Lord Ramacandra Rules the World
- April 30th, 2012
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 9.11.26
Where: London, UK, April 1, 2012
Archive for the ‘Varna-ashrama dharma’ Category
The Gold Medal – A combined class by Indradyumna Swami and Giriraja Swami
- January 7th, 2012
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami and His Holiness Giriraja Swami
Where: Vrindavana, India, January 5, 2012
Second Birth – Initiation Lecture
- June 11th, 2011
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.9.28
Where: Dallas, May 30, 2011
Essence:“The essence of our relationship with our spiritual master is that we learn from him and apply his teachings in our lives.”
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.”
Responsibilities in Family Life
- July 24th, 2010
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Poland, July 12, 2010
Essence: “In the Vedic tradition there was no divorce because the affection of the husband for his devotee wife and the affection of the wife for her devotee husband were very deep. The husband appreciated the wife so much as a devotee of the Lord and the wife appreciated her husband so much as a devotee of the Lord that they were ready to tolerate any minor differences that would come about by constantly living in each other’s association.”
Phoenix Rising
- March 15th, 2010
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam - 9.4.31-40
Where: Dallas, USA, March 9, 2010
Essence: “Even if one is born in a low-class family, if he is determined and willing to be trained by a bona fide spiritual master, he can become a brahmana – or even higher – a Vaisnava.”
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.”
Positive Alternative
- June 21st, 2009
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Riga, Latvia, June 10, 2009
Essence: “The Lord decorates His devotees with all saintly qualities so that the common man can recognize him and follow him back to the spiritual sky.”
The standard process
- December 29th, 2008
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.8.22
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 26, 2008
Essence: “The standard process of devotional service for any varna or asrama is to carry on with their respective occupational duties, while keeping Krsna in the center as demonstrated by Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.”
The benefits of celibacy
- December 15th, 2008
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Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.8.1
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 12, 2008
Essence: ”By abstaining from sex life one can perform wonderful work — one’s memory is enabled to act very swiftly, the duration of life is increased and one can be elevated to the highest perfectional stage, even to the spiritual world.”