“Devotees are holy places personified” – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami

“Devotees are holy places personified” – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami

This past September, a portion of Indradyumna Swami’s famous Festival of India tour was brought to America for the first time as the “Discover India” tour. The devotees held programs at Buffalo State University, Corning-Painted Post High School, Dublin Abbey Theater in Ohio, MIT, and other well-known venues, and carried out blissful Harinam Sankirtan in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, etc.

While in Boston, Indradyumna Swami and the tour Devotees made a special trip to Commonwealth Pier, where Srila Prabhupada arrived in the USA in 1965. There, Indradyumna Swami delivered a lecture on the potency of the Sadhu who carries the Lord within his heart to turn any place—even Commonwealth Pier—into a Dhama. He quoted the following verse from Srimad Bhagavatam also:

bhavad-vidha bhagavatas

tirtha-bhutah svayam vibho

tirthi-kurvanti tirthani

svantah-sthena gadabhrta

“My lord, devotees like your good self are verily holy places personified. Because you carry the Personality of Godhead within your heart, you turn all places into places of pilgrimage.”

[ Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.10 ]

Quoted by Indradyumna Swami on his facebook page on September 26, 2017 – To see original post please click here.