Weekly Sanga

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

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Posted on February 25, 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 6 (February 22, 2015)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 6

anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād
bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje
lokasyājānato vidvāṁś
cakre sātvata-saṁhitām

TRANSLATION
The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth.

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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 27, 2015

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat 2015 – Brahma-vimohana-līlā – January 27, 2015

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 64

śanair athotthāya vimṛjya locane
mukundam udvīkṣya vinamra-kandharaḥ
kṛtāñjaliḥ praśrayavān samāhitaḥ
sa-vepathur gadgadayailatelayā

TRANSLATION
Then, rising very gradually and wiping his two eyes, Lord Brahmā looked up at Mukunda. Lord Brahmā, his head bent low, his mind concentrated and his body trembling, very humbly began, with faltering words, to offer praises to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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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 26, 2015

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat 2015 – Brahma-vimohana-līlā – January 26, 2015

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 50

candrikā-viśada-smeraiḥ
sāruṇāpāṅga-vīkṣitaiḥ
svakārthānām iva rajaḥ-
sattvābhyāṁ sraṣṭṛ-pālakāḥ

TRANSLATION
Those Viṣṇu forms, by Their pure smiling, which resembled the increasing light of the moon, and by the sidelong glances of Their reddish eyes, created and protected the desires of Their own devotees, as if by the modes of passion and goodness.

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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 25, 2015

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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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.