Archive for the ‘Chanting’ Category

Dance to the Source of Love

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Seattle, June 4, 2011
Essence: “By sound one becomes conditioned and by sound one becomes liberated.”

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.”

The Debate

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam - 6.2.27
Where: Vrindavana, India, October 15, 2009
Essence: “The city of Sri Rangam is guarded by seven walls and two rivers on either side. Within the city resides a great treasure in the form of Lord Ranganatha who is guarded by a great serpent Ananta Sesa. Every twelve years a great demon named Vibhishana, the brother of Ravana, comes to inspect this treasure.”

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.

Protect your treasure – Initiation lecture

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 1.1.22
Where: Philadelphia, USA, April 24, 2008
Essence: “The bhakti-lata-bija that is present within our hearts is the most valuable treasure. We need to protect this valuable treasure from thieves like lust, anger, and greed by building a barrier of the four regulative principles, so that it eventually blossoms into a big tree going all the way up to Goloka Vrindavana, and produces fruits and flowers of prema for Radha and Krsna.”

 

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.”

Goal of chanting – Initiation lecture

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Hong Kong, Jan 24, 2008
Essence: “After years of attentive chanting, when we eventually chant purely, one tear will glide down our cheeks. That tear is more valuable than all the gold in the world. That is the goal of chanting.”

The ultimate medicine

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Hong Kong, Jan 23, 2008
Essence: “When we are diseased, the only thought in our mind is to quickly become cured. Similarly, we should be eager to get cured of the disease of material existence. Chanting Hare Krsna is the ultimate medicine to cure this disease once and for all.”

Holy Name – the sound incarnation

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – 4.8
Where: New Varsana, New Zealand, Jan 12, 2008
Essence: “Like the other incarnations, holy name – the sound incarnation of the Lord delivers the devotees, annihilates the demoniac mentality and establishes dharma. Therefore, having obtained the association of the holy name, one should feel very fortunate and spread its glories far and wide.”

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