“Indradyumna Swami spoke on the bhakti movement of Lord Chaitanya at Bhakti Yoga Shala in Los Angeles. After the talk, as the kirtana built and the ecstasy rose and almost everyone in the room was dancing, I thought, “Maharaja is not an ordinary person; I should take full advantage of every moment I have with him—and other such great […]
Author Archives: H.H. Giriraj Swami
A Jubilant Festival, June 16, Bhakti Yoga Shala, Santa Monica, California
“In His Own Words”—from Indradyumna Swami, June 9, 2013
Giriraj Swami
Diary of a Traveling Monk, Volume 13, Chapter 12 Anatoli Fedorovich Pinyayev (Ananta-santi dasa) was the first Soviet Hare Krsna devotee. Because of his active preaching throughout the USSR and because of the spiritual influence he had on many people, he was subjected to severe persecution for five and a half years at the hands […]
Srila Prabhupada’s Inconceivable Achievements, Bhakti Charu Swami, June 8, Los Angeles
Giriraj Swami
Bhakti Charu Swami spoke at New Dwaraka Dhama. “So many young Americans came forward to help Srila Prabhupada. Obviously they were somehow previously related to him from their past lives. It was not just a chance happening. One devotee, in a humble mood, told Srila Prabhupada, ‘Before meeting you I was so fallen, so engrossed in all kinds […]