I usually print out the chapters and read whenever I get free time.
Once again, thank you for granting us this opportunity, and if there is any service I could perform please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Your servant
Hemant
10th September, 2007
Hare Krishna Mataji,
Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Thank you very much for including me in this nectarian group. Writings of HH IDSM give us lot of inspiration in
our KC.
Its really very amazing how MAHARAJ is preaching in the places where many of us can't even survive in our KC.
I beg for a drop of His mercy so that I can sincerely follow my authorities here at ISKCON Pune.
Your servant,
Jayes
26th January, 2007
Hari Bhol,
PAMHO
AGTSP,
I am big time fan of Indradyumna Swami maharaj. There is not a single article to my knowledge in this site(http://www.traveling-preacher.com)
which i didn't feel like reading again and again. The article carries a lot spiritual weight and anyone with sincere heart and who is seeking/trying
to love god will surely become a devotee. I don't have words to express how much inner statisfaction I get after reading this articles.
Personally if you ask me about maharaj's articles, I would say they are real nectar and a health tonic to increase one's spiritual strength and belief
in god. From maharaj's various article one can very easily make out maharaj's dedication and commitment towards his spiritual master Srila Prabhupada.
Hardly one can find such a devotee who has whole heartedly sacrificied his life for spreading the Krishna Consciousness movement in nook and corner
of the world. Truly Srila Prabhupadas each disciple have a unique quality which is special in some way or the other.
My humble request to maharaj would be to keep writing such inspiritional articles so that fallen souls like me would take up krishna Consciousness
seriously one day or the other. I sincerely pray to Krishna to protect you from any harm and grant you good health to carry on this service forever.
All glories to Indradyumna Swami maharaj.
Indradyumna Swami maharaj ki Jay !!!!
Srila Prabhupad ki jay.
Your Servant
Srinivasan Iyengar
25th October, 2006
Hare krsna
Pamho..agtsp
I am jahnavi from South Africa and I have been reading these diaries from HH Ids for a long time and I must say that these spiritual writings
are a lesson to us all that maharaj is truly a submissive son of Srila Prabhupada and he is following in his footsteps. Srila Prabhupada
preached all over the world despite his health and maharaj is doing the same service preaching in many countries despite his health or the
circumstances, this is an example to us all that we should try our best to help maharaj help Srila Prabhupada in his mission to please lord
Krsna. Thank u very much maharaj for your loving service to my sweet grandfather:-) and keep up the jolly spirits that's makes us all smile.
Yor servant
With all my love
Jahnavi (South Africa)
7th February, 2006
Dear Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupad!
I live in Dubai (Middle East) , where public preaching of other religions and distribution of books are prohibited. So internet is a great way of
association. I didnt find and will not find more inspirational and awakening blog on the internet than your diary. Your mercy to fallen souls
like me with your real insights can get me carry on my Krishna Consciousness until death.
As for me, this is like a virtual reality. Every sentence in your diary creates an emotion in me; the fear of the skinheads, the realizations of various people you meet, the WoodStock festival , the
sankirtan lead by Sri Prahlada Das, the Indian wedding ceremony of the blind mathaji... I can feel myself literally walking down the streets of Poland. Sure one day before
I leave this body I'ld like to attend one of these. I pray to Krishna to make this happen. More over I have asked a whole lot of my youth & adult friends to read this diary (these days
blogging is a big fad, so why not read the best blog !), many of them have taken up Krishna Consciousness seriously. I sincerely pray to Krishna to protect you from any harm and grant you good health to carry on this
service forever.
Your fallen servant
Nitin Bala - Dubai (Middle East)
28th January, 2006
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I am letting my 7 year old daughter Reeya (whose will like her spiritual name to be Radha Sakhi Vrnda) writes here -
Hare Krishna I hope you are doing well. Whenever I read your diary it feels very nice. chant and be happy!!!!
hari bol your servent nisha.
27th December, 2005
Dear Maharaja
PAMHO AGTSP!
Hare Krsna! Thx soooo much for visit our yatra, thx for the inspiration and all the love that you give in your wonderfull class in Buenos Aires. We miss
you, please visit us again asap.
Your servant in Bs As,
with love,
Agni-Purana das (BTS)
14th December, 2005
Dear Indradyumna Swamiji,
Some time back, I had come across your website (www.traveling-preacher.com), and since then, I have been reading your articles regularly.
