Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.5.55
Where: Barnaul, Russia, May 21, 2009
Essence: “The Lord acts through the spiritual master to deliver the devotees. So, when the spiritual master gives us the analysis and the treatment of our disease of the material existence, we should be locked in all ears for receiving it.”
Category: Spiritual Master
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.”
Break on Through to the Other Side
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 7.3
Where: Vladimir, Russia, May 13, 2009
Essence: “The human form of life is compared to a boat, the spiritual master is the captain and the sastras are favorable breeze that help the living entity cross over this vast ocean of material existence.”
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.”
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.”
The Path of Perfection
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.5.1
Where: Washington DC, USA, Feb 28, 2009
Essence: “The spiritual master is like a doctor for the soul. By following his prescription the disease of material existence is cured, and in due course of time, one achieves perfection in devotional life.”
By the will of Providence
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 8.3.17
Where: Alachua, USA, Feb 12, 2009
Essence: “Just as the light of the dawn precedes the rising of sun, the mercy of a devotee precedes the mercy of the Lord.”
The words of a sadhu
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 2.1.16
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 28, 2008
Essence: “Sadhu means one who cuts our material attachments. He does not speak to flatter the audience but rather speaks the truth which may be painful but is for the ultimate benefit.”
My first tattoo
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila – 6.228
Where: Poland, July 14, 2008
Essence: Lord Caitanya instructed Raghunatha dasa Goswami, “grāmya-kathā nā śunibe, grāmya-vārtā nā kahibe bhāla nā khāibe āra bhāla nā paribe – Do not talk like people in general or hear what they say. You should not eat very palatable food, nor should you dress very nicely.”
Pots of poison
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 6.2.24-25
Where: Poland, June 30, 2008
Essence: Srila Narottam das Thakur says, “Fruitive activities and mental speculation are like pots of poison. Those who drink this poison thinking it to be nectar, fall back into the cycle of birth and death. Such persons eat abominable things and thus, their whole human form of life is a waste.”