to all the suffering people.”
Vyasa-puja address
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 19, 2008
Essence: “The Vaikunta Express going to Goloka Vrindavana rests on two tracks – sadhana and preaching. We have to maintain both these tracks in good condition so that we can have a safe journey back home, back to Godhead.”
Raising the bar
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: London, U.K, May 5, 2008
Essence: “To make progress on the path of devotional service, it is very important that we have a vision of ourselves down the road. We need to work hard and set higher and higher goals each time, so that we can achieve the highest goal – ceto darpana marjanam – a clean heart in which we can cultivate real love for Radha and Krsna.”
Two parallel tracks of spiritual progress — Vyasa Puja address
Ocassion: Vyasa Pooja, 2007.
Where: June 9’th 2007, Seattle.
Essence: …Every year when we come before our spiritual master for the Vyasa Puja, we should present ourselves a little more purified…This is done by giving up material desires and developing our love for Krishna – these are the two tracks for our spiritual advancement.