Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.25.42
Where: Washington DC, USA, April 12, 2008
Essence: “The Supreme Lord delegates various duties to demigods who help Him maintain order in this Universe. But people with a poor fund of knowledge worship demigods without understanding their actual position as servants of the Lord.”
Talk to college students
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Rutgers University, USA, April 10, 2008
Essence: “Modern man wants to go to the space and the moon, but in doing so he has lost track of his real journey – the journey of self-discovery.”
Dinosaurs
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.19.30
Where: New York, USA, April 9, 2008
Essence: “As per the accounts of several nomadic groups – some of the most honest people on this planet – there is a special area in the Amazon jungle where they have seen such large reptiles as the Tyrannosaurus rex or Brontosaurus.”
The bud of love
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.29
Where: New York, USA, April 8, 2008
Essence: “Our budding devotion towards the Lord is like a small insignificant creeper. All we have to do is strictly adhere to our sadhana, and in due course of time, this small creeper will grow into a large tree going all the way to the spiritual sky and produce fruits of love of God.”
Achieving enlightenment in 2008
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Albany, USA, April 7, 2008
Essence: “Buddha achieved perfect happiness by the process of meditation. In this modern age, we can achieve the same happiness by taking shelter of our Vedic literature that teach us how to reconnect with the Absolute Truth and attain the real goal of life.”
Blood is thicker than water
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.5.7
Where: Towaco, USA, April 6, 2008
Essence: “There is an intimate relationship between the human society, demigods, and the Supreme Lord. The demigods are like our blood brothers who also want to see this sankirtan movement spread far and wide, so that we can all return to our real family in the spiritual world.”
Yajna through the ages
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 3.10
Where: New Jersey, USA, April 5, 2008
Essence: “What is the secret of prosperity? Krsna says that prosperity is not achieved by hard-work, but is bestowed by His mercy. The way to achieve this mercy is by yajna. In this Kali-yuga, the easiest way to perform yajna is to decorate our tongue with the holy names of the Lord.”
Dream-like material illusion
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam Gita – 6.1.49
Where: Mountainville, USA, April 5, 2008
Essence: “This material world is like an illusion full of darkness of ignorance. Come on, wake up from this deep sleep of illusion and realize the futility of material existence.”
Lecture at Yoga Studio
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 6.24
Where: Toronto, Canada, April 4, 2008
Essence: “The real goal of yoga is to get out of this repetition of birth and death and join the Supreme Lord in His spiritual abode. This Hare Krishna mahamantra acts like a sweet medicine which liberates us from the ignorance of the material world and gives us real happiness.”
Impetus to love
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Toronto, Canada, April 4, 2008
Essence: “By the causeless mercy of the holy name, sometimes even a neophyte devotee can experience deep spiritual emotions in the association of advanced devotees during congregational chanting. This gives us an impetus to go on in our devotional life and achieve love of God.”