Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.9.28
Where: Sydney, Australia, December 29, 2009
Essence: “Faith means to put your trust in something sublime. So, the spiritual master’s duty is to cause his disciples to lose their faith in the material existence and to awaken their faith in Krsna and the process of devotional service.”
Category: Holy Name
Beggars of Mercy
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 2.3.22
Where: Vrindavana, India, October 20, 2009
Essence: “We are very poor in love of God. Therefore, we are always begging for the mercy of our superiors to make some advancement on the path of Krsna consciousness.”
Talk of the Town
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 2.3.22
Where: Riga, Latvia, June 11, 2009
Essence: “It is not surprising when the brahmanas become enlightened. But, if demoniac personalities like Jagai and Madhai get delivered then it is big news up in the heavenly planets.”
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.”
Changing a Leopard’s Spots – Arrival Address
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vladimir, Russia, May 12, 2009
Essence: “Give up the sand bags of material desires and let the Helium of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra take you back home, back to Godhead.”
Johnny Appleseed
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.3-4
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 9, 2009
Essence: “Just go out and throw the seed of the Holy name, and definitely some will take root, germinate and grow.”
Dear to His Heart
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 11.5.35
Where: Laguna Beach, USA, Mar 14, 2009
Essence: “The Lord is not so interested in having to maintain the conditioned souls in the material world. Rather, it is getting them out of the holocaust of material existence and taking them back to Godhead that’s really dear to His heart.”
Initiation lecture
Speaker: Sri Prahlada Das
Where: Atlanta, USA, Feb 8, 2009
Essence: “By establishing our vows of spiritual practice, the spiritual master helps us to nurture the seed of devotion, so that it can ultimately produce the fruits of prema-bhakti and reunite us with Radha and Krsna.”
Better to have loved and lost
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 11.5.35
Where: Melbourne, Australia, Jan 25, 2009
Essence: “Kali-yuga is so degraded that it is a great challenge to deliver the fallen conditioned souls. But still, the Lord comes to deliver a few fallen conditioned souls, rather than not try at all.”
Initiation – Kartika Parikrama 2008 Lecture
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Sri Vrindavan dhama, India, Oct 31, 2008
Essence: “A vaisnava’s most valuable possession is the japa mala. The devotee is constantly chanting, digging for the treasure. By constant chanting we will find that treasure – the love of Godhead in due course of time.