The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali/Wednesday Sangas

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 3.9

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Text 3.9

vyutthana-nirodha-samskarayor abhibhava-pradurbhavau nirodha-
ksana-cittanvayo nirodha-parinamah

TRANSLATION
The state of restraint, nirodha, is when there is a disappearance of outgoing [i.e. worldy] samskaras and the appearance of restraining samskaras. These emerge in the mind at the moment of restraint.

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5) Priya: The Beloved/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 113

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Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 113

jita-vak-pati-naipunya
yad idam nad tvayoditam
tad asambhavitam na syad
yadavendra-prabhavatah

TRANSLATION
You can defeat the wit of even Brhama, the master of speech. And so, by the power of our Lord Yadavendra, what you have said to us cannot be untrue.

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Sunday Sangas/The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Text 3.3

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Text 3.3

tad evartha-matra-nirbhasam svarupa-sunyam iva samadhih

TRANSLATION
Samadhi is when the same dhyana shines forth as the object alone and [the mind] is devoid of its own [reflective] nature.

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5) Priya: The Beloved/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 106

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Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 106

sayyasanatanalapa-
krida-snanasanadisu
vartamana api svan ye
krsna-premna smaranti na

TRANSLATION
While eating, sleeping, sitting, walking, speaking, bathing, enjoying diversions, the Yadus are so absorbed in pure love for Krsna that they even forget their own families and possessions.

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5) Priya: The Beloved/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 103-105 (Continued)

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In today’s class, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 103-105.
Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 103-105

yesam darsana-sambhasa-
sparsanugamanasanaih
bhojanodvaha-sayanais
tathanyair daihikair drdaih
duschedaih prema-sambandhair
atma-sambandhato ‘dhikaih
baddhah svargapavargeccham
chittva bhaktim vivardhayan
krsno vismrta-vaikuntho
vilasaih svair anu-ksanam
navam navam anirvacyam
vitanoti sukham mahat

TRANSLATION
Krsna has now forgotten Vaikuntha, for He is bound by intense, unbreakable loving exchanges with these Yadus. He sees the Yadus, touches them, talks with them, sits with them. He eats and sleeps with them, follows then when they walk, takes part in their marriage ceremonies, and shares in their other activities of embodied life. These relations are more tangible then the yogis’ union with Him in meditation. Thus, by His pastimes Krsna spreads among the Yadus infinite pleasure, ever fresh and indescribable, destroying any desire they might have for heaven or liberation, and increasing more and more their devotion to Him.

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Festivals/Gaura Purnima/Sunday Sangas

Gaura Purnima

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In honor of Sri Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on gaura-lila.
Srila Dhanurdhara Maharaja speaks in depth on the pastimes surrounding Mahaprabhu’s entrance into the sannyasa asrama and His reasoning behind it.

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