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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.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 28

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 28

tasya jnanam eva sadhanam ity eke

TRANSLATION
Some say that knowledge is the means for developing devotion.

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

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 11 (Continued)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with the Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 11.
Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 11

bhogante muhur avrttim
ete sarve prayanti hi
mahar-adi-gatah kecin
mucyante brahmana saha

TRANSLATION
But when their enjoyment ends, all these persons must return to this mundane earth. Only a select few of those who have reached the planets of Mahar and beyond are liberated along with Brahma.

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 27

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 27

isvarasyapy abhimani-dvesitvad dainya-priyatvac ca

TRANSLATION
Furthermore, the Lord dislikes the proud but is pleased with the humble.

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

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 11

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 11

bhogante muhur avrttim
ete sarve prayanti hi
mahar-adi-gatah kecin
mucyante brahmana saha

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Narada Bhakti Sutra/Wednesday Sangas

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 25

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 25

sa tu karma-jnana-yogebhyo ‘py adhikatara

TRANSLATION
Pure devotional service, on the other hand, is far superior to fruitive work, philosophical speculation, and mystic meditation.

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

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 7

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 7

sri-kṛṣṇa-karuṇa-sara-
patra-nirdhara-sat-katham
srutvabhut paramananda-
purna tava pitamahi

TRANSLATION
After your grandmother heard the sacred narration about the search for the person most favored by the essence of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, she was filled with the highest bliss.