“Please free us from material desires” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “Everyone in this world is controlled by Cupid. But Cupid is controlled by the beauty of Krishna. It is very appropriate that at the beginning of our Parikrama, we have come to the temple of Madana Mohana. We have come to the Deity of Madana […]
“The smallest service” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “The smallest service is more valuable than the biggest position in this material world.” [ His Holiness Indradyumna Swami, Vrinda Kunda, 2015 ] Spoken by Indradyumna Swami in a lecture from Vrinda Kunda during Kartik Parikrama, 2015. To see the original post, please click here.
“Srila Prabhupada’s Mercy” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “It’s all due to Srila Prabhupada’s mercy that we get to come to Vrindavan Dham, take boat rides down the Yamuna river, touch the sacred water of the Yamuna, come to secluded holy places like Durvasa Muni’s ashram, meet the Sadhus who are living here, chant ‘Hare Krishna’ […]
“A simple life” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “This is Vrindavan as it was over five thousand years ago. And this is how we would like the whole world to be actually, back to an agrarian culture, taking care of the cows and cultivating the land—a simple life with Krishna at the center.” [ His Holiness Indradyumna […]
Enchanting pastimes of Kamyavan – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami “In this Kamyavan Krishna performed enchanting pastimes. Here you will be able to take darsana of many Kundas and other holy places. I cannot even describe in writing all the sacred tirthas found at Kamyavan.” [ Bhakti-ratnakara, Fifth Wave ] Quoted by Indradyumna Swami in a Facebook post from […]
Manohara, “Who attracts the mind” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “When we come to each of these individual places, we absorb ourselves in all of those specific characteristics of that holy place. Krishna is called Manohara, one of His unlimited names. Manohara means ‘Who attracts the mind’. We control our mind by fixing it on hearing […]
Lord Siva loves the devotees of the Lord – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami “Because Lord Shiva is a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he loves all the devotees of the Supreme Lord. Lord Shiva told the Pracetas that because they were devotees of the Lord, he loved them very much. Lord Shiva […]
Obeisances to Lord Siva – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami “I offer my obeisances to you who dispel darkness with your three eyes – the moon the sun and fire, and thus cause auspiciousness for all living entities in the universe and whose potency easily defeats thousands of moons and suns.” [ Verse 3, Sivastakam] Quoted […]
“The greatest of Vaisnavas” – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami “Just as the Ganga is the greatest of all rivers, Lord Acyuta the supreme among deities and Lord Sambhu [Siva] the greatest of Vaisnavas, so Srimad-Bhagavatam is the greatest of all Puranas.” [ SB 12.13.16 ] Quoted by Indradyumna Swami in a Facebook post from December 18, 2017. To […]
“Everything becomes auspicious” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “There’s always a happy ending in Krishna Consciousness. This is a transcendental movement. If we’re sincere and we’re practicing nicely, eventually everything becomes auspicious.” [ His Holiness Indradyumna Swami, Jaipur, 2015 ] Spoken by Indradyumna Swami in a lecture from Jaipur during Kartik Parikrama, 2015. To see the original post, please click […]