Weekly Sanga
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Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, November 22, 2017
November 23, 2017 04:03 - 11.3 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 37
November 19, 2017 17:25 - 11.8 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 37 ākarṇyātma-jam āyāntaṁ samparetya yathāgatam rājā na śraddadhe bhadram abhadrasya kuto mama TRANSLATION When King Uttānapāda heard that his son Dhruva was coming back home, as if coming back to life after death, he could not put his faith in this message, for he was doubtful...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, November 15, 2017
November 16, 2017 04:20 - 10.1 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 36
November 12, 2017 20:43 - 12.8 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 36 maitreya uvāca na vai mukundasya padāravindayo rajo-juṣas tāta bhavādṛśā janāḥ vāñchanti tad-dāsyam ṛte ’rtham ātmano yadṛcchayā labdha-manaḥ-samṛddhayaḥ TRANSLATION The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, persons like you, who are pure devotees of the lotus feet of Mukunda [the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, November 8, 2017
November 09, 2017 04:17 - 11.4 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 33
November 05, 2017 18:54 - 11.4 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 33 daivīṁ māyām upāśritya prasupta iva bhinna-dṛk tapye dvitīye ’py asati bhrātṛ-bhrātṛvya-hṛd-rujā TRANSLATION Dhruva Mahārāja lamented: I was under the influence of the illusory energy; being ignorant of the actual facts, I was sleeping on her lap. Under a vision of duality, I saw my brother...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, November 1, 2017
November 02, 2017 03:21 - 9.16 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 32
October 29, 2017 15:46 - 8.91 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 32 matir vidūṣitā devaiḥ patadbhir asahiṣṇubhiḥ yo nārada-vacas tathyaṁ nāgrāhiṣam asattamaḥ TRANSLATION Since all the demigods who are situated in the higher planetary system will have to come down again, they are all envious of my being elevated to Vaikuṇṭhaloka by devotional service. These intolerant demigods...
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 30
October 22, 2017 17:04 - 12 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 30 dhruva uvāca samādhinā naika-bhavena yat padaṁ viduḥ sanandādaya ūrdhva-retasaḥ māsair ahaṁ ṣaḍbhir amuṣya pādayoś chāyām upetyāpagataḥ pṛthaṅ-matiḥ TRANSLATION Dhruva Mahārāja thought to himself: To endeavor to be situated in the shade of the lotus feet of the Lord is not an ordinary task, because even...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, October 18, 2017
October 19, 2017 03:06 - 9.35 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 25
October 15, 2017 18:08 - 13.6 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 25 tato gantāsi mat-sthānaṁ sarva-loka-namaskṛtam upariṣṭād ṛṣibhyas tvaṁ yato nāvartate gataḥ TRANSLATION The Personality of Godhead continued: My dear Dhruva, after your material life in this body, you will go to My planet, which is always offered obeisances by the residents of all other planetary systems....
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 18
October 08, 2017 16:38 - 13.4 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 18 maitreya uvāca athābhiṣṭuta evaṁ vai sat-saṅkalpena dhīmatā bhṛtyānurakto bhagavān pratinandyedam abravīt TRANSLATION The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, when Dhruva Mahārāja, who had good intentions in his heart, finished his prayer, the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, who is very kind to...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, October 4, 2017
October 05, 2017 03:45 - 12.7 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja Address 2017
September 27, 2017 17:53 - 34.2 MBThe following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 23, 2017.
Weekly Sanga – Sunday, September 24, 2017
September 24, 2017 16:03 - 16 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on guru-tattva and his appreciation of Vishaka Dasi’s memoir, Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of Unexpected Love.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 16
September 17, 2017 17:02 - 14.6 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 16 yasmin viruddha-gatayo hy aniśaṁ patanti vidyādayo vividha-śaktaya ānupūrvyāt tad brahma viśva-bhavam ekam anantam ādyam ānanda-mātram avikāram ahaṁ prapadye TRANSLATION My dear Lord, in Your impersonal manifestation of Brahman there are always two opposing elements — knowledge and ignorance. Your multi-energies are continually manifest, but the...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, September 13, 2017
September 14, 2017 03:19 - 11.3 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 12
September 10, 2017 15:42 - 14.1 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 12 te na smaranty atitarāṁ priyam īśa martyaṁ ye cānv adaḥ suta-suhṛd-gṛha-vitta-dārāḥ ye tv abja-nābha bhavadīya-padāravinda- saugandhya-lubdha-hṛdayeṣu kṛta-prasaṅgāḥ TRANSLATION O Lord who have a lotus navel, if a person happens to associate with a devotee whose heart always hankers after Your lotus feet, seeking always their...
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 11
September 03, 2017 16:56 - 17.4 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 11 bhaktiṁ muhuḥ pravahatāṁ tvayi me prasaṅgo bhūyād ananta mahatām amalāśayānām yenāñjasolbaṇam uru-vyasanaṁ bhavābdhiṁ neṣye bhavad-guṇa-kathāmṛta-pāna-mattaḥ TRANSLATION Dhruva Mahārāja continued: O unlimited Lord, kindly bless me so that I may associate with great devotees who engage in Your transcendental loving service constantly, as the waves of...
Weekly Sanga – Srimati Radharani
August 27, 2017 18:02 - 13.5 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on the glories of