Weekly Sanga

Wednesday Sangas

Weekly Sanga – Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from recent studies and travels.

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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 27

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 27

namo ’kiñcana-vittāya
nivṛtta-guṇa-vṛttaye
ātmārāmāya śāntāya
kaivalya-pataye namaḥ

TRANSLATION
My obeisances are unto You, who are the property of the materially impoverished. You have nothing to do with the actions and reactions of the material modes of nature. You are self-satisfied, and therefore You are the most gentle and are master of the monists.

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16) Prameya: Jīva Possessed by Māyā/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Posted on January 6, 2016 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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Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 25

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 25

vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat
tatra tatra jagad-guro
bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād
apunar bhava-darśanam

TRANSLATION
I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.

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16) Prameya: Jīva Possessed by Māyā/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Posted on December 30, 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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Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 23

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 23

yathā hṛṣīkeśa khalena devakī
kaṁsena ruddhāticiraṁ śucārpitā
vimocitāhaṁ ca sahātmajā vibho
tvayaiva nāthena muhur vipad-gaṇāt

TRANSLATION
O Hṛṣīkeśa, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devakī, who was long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Kaṁsa, and me and my children from a series of constant dangers.

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16) Prameya: Jīva Possessed by Māyā/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Posted on December 23, 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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Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 22

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 22

namaḥ paṅkaja-nābhāya
namaḥ paṅkaja-māline
namaḥ paṅkaja-netrāya
namas te paṅkajāṅghraye

TRANSLATION
My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.

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Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 20

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 20

tathā paramahaṁsānāṁ
munīnām amalātmanām
bhakti-yoga-vidhānārthaṁ
kathaṁ paśyema hi striyaḥ

TRANSLATION
You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental science of devotional service unto the hearts of the advanced transcendentalists and mental speculators, who are purified by being able to discriminate between matter and spirit. How then can we women know You perfectly?