Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, July 1, 2015


In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Jaiva-Dharna – Wednesday, June 24, 2015


In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 31


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 31

 

dṛṣṭvāstra-tejas tu tayos
trīl lokān pradahan mahat
dahyamānāḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ
sāṁvartakam amaṁsata
 

TRANSLATION
All the population of the three worlds was scorched by the combined heat of the weapons. Everyone was reminded of the sāṁvartaka fire which takes place at the time of annihilation.
 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, June 17, 2015


In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 28


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 28

 

na hy asyānyatamaṁ kiñcid
astraṁ pratyavakarśanam
jahy astra-teja unnaddham
astra-jño hy astra-tejasā
 

TRANSLATION
O Arjuna, only another brahmāstra can counteract this weapon. Since you are expert in the military science, subdue this weapon’s glare with the power of your own weapon.
 

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 24


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 21

 

sa eva jīva-lokasya
māyā-mohita-cetasaḥ
vidhatse svena vīryeṇa
śreyo dharmādi-lakṣaṇam
 

TRANSLATION
And yet, though You are beyond the purview of the material energy, You execute the four principles of liberation characterized by religion and so on for the ultimate good of the conditioned souls.
 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 13, 2015


In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Sadhu Sunday at Yogamaya New York – April 26, 2015


On Sunday, April 26, 2015, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave a talk on experiential bhakti at Yogamaya New York’s Sadhu Sunday series in New York City.