A Devotee’s Vision – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “A devotee’s vision is that nothing belongs to him or her, everything belongs to the Lord; so we are very happy being the servants, engaging whatever we have in the service of Radha and Krishna. The perfect example of that is Vrnda-Devi who gave her beloved forest, her blessed forest to her […]
“Even one moment of life” – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami “Even one moment of life spent cannot be regained for millions of gold coins. Therefore, what greater loss is there than time spent uselessly?” [ Canakya Pandit ] Posted by Indradyumna Swami on his facebook page on January 30, 2017. To see the original post, please click here.
Yudhisthira speaks the most wonderful thing – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami “Hundreds and thousands of living entities meet death at every moment, but a foolish living being nonetheless thinks himself deathless and does not prepare for death. This is the most amazing thing in this world.” [ Mahabharata, Vana-parva 313.116 ] Posted by Indradyumna Swami on […]
“In all directions” – Verse quoted by Indradyumna Swami “May Lord Nrsimhadeva, who appeared as the enemy of Hiranyakasipu, protect me in all directions. His loud laughing vibrated in all directions and caused the pregnant wives of the asuras to have miscarriages. May that Lord be kind enough to protect me in difficult places like the […]
“You are just like the moonlight” – Nectar of Devotion quoted by Indradyumna Swami “One aged devotee of Krsna addressed Him in this way: ‘My dear Krsna, O killer of the demon Agha, my body is now invalid due to old age. I cannot speak very fluently, my voice is faltering, my mind is not strong, […]
Spiritual Strength from Lord Balarama – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “One cannot attain the supreme platform of self-realization without being sufficiently favored by Balarama. Bala does not mean physical strength. No one can attain spiritual perfection by physical strength. One must have the spiritual strength which is infused by Balarama. Balarama is the source of spiritual […]
Meditation on adorning the Deities – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “Sringara-vat is a place where we can come and meditate on the expertise of Krsna, the Gopas, and the Gopis in dressing Their respective Deities and refine that devotional service ourselves.” [ His Holiness Indradyumna Swami, Sringara Vat, 2015 ] Spoken by Indradyumna Swami in a lecture delivered at Sringara Vat during Kartik […]
“Gauranga, Gauranga, Gauranga!” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “Nityananda was sitting here anxiously waiting for the Sankirtan movement to begin. Sometimes, He would call out, ‘Oh, My Brother! Where are You? Where are You? When are We going to go out and deliver the fallen conditioned souls? Gauranga, Gauranga, Gauranga!’ This whole area is permeated with the loud […]
“The real desires of the heart” – Indradyumna Swami Nectar ‘Kamyavana’ means that forest where all your desires are fulfilled. Of course, that doesn’t mean material desires, it means spiritual desires. We’re all very familiar with our material desires; they’re quite embarrassing. But by the mercy of our Spiritual Masters we’re beginning to learn what […]
Special Mercy of Radha Raman – Indradyumna Swami Nectar “On the kind invitation of Pundrik Goswami, of the Radha Raman temple in Vrindavan, we have been invited to participate in his week long service to the famous deity of Radha Raman. Today we participated in a parade through town and many arotikas in the temple. […]