Sacred Rivers Yoga: The Yoga of Forgiveness

Today’s sanga is entitled “The Yoga of Forgiveness” given by Dhanurdhara Swami on Sunday, April 17, 2011, at Sacred Rivers Yoga in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 100

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 100

tasam abhave purvam me
vasato mathura-pure
vivaha-karane kacid
icchapy asin na manini

TRANSLATION
My dear proud lady, when living in Mathura-puri without the gopis I at first had no desire to marry.

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 98

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 98

tamisra-punjadi yad eva kincin
madiya-varnopamam iksyate taih
sa-cumbanam tat parirabhyate mad-
dhiya param ta kva nu varnaniyam

TRANSLATION
If they see a patch of darkness resembling My complexion, they embrace and kiss it, mistaking it for Me. What more can I describe?

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 97

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 97

adrsyamane ca mayi pradipta-
viyoga-vahner vikalah kadacit
mrta ivonmada-hatah kadacid
vicitra-bhavam madhuram bhajante

TRANSLATION
And when they cannot see Me they become so torn that the fire of separation leaves them sometimes as though dead and sometimes as though insane. Thus they partake of the nectar of wonderful ecstasies.

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 96

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 96

drste ‘pi samyen mayi tan na duhkham
viccheda-cintakulitamanam vai
harsaya tesam kriyate vidhir yo
duhkham sa sadyo dvi-guni-karoti

TRANSLATION
So their pain won’t be relieved even if they see Me. Their hearts will be so disturbed by thoughts of separation from Me that whatever measures I take for their happiness will only double their grief.