Archive for the ‘Personalities’ Category
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 10.73.15
Where: Melbourne, Dec 21, 2007
Essence: “Praying to God for something mundane is taking His name in vain. We don’t want to do that. Actually we should offer our heartfelt prayers to the Lord in devotion.”
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 10.73.14
Where: Melbourne, Dec 20, 2007
Essence: “Materialistic kings became liberated due to the personal association of Krsna. If we want to have Krsna’s personal association, we have to wait for a long time as Krsna comes only once in a day of Brahma. But as one associates with the pure devotees and fully surrenders, he can attract the Lord’s mercy and become a chosen one.”
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 10.73.10
Where: Melbourne, Dec 19, 2007
Essence: “Material opulence and power are some of the challenges Maya-devi places in front of practising devotees. We will discuss some tips on how to overcome pride as a result of possessing these assets.”
Artist: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.30.6
Where: Sydney, Dec 9, 2007
Essence: “Especially in the modern society we need exemplary householders because most people who come here are householders. They need to know how to make their home into Vaikunta, where there is no anxiety or distress.”
Artist: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.30.4
Where: Sydney, Dec 7, 2007
Essence: “Srila Prabhupada says that chanting Hare Krishna means declaring war against Maya. In the war, one is trained to know the enemy. We need to know how to deal with Maya to be successful in Krsna Consciousness.”
Artist: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita - 9.6
Where: Sydney, Dec 5, 2007
Essence: “More important than knowing how the universe is created, it is important to know why it is created. Scientists are interested in knowing the how and the details. We are interested in knowing the why. We will tell them what it is all about – to bring us ultimately to the point of surrender to God.”
Artist: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Sri Jagannatha puri, Nov 23, 2007
Pastimes:
1. Lord Caitanya’s travel to Puri after taking sanyasa.
2. Lord Caitanya’s deliverance of Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
Artists: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Sri Uddhava-kunda, Vrindavana, Nov 3, 2007
Essence: “Try to do Govardhan parikrama as many times as you can in your lifetime in association of such devotees as B.B Govinda maharaja, who through his eloquent narration of such pastimes help us give up our nasty material desires and develop some taste for vraja-bhakti.”
Artists: His Holiness B.B Govinda Swami, His Holiness Indradyumna Swami, His Grace Dina bandhu prabhu, Sri Prahlad prabhu
Where: Sri Govinda-kunda, Vrindavana, Oct 30, 2007
Pastimes:
Artists: His Holiness B.B.Govinda Swami, His Holiness Indradyumna Swami and Sri Prahlad prabhu.
Where: Vrindavana, Oct 26, 2007
Essence: “We want to identify with Vraja-vasis, but hearing the words of Kaliya may be we should identify with Kaliya and see what he did to become favored by the Vraja-vasis. That’s how we enter into Vrindavana, by the mercy of the Vaishnavas.”