I would like to thank you for the immense service you are doing to Shri RadhaKrishn, by writing those beautiful, insightful accounts of your preaching life.
It is a very good way to inspire people. Not many saints are willing to lay bare their internal thoughts and feelings.
But you are doing Vaishnavism a great service, by giving an insight into the challenges a preacher faces, and how he overcomes them through bhakti of Shri Radha Krishn and faith in one's
Gurudev.Needless to say, you are a beacon of inspiration not only to your disciples, but to all Vaishnavas.
Please, please, please, continue to write those wonderful accounts.
On reading your diary, I realized what hostilities and dangers ISKCON members face in countries like Poland. It is only through the incredible courage and tireless efforts
of you and your disciples that Vaishnavism is flourishing in Eastern Europe, a region otherwise neglected by most acharyas. To your selfless, courageous and inspiring service, Shri Radha Krishn
will surely be graciously pleased.
This is perhaps the only online forum, where one can learn to such meticulous detail, what pain a charyas like you entail, to bring our eternal Sanatan Dharm to hostile communities, which do not
even hesitate to use force against our harmless, well-meaning, Vaishnava brethren. I hope your tireless and fearless efforts will open the eyes of us people, who are sitting comfortably in developed nations, and taking the priviledge to practise Vaishnavism for granted.
Your accounts will hopefully make Vaishnavas realize the true value of the treasure they possess, in the form of holy names of Lord Krishn!
My head bows in shame that despite your facing such adverse circumstances while preaching, the worldwide Vaishnava community, especially from India, didn't even feel the need to come to your help. I pray that your diaries serve as a
wake-up call to all people who love Shri Radha Krishn, to realize that they all must support genuine acharyas like you, with mind, body and spirit!
May the movement of Lord Chaitanya always flourish,
Vinay Aggarwal.
Munich, Germany.
18th October, 2005
Dear Vaisnavas,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
All glories to sri sir Radha-Krishna !
I read the latest entry with a lot of worry, and was glad to get to the end and read it wasn't serious.
I have seen Indradyumna Swami just once when he breifly visited Melbourne and he emailed me about something about 2 years ago & encouraged me.
He is an absolute saint and he is adored everywhere he goes. But it is also right that his own health & spiritual life is a reasonable priority.
We can't selfishly demand 'more, more, more' all the time. A good disciple should be loyal in obeying instructions and not needing more association & motivation first.
( Prabhupada said we only need a minute to surrender, and just a moments association with a pure devotee )
All glories to Indradyumna Swami Maharaj !!!!!!
Your servant,
Bhakta Simon Kitty
Melbourne Mahaprabhu Mandir
( aspiring to Jayapataka Swami )
16th September, 2005
Dear and respected Swamiji,
Hare Krishna,
I am addicted and it is just intoxicating. Please never fall short in writing your diary. Even if it is required to cut short, to utilize moments for more pressing assignments.
At the most request a devotee for dictation but pleases it should reach us. Please. I am too lowly a soul but I feel privileged to express, that I have wept on every page of your diary and it is so amazing that Lord literally
hears and speaks to you. You are that very divine personality on whom we would always remain indebted.
Hare Krishna.
Warm regards/sudipkumar
10th September, 2005
hare krsna to everyone... i am yasoda nandana dasa from italy, disciple of Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami Maharaja.. i'm musician, music teacher..
practicing (insufficiently) krsna consciousness by the 80s..
i read with great interests every message from Srila Indradyumna Swami Maharaja.. and there's nothing to do, everytime i cry with joy for the
increasing glory of the Samkirtana Movement in the world, for the constant and ever increasing dynamic revelation than everyone is a Krsna Bhakta in
his heart.
I sincerely have a great envy for Srila Indradyumna Swami Maharaja who, with his purity of hearth, is directed by Sri Krsna Bhagavan to meet such great
number of elevated souls in every place of the world, and i sincerely envy those souls who have the precious association of Srila Swami Maharaja..
one time i saw Srila Indradyumna Maharaja in Vrindavan, Krsna Balaram Mandhir... i immediately went to him to make my prostrated obeisances, when
i raised my head and i lokeed at his eyes, i had the vivid impression that he was, in his heart, surprised by the fact that someone could have decided
to offer to him an homage or a sign of submission..
i am a conditionated soul, and i see only the conditionated world... but sincerely i believed to feel a great sense of humility by such little
closeness with Srila Indradyumna Swami Maharaja
please accept everyone my humble obeisances, please Srila Indradyumna Maharaja pray for me that i remain forever in the association of devotees
and that i will have your direct association
srila Indradyumna Swami Maharaja Ki Jaya
srila Prabhupada ki jaya
Srila Gurudeva ki jaya
vaishnavas all over the world ki jaya
your servant
Yasoda Nandana Dasa... italy
30th July, 2005
Hare Krishna, Maharaja!
