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Festivals/Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā

Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – January 24, 2015

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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Festivals/Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015

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

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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Festivals/Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā

Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – January 23, 2015

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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Festivals/Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015

Puri Kirtan-Katha Retreat 2015 – January 22, 2015

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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10) Nitya-dharma & History/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Son of Droṇa Punished

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 5 (February 15, 2015)

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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10) Nitya-dharma & History/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/The Son of Droṇa Punished

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 4 (February 8, 2015)

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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10) Nitya-dharma & History/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Son of Droṇa Punished

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 1 (February, 1, 2015)

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 1

śaunaka uvāca
nirgate nārade sūta
bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ
śrutavāṁs tad-abhipretaṁ
tataḥ kim akarod vibhuḥ

TRANSLATION
Ṛṣi Śaunaka asked: O Sūta, the great and transcendentally powerful Vyāsadeva heard everything from Śrī Nārada Muni. So after Nārada’s departure, what did Vyāsadeva do?

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