Weekly Sanga

TRANSLATION
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to Jagannatha Puri from Vrndavana, Svarupa Damodara Gosani immediately sent news of the Lord’s arrival to the devotees in Bengal.

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Antya-līlā/Srila Rupa Gosvami's Second Meeting With the Lord/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 1 Text 9

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 9

madhya-lila sanksepete karilun varnana
antya-lila-varnana kichu suna, bhakta-gana

TRANSLATION
I have briefly described the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu known as the madhya-lila. Now I shall attempt to describe something about His last pastimes, which are known as the antya-lila.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 49

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 48

yo vedan api sanyasyati kevalam avicchinnanuragam labhate

TRANSLATION
That person who renounces even the Vedas obtains exclusive and uninterrupted attraction for God.

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Antya-līlā/Caitanya-caritāmṛta/Srila Rupa Gosvami's Second Meeting With the Lord/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 1 Text 2

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 2

durgame pathi me ‘ndhasya
skhalat-pada-gater muhuh
sva-krpa-yasti-danena
santah santv avalambanam

TRANSLATION
My path is very difficult. I am blind, and my feet are slipping again and again. Therefore, may the saints help me by granting me the stick of their mercy as my support.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 48

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 48

yah karma-phalam karmani sanyasyati tato nirdvandvo bhavati

TRANSLATION
[Who can cross beyond illusion?] That person who renounces material duties and their profits, thus transcending duality.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 47

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 47

yo vivikta-sthanam sevate yo loka-bandham unmulayati nistraigunyo bhavati yo yoga-ksemam tyajati

TRANSLATION
[Who can cross beyond illusion?] That person who stays in a secluded place, cuts off at the root his attachment to mundane society, becomes free from the influence of the three modes of nature, and gives up hankering for material gain and security.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 46

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 46

kas tarati kas tarati mayam yah sangam tyajati yo mahanubhavam sevate nirmamo bhavati

TRANSLATION
Who can cross beyond illusion? One who abandons material association, serves the sages, and becomes selfless.

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Antya-līlā/Caitanya-caritāmṛta/Srila Rupa Gosvami's Second Meeting With the Lord/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 1 Text 1

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 1

pangum langhayate sailam
mukam avartayec chrutim
yat-krpa tam aham vande
krsna-caitanyam isvaram

TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a lame man can cross over a mountain and a dumb man recite Vedic literature.

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