Weekly Sanga

28) Rasa-vicāra: Mukhya-rati/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

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Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 36

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 36

athāpi me ’vinītasya
kṣāttraṁ ghoram upeyuṣaḥ
surucyā durvaco-bāṇair
na bhinne śrayate hṛdi

TRANSLATION
My dear lord, I am very impudent for not accepting your instructions, but this is not my fault. It is due to my having been born in a kṣatriya family. My stepmother, Suruci, has pierced my heart with her harsh words. Therefore your valuable instruction does not stand in my heart.

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Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam

Sri Siksastakam Verse 1 – Saturday, April 29, 2017

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In this class, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on the first verse of the Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam at Jagannātha Mandir.

ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ
śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam
ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁ
sarvātma-snapanaṁ paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam

Glory to the śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the ﬁre of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This saṅkīrtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.

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27) Rasa-vicāra: Sātvika-bhāva, Vyabhicārī-bhāva & Ratyābhāsa/28) Rasa-vicāra: Mukhya-rati/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

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Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 35

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 35

dhruva uvāca
so ’yaṁ śamo bhagavatā
sukha-duḥkha-hatātmanām
darśitaḥ kṛpayā puṁsāṁ
durdarśo ’smad-vidhais tu yaḥ

TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja said: My dear Lord Nāradajī, for a person whose heart is disturbed by the material conditions of happiness and distress, whatever you have so kindly explained for attainment of peace of mind is certainly a very good instruction. But as far as I am concerned, I am covered by ignorance, and this kind of philosophy does not touch my heart.