Simple Living, High Thinking Seminar Part 4: Detachment in Knowledge
- September 21st, 2011
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Ukraine, September 13, 2011
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Simple Living, High Thinking Seminar Part 2: Need or Greed
- September 17th, 2011
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Ukraine, September 11, 2011
Brahmanas – Initiation lecture
- November 26th, 2010
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Vrindavana, November 20, 2010
Essence: “A Vaisnava is naturally a brahmana and, in fact, above a brahmana because he is situated in transcendence by dint of the nine processes of devotional service.”
Appreciating Vrindavana Dhama
- November 1st, 2009
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam - 2.3.22
Where: Vrindavana, India, October 19, 2009
Essence: “One grain of dust of Vrindavana is more valuable than all the opulence of Vaikuntha because Krsna’s lotus feet walked through this land.”
Renunciation in modern times
- November 19th, 2008
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Hong Kong University, Nov 17, 2008
Essence: “Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.”
Look before you leap
- September 10th, 2008
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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
- September 7th, 2008
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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.”
The glories of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami – Part 2
- June 29th, 2008
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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
- June 29th, 2008
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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.”
Vrindavana Bhajan – Introduction
- March 19th, 2008
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Seattle, Mar 17, 2008
Essence: In Vrindavana Bhajan, Srila Prabhupada gives us insight into his own heart at the juncture of renouncing material life altogether. This bhajana has two parts:
1. Reflections on being forced to give up the material life and
2. Trying to see the will of Krsna in his life.