Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 21

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 21

ye sarva-nairapeksyena
radha-dasyecchavah param
sankirtayanti tan-nama
tadrsa-priyata-mayah

TRANSLATION
They chant His names and are full of unique love for Him. Indifferent to everything else, they want only to become servants of Sri Radha.

 

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 37

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 37

loke ‘pi bhagavad-guna-sravana-kirtanat

TRANSLATION
One achieves bhakti by hearing and chanting about the Supreme Lord’s special qualities, even while engaged in the ordinary activities of life in this world.

 

Bhakti Seminar at Yogamaya New York – Part 3

On September 17-18, 2011, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gave a 15 hour seminar on bhakti at Yogamaya Studio in New York. The following is the third and final excerpt from the seminar.

 

Bhakti Seminar at Yogamaya New York – Part 2

On September 17-18, 2011, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gave a 15 hour seminar on bhakti at Yogamaya Studio in New York. The following is part two from the seminar.

 

Bhakti Seminar at Yogamaya New York – Part 1

On September 17-18, 2011, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gave a 15 hour seminar on bhakti at Yogamaya Studio in New York. The following is part one from the seminar.

 

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20

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?

 

Remembering Srimati Yamuna Devi

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

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 35

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 35

tat tu visaya-tyagat sanga-tyagac ca

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

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 15

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.