The Power of Attorney

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 4.8
Where: Zagreb, Croatia, September 3, 2011
Essence: “The supreme Lord is always ready to bestow all His opulence’s on a devotee who wants to spread His glories in the material world. Such a devotee is very powerful, sometimes even more powerful than the Lord Himself. We should seek for the association of such a devotee by which we can actually understand and attain bhakti.”

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.”

Father Pierre

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Mumbai, September 19, 2010
Essence: Father Pierre’s note read:  “In my 45 years of being a priest here, I have not learnt as much as I have learnt from you in the last week, nor have I enjoyed so much, nor have I become closer to my God as I have with all of you.”

The Best of All Devotees

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila – 7.92
Where: Laguna Beach, USA, March 13, 2010
Essence: “The best of devotees is a ‘bhajananandi’ who preaches without discrimination. One who is a good sadhaka and has an intense desire to share his/her good fortune with fallen souls, is empowered by Guru and Krsna to preach.”

Memories of the Pioneer Days in ISKCON – II

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Sydney, Australia, January 17, 2010
Essence: There were 2,500 people and pin drop silence. I was so amazed. Looking at Srila Prabhupada, I thought “Only you could do this Srila Prabhupada. Being a swan-like messenger of Lord Krsna, only you could draw a crowd like this.”

Memories of the Pioneer Days in ISKCON – I

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Sydney, Australia, January 9, 2010
Essence: Srila Prabhupada told us “if you go to some place for the first time and chant Hare Krsna, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura personally accompanies you.” So it was always a competition among the Sankirtan devotees to go some place new.