Weekly Sanga

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

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

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Posted on April 2, 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 11

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 11

tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo
yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api
nāmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yat
śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ

TRANSLATION
On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world’s misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though imperfectly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.

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

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 8

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 8

śrī-nārada uvāca
bhavatānudita-prāyaṁ
yaśo bhagavato ’malam
yenaivāsau na tuṣyeta
manye tad darśanaṁ khilam

TRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: You have not actually broadcast the sublime and spotless glories of the Personality of Godhead. That philosophy which does not satisfy the transcendental senses of the Lord is considered worthless.