Please accept my hunble obeisances. All glory and honour to Srila Prabhupada!
I first read of your travels to the Zulu people in an older BTG magazine. I was more than impressed and felt some tears after this heartwarming
article. Your travels to the tsunami victims also warmed my heart and made me grateful to find Krishna Consciousness. There are not many preachers and
spiritual masters like yourself who are truly kind to the devotees or will walk the walk rather than just talk the talk. Thank-you for your good influence and
for truly showing what it means to have love for Krishna & the Holy Names.
Sincerely,
A. Hergenrother
12th July, 2005
Hare Krsna.
PAMHO! AGTSP!
I am from Singapore. My husband recently sent me a link to this page. Indradyumna Swami's writings are very inspirational and the pages of this
diary really give encouragement and strength to any aspiring devotee.
Thank you for this wonderful service, and thank you Swami, for this priceless nectar that you are sharing with us.
Your servant
Lakshmi
18th May, 2005
Hare Krsna.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please put me on your email list. I have read vols 3 and 4 in book form and have given them as gifts. They are simply wonderfuls!
YS,
Mayapriya dd
16th May, 2005
Pamho.
I would just like to thank You so much for the amazing kirtans at the manor recantly. I have been listening to Your wonderful kirtans so much and i hada desire to be in one and my wish came true.
It was Krishna's arrangement I especially enjoyed the one that went on late. Your kirtans are so amazing they are literally out of this world. Only such a pure devotee of the Lord
can lead such a powerful kirtan. I would really like to go to Poland next year as this year i am going on the Pandava Sena trip to Germany.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Your servant Sanatan Dasa (Brother of Chaitanya Dasi)
15th May, 2005
Dear Indradumyna Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to your divine lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I feel very fortunate to be able to write few words in appreciation for your diaries and your festivals - Woodstock Festival and Festival of India. Each time I read your diaries, the first question comes to my mind is
" From where can a person gather so much of stamina." Then immediately the mind answers to my question, " Krishna's mercies." Maharaj your diaries are a great source of inspiration for me to develop faith and
devotion for Krishna. A good friend helped me obtain your book, Diary of a Travelling Preacher which you so mercifully autographed with your blessing and good wishes. I am very overwhelmed with your mercies, it is indeed my good fortune.
Along with your book I was able to obtain a copy of Woodstock Festival dvd. I had tears in my eyes, seeing the dedication of each one of you and your team members. At one time I was to deeply touched that I said to you in my heart, if my daughter ( 9 years old now) and I could ever participate to help you with the Festivals in this lifetime, we would go out and do so.
Thank you very much Maharaj for all that you give to the readers, to us. We pray to Lord Nrsimhadev to protect you from all dangers and always help you to be successful in your great mission. We hope to continuosly receive your mercies, the nectar, in the form your diaries.
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga ! Hare Krishna.
Your servant
Sriji dasi
13th May, 2005
Pamho.
Hare Krsna
I am an aspiring devotee from Malaysia. I surf the net and came across swami's diaries.I am overwhemled and touched by all the stories. How i wish swami would come to Malaysia.....
Thank you for all the warm heart felt stories....I am so blessed by swami's mercy to be able to read his diairies.
your servant
9th May, 2005
Hare Krishna!!!!
I am trying to be humble servant of the servant of HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj, and i am connected to ISKCON Chowpatty Temple in
Mumbai....
I am a great fan of HH Indradyumna Swami Maharaj... and i listen to his kirtans all the time.......He is my greatest inspiration in preaching and
sankirtan, and someday i hope i will be able to serve the movement atleast in an atomic magnitude of what he is doing now........I very much get
enthused after reading his diaries and i have tears in my eyes just by seeing the poise of this great devotee and the clarity of understanding the
purpose and execution of the sankirtana movement.......i need his blessings in the form of his words and in the form of his kirtans and bhajans.......
hence i request you to please send me the diary entries of Maharaj on this mail id.......i will be eternally indebted for this .....
thanking you....
