Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 3.5.1
Where: Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 16, 2009
Essence: “The two most important assets in our devotional lives are the Holy name and the association of devotees. We have been blessed with this amazing grace and should take full advantage of it.”
Category: Bhakti-yoga
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.”
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.”
Radio Interview with Indradyumna Swami and Sri Prahlada Das at Dallas
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami and Sri Prahlada Das
Where: Dallas, USA, Feb 14, 2009
Essence: “Our message to the people of India is that we should not make material progress at the expense of our spiritual culture. They both can, in fact, go together very nicely.”
The standard process
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.”
Refined gold
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 4.8.5
Where: Sydney, Australia, Dec 14, 2008
Essence: “The most refined form of religion is one which has no motivation at all except to serve the Lord. Srimad Bhagavatam, which is the cream of all scriptures, rejects all religious activities that are materially motivated.”
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.”
Caterpillar to butterfly
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 1.9.33
Where: Karuna Bhavan, Scotland, U.K, May 9, 2008
Essence: “An ugly caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly by meditating on his higher beautiful nature. Similarly, when our ugly selfish material desires get purified, we can develop the desire for pure devotional service by which we can achieve our pre-ordained relationship with the Lord in various transcendental mellows.”
Raising the bar
Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: London, U.K, May 5, 2008
Essence: “To make progress on the path of devotional service, it is very important that we have a vision of ourselves down the road. We need to work hard and set higher and higher goals each time, so that we can achieve the highest goal – ceto darpana marjanam – a clean heart in which we can cultivate real love 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.”