Weekly Sanga

Sunday Sangas/Wednesday Sangas

Weekly Sanga | Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on his recent studies and from his recent travels.

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Lecture Series

The Skill of Happiness

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

The Skill of Happiness
In the latest of Yogamaya New York’s Sat-Sanga series, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk entitled The Skill of Happiness. In this talk Maharaja describes the importance of happiness in one’s life, what real happiness is, and how the path of bhakti facilitates true happiness.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Brahmana Sudama Visits Lord Krsna in Dvaraka

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 80 Text 31

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Srimad Bhagavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 80 Text 31

kaccid gurukule vasam
brahman smarasi nau yatah
dvijo vijnaya vijneyam
tamasah param asnute

TRANSLATION
My dear brahmana, do you remember how we lived together in our spiritual master’s school? When a twice-born student has learned from his guru all that is to be learned, he can enjoy spiritual life, which lies beyond all ignorance.

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3) Naimittika-Dharma is to be Relinquished/Jaiva-Dharma

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami discusses the third chapter of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma, entitled “Naimittika-Dharma is to be Relinquished.”

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Brahmana Sudama Visits Lord Krsna in Dvaraka

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 80 Text 23

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Srimad Bhagavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 80 Text 23

ku-cailam malinam ksamam
dvijam dhamani-santatam
devi paryacarat saksac
camara-vyajanena vai

TRANSLATION
By fanning him with her camara, the divine goddess of fortune personally served that poor brahmana, whose clothing was torn and dirty and who was so thin that veins were visible all over his body.

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Sunday Sangas

Weekly Sanga | Sunday, May 5, 2013

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on his recent studies and from his recent travels.

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2) The Nitya-Dharma of the Jiva is Pure and Everlasting/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami discusses the second chapter of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma, entitled “The Nitya-Dharma of the Jiva is Pure and Everlasting.”

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Brahmana Sudama Visits Lord Krsna in Dvaraka

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 80 Text 15

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Srimad Bhagavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 80 Text 15

sa tan adaya vipragryah
prayayau dvarakam kila
krsna-sandarsanam mahyam
katham syad iti cintayan

TRANSLATION
Taking the flat rice, the saintly brahmana set off for Dvaraka, all the while wondering “How will I be able to have Krsna’s audience?”

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2) The Nitya-Dharma of the Jiva is Pure and Everlasting/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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Lecture Series/The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Yoga Sutras Seminar at Yogamaya Part 8

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Here is the eighth and final part of the seminar on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali given by Dhanurhdara Swami as part of Yogamaya’s teacher training in New York City.

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