13th April, 2005
Haribol,
Thank you for all the nectar and inspiration in the form of these diaries. I am totally addicted!
your servant,
Nanda Sunu dasa
13th April, 2005
H.H. Indradyumna Swami was in Chicagoland during the last week of march 2005.
By Krishna's mercy, my article about the announcement of the ISKCON Chicago programs of Chaitanya Jayanti,
Holi, and Bhakti Yoga Festival (organized by Maharaja in Unitarian Church in a Chicago suburb) was published
in INDIA TRIBUNE, a local paper. After the programs my report about them was also published in the same
paper.
For the background research on Maharaja (for writing the reports), I read the Volume 5 of his diary in a
very short time. I loved the book. (Now I have started reading it second time). While reading some passages,
my eyes get filled with tears!
While interviewing Maharaja after his discourse at the ISKCON Chicago temple on Sunday, March 27, I mentioned
to him that his book can win a Pulitzer Prize!
My wife Hasu and I had a good fortune to have darshan of Srila Prabhupada in July 1974 during the first
Rathyatra in Chicago. I gave my article about our darshan to Maharaja.
Girish Parikh
International Author
31st March 2005
Hare Krishna!
Maharaja was just here this last week in Boulder/Denver, CO USA. The devotees are very inspired (it's nice to see
inspiration in the U.S.) My wife in particular, after struggling for a couple of years, has gained renewed determination
to participate in ISKCON. This is all by the mercy of Maharaja.
23rd January 2005
Thank you so very much for sending me the diaries of Indradyumna Swami. I relish hearing of his pastimes, and his service to Srila Prabhupada is an inspiration to me.
Your servant in Shanghai
Sat-sanga das
22nd January 2005
Haribol!
Russia: September 12 - 24, 2004, My Chest Swells Up With Pride
That must be the most moving story I've read in my time as a bhakta. Just thinking about, the tears start again.
Hare Krsna
Bhakta Brian
19th January 2005
Hare Krishna
The diaries of a traveling preacher of Indradyumna Swami are so interesting to me, that I consider to travel to Poland this summer with my family.
Could you send me a program for 2005 with the locations?
Thank you
Renée
Holland
16th January 2005
Hare Krsna!
Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to HH Indradyumna Swami. All glories to Krsna Conciousness.
Please sign me up for any news letters and the diaries. I have had some forwarded to me, and I am so enlivened that I want to receive each one.
Thank you very much. Have a wonderful Krsna Concious day!
Dvaraka Lila Devi Dasi
22nd January 2005
Hare Krishna!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I would be very much interested in receiving via email the latest diary entries. I have a devotee friend, Visnujana dasa, that is diciple of HH Indradyumna Swami, and I was
very interested in learning more about his spiritual master. I was just initiated December 24th by Bir Krishna Goswami. In any case, I am planning on ordering one of the many
volumes of his book, Traveling Preacher. I was at a Bhakta Vrsta program Saturday, and I picked up volume 4, and started reading. I must admit, it was hard to put down. So I
think I will get one of my own.
your servant,
Damodara Priya dd
USA
15th October 2004
Haribol,
Thanks for sending the diary. I actually have been getting them for a
couple years now. I read this one (Volume 5, Chapter 27)this morning and was completely moved.
It's incredible to know that there are actually pure devotees on this planet
right now. All glories to Indradyumna Maharaj.
Premavatar das
5th August 2004
Hare Krishna!
Thank goodness for the traveling preacher website. Without it, I never
would have been able to discover the glories of my dear spiritual master.
I was so happy to find it when I searched the internet with his name.
Indradyumna Maharaja has changed my life in so many ways. He has
instructed me how to become a better Vaisnavi and how to properly serve
the Lord. He has made me dance in ectasy during his melodious kirtans,
and he has brought tears to my eyes during his lectures. He is truly a
pure devotee, fervently serving Lord Caitanya while preaching in parts
of the world where no one else dares to go.
I recommend that all Vaisnvas listen to, read from,and sing with our
spiritual master, Indradyumna Maharaja, and feel the love of God
surround you!
Haribolo!
Bhaktin Sharon
Cleveland, OH USA
30th June 2004
HARE KRISHNA
My name is Najetha. I am from South Africa. I have received a few diaries via a cousin and I have
found them to be very interesting and inspiring. Please can you put me on the list to receive
future diaries?