Weekly Sanga

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 23   ahaṁ purātīta-bhave ’bhavaṁ mune dāsyās tu kasyāścana veda-vādinām nirūpito bālaka eva yogināṁ śuśrūṣaṇe prāvṛṣi nirvivikṣatām  TRANSLATION O Muni, in the last millennium I was born as the son of a certain maidservant engaged in the service of brāhmaṇas who were following the principles of Vedānta. When...

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.  

The following is a class entitled “The Power and Culture of Humility: Developing Self-confidence Through a Humble Heart” given at Yogamaya New York on April 18, 2014.  

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 18   tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramatām upary adhaḥ tal labhyate duḥkhavad anyataḥ sukhaṁ kālena sarvatra gabhīra-raṁhasā  TRANSLATION Persons who are actually intelligent and philosophically inclined should endeavor only for that purposeful end which is not obtainable even by wandering from the topmost planet [Brahmaloka]...

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.  

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 17   tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer  bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ  ko vārtha āpto ’bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ  TRANSLATION One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature...

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.  

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 14   tato ’nyathā kiñcana yad vivakṣataḥ  pṛthag dṛśas tat-kṛta-rūpa-nāmabhiḥ na karhicit kvāpi ca duḥsthitā matir  labheta vātāhata-naur ivāspadam  TRANSLATION Whatever you desire to describe that is separate in vision from the Lord simply reacts, with different forms, names and results, to agitate the mind, as the wind...

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.  

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 13   atho mahā-bhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam  TRANSLATION O Vyāsadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for...

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.  

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 13   atho mahā-bhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam  TRANSLATION O Vyāsadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for...

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.  

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 5 Text 12   naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitaṁ na śobhate jñānam alaṁ nirañjanam kutaḥ punaḥ śaśvad abhadram īśvare na cārpitaṁ karma yad apy akāraṇam TRANSLATION Knowledge of self-realization, even though free from all material affinity, does not look well if devoid of a conception of the Infallible [God]. What, then, is the use of fruitive activities, which are naturally painful from the very beginning and transient by nature, if they are not utilized for the devotional service of the Lord? Along with today's text, Dhanurdhara Swami remembers Mother Indrani, a regular sanga member, who recently left her body after 86 years.  

In today's sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura's 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.