Weekly Sanga

1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20

param kastham gatam tat-tad-
rasa-jatiyatocitam
athapi rasa-krt-tadrg-
bhaktanam astu ka gatih

TRANSLATION
They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the rasa dance?

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 36

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 36

avyavrtta-bhajanat

TRANSLATION
One achieves bhakti by worshiping the Lord ceaselessly.

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Sunday Sangas/Vaishnavas

Remembering Srimati Yamuna Devi

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

On today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami, along with others, remembers Srimati Yamuna Devi who had just passed away on December 20, 2011.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 35

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 35

tat tu visaya-tyagat sanga-tyagac ca

TRANSLATION
One achieves bhakti by giving up sense gratification and mundane association.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 15

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 15

tatra sri-krsna-padabja-
saksat-seva-sukham sada
bahudhanubhavantas te
ramante dhik-krtamrtam

TRANSLATION
The pure devotees living in Vaikuntha enjoy forever in varied ways the happiness of directly serving Sri Krsna’s lotus feet. In comparison, the nectar of liberation appears condemned.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 34

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 34

tasyah sadhanani gayanty acaryah

TRANSLATION
Standard authorities have described the methods for achieving devotional service.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14

vaikuntham durlabham muktaih
sandrananda-cid-atmakam
niskama ye tu tad-bhakta
labhante sadya eva tat

TRANSLATION
That abode, Vaikuntha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 33

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 33

asmat saiva grahya mumuksubhih

TRANSLATION
Therefore seekers of liberation should take to devotional service alone.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 13

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 13

bhakta bhagavato ye tu
sa-kamah svecchayakhilan
bhunjanah sukha-bhogams te
visuddha yanti tat-padam

TRANSLATION
But even the devotees of the Personality of Godhead who still have material desires can enjoy the pleasures they wish and then become fully purified and go to the Lord’s abode.