Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – January 25, 2015

Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat 2015 – Brahma-vimohana-līlā – January 25, 2015

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 49

 

āṅghri-mastakam āpūrṇās
tulasī-nava-dāmabhiḥ
komalaiḥ sarva-gātreṣu
bhūri-puṇyavad-arpitaiḥ
 

TRANSLATION
Every part of Their bodies, from Their feet to the top of Their heads, was fully decorated with fresh, tender garlands of tulasī leaves offered by devotees engaged in worshiping the Lord by the greatest pious activities, namely hearing and chanting.
 

Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – January 24, 2015

Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat 2015 – Brahma-vimohana-līlā – January 24, 2015

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 45

 

tamyāṁ tamovan naihāraṁ
khadyotārcir ivāhani
mahatītara-māyaiśyaṁ
nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ
 

TRANSLATION
As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a person of great power is unable to accomplish anything; instead, the power of that inferior person is diminished.
 

Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – Japa Seminar at Siddha-bakula – January 23, 2015


On January 23, 2015, as part of the Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave a japa seminar at Siddha-bakula, the bhajana kutir of Nāmācārya Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

 

Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – January 23, 2015

Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat 2015 – Brahma-vimohana-līlā – January 23, 2015

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 44

 

evaṁ sammohayan viṣṇuṁ
vimohaṁ viśva-mohanam
svayaiva māyayājo ’pi
svayam eva vimohitaḥ
 

TRANSLATION
Thus because Lord Brahmā wanted to mystify the all-pervading Lord Kṛṣṇa, who can never be mystified, but who, on the contrary, mystifies the entire universe, he himself was put into bewilderment by his own mystic power.
 

Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – January 22, 2015


In this year’s inaugural talk, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami welcomes everyone to the Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat.

 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 18, 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 5 (February 15, 2015)


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 5

 

yayā sammohito jīva
ātmānaṁ tri-guṇātmakam
paro ’pi manute ’narthaṁ
tat-kṛtaṁ cābhipadyate
 

TRANSLATION
Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries.
 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 11, 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 4 (February 8, 2015)


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 4

 

bhakti-yogena manasi
samyak praṇihite ’male
apaśyat puruṣaṁ pūrṇaṁ
māyāṁ ca tad-apāśrayām
 

TRANSLATION
Thus he fixed his mind, perfectly engaging it by linking it in devotional service [bhakti-yoga] without any tinge of materialism, and thus he saw the Absolute Personality of Godhead along with His external energy, which was under full control.
 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 4, 2015


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