Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, October 1, 2014


In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, September 24, 2014


In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Aesthetics and Spirituality


The following is a recording of a talk that Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gave entitled ‘Aesthetics & Spirituality’ as part of the Tuesday Night Sanga series at the Bhakti Center on Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Maharaja’s class is followed by a drama he performs with Meaghan Sloane based on the Kaliya-Krishna pastime.

Here is a video of the drama.

 

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 16


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 16

 

dhyāyataś caraṇāmbhojaṁ
bhāva-nirjita-cetasā
autkaṇṭhyāśru-kalākṣasya
hṛdy āsīn me śanair hariḥ
 

TRANSLATION
As soon as I began to meditate upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead with my mind transformed in transcendental love, tears rolled down my eyes, and without delay the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, appeared on the lotus of my heart.

 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, September 10, 2014


In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 12


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 12

 

citra-dhātu-vicitrādrīn
ibha-bhagna-bhuja-drumān
jalāśayāñ chiva-jalān
nalinīḥ sura-sevitāḥ
citra-svanaiḥ patra-rathair
vibhramad bhramara-śriyaḥ
 

TRANSLATION
I passed through hills and mountains full of reservoirs of various minerals like gold, silver and copper, and through tracts of land with reservoirs of water filled with beautiful lotus flowers, fit for the denizens of heaven, decorated with bewildered bees and singing birds.

 

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, September 3, 2014


In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

 

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 10


Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 10

 

tadā tad aham īśasya
bhaktānāṁ śam abhīpsataḥ
anugrahaṁ manyamānaḥ
prātiṣṭhaṁ diśam uttarām
 

TRANSLATION
I took this as the special mercy of the Lord, who always desires benediction for His devotees, and so thinking, I started for the north.