Weekly Sanga

6) Nitya-Dharma, Race & Caste/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Narada's Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 17

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 17

tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer
bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi
yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ
ko vārtha āpto ’bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ

TRANSLATION
One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything.

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6) Nitya-Dharma, Race & Caste/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Narada's Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 14

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 14

tato ’nyathā kiñcana yad vivakṣataḥ
pṛthag dṛśas tat-kṛta-rūpa-nāmabhiḥ
na karhicit kvāpi ca duḥsthitā matir
labheta vātāhata-naur ivāspadam

TRANSLATION
Whatever you desire to describe that is separate in vision from the Lord simply reacts, with different forms, names and results, to agitate the mind, as the wind agitates a boat which has no resting place.

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6) Nitya-Dharma, Race & Caste/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Narada's Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 13

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 13

atho mahā-bhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk
śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ
urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye
samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam

TRANSLATION
O Vyāsadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for the liberation of the people in general from all material bondage.

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6) Nitya-Dharma, Race & Caste/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Narada's Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 13

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 13

atho mahā-bhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk
śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ
urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye
samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam

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6) Nitya-Dharma, Race & Caste/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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

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Narada's Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 12

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 12

naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitaṁ
na śobhate jñānam alaṁ nirañjanam
kutaḥ punaḥ śaśvad abhadram īśvare
na cārpitaṁ karma yad apy akāraṇam

TRANSLATION
Knowledge of self-realization, even though free from all material affinity, does not look well if devoid of a conception of the Infallible [God]. What, then, is the use of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not utilized for the devotional service of the Lord?

Along with today’s text, Dhanurdhara Swami remembers Mother Indrani, a regular sanga member, who recently left her body after 86 years.

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