Look before you leap

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.10.8
Where: New Vraja-Dhama, Hungrary, September 6, 2008
Essence: “A conditioned soul in this material world guided by imperfect senses and clogged by the fog of illusion cannot see where the path of pravrtti or sense gratification is leading. However, if he takes shelter of the transcendental radar of guru, sadhu and sastra, he can see things in their proper perspective and will be saved from the misery of this material existence.”

Double Trouble

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.18.9-10
Where: Budapest, Hungrary, September 5, 2008
Essence: “The world is suffering today because we are taking resources from Mother Nature without the sanction of the Supreme Lord, denying His existence, and even worse using those resources either for sense gratification or for exploiting others.”

Work hard, play hard

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, July 7, 2008
Essence: “To attract the mercy of Guru and Gauranga, we need to work very hard to engage all our senses in the service of the Lord, so that at the time of death, Lord Caitanya will incarnate in our minds to take us back to Godhead.”

The glories of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami – Part 2

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Laguna beach, USA, June 16, 2008
Essence: “Just as the lines etched on a stone cannot be erased, the strict regulative principles of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami could not be changed under any circumstances. We should imbibe this mood of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami and strictly follow the lines on stone given by Srila Prabhupada – the four regulative principles and the chanting of the holy name to successfully go back to Godhead.”

The glories of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami – Part 1

Speaker: His Holiness Giriraja Swami
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila – 16.235
Where: Laguna beach, USA, June 16, 2008
Essence: “Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami was renunciation personified. In spite of having the most beautiful wife and opulence like the King of heaven, he was completely detached and renounced them all for the higher goal of life.”

Blessing in disguise

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 6.5.44
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 19, 2008
Essence: “The symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant, merciful, and friendly to all living entities. These qualities were exemplified by Narada Muni who silently tolerated the curse of Prajapati Daksa to deliver him instead.”

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.”

 

Signposts on the path to Vraja

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila – 16.55-58
Where: Alachua, USA, April 19, 2008
Essence: “The road to Vraja is loaded with brambles and thorns. But the devotees who are singing and dancing on this path of bhakti and are guided by the road map of the Sri Siksastaka prayers with verses like “na dhanam” as signposts will have a smooth ride back home, back to Godhead.”

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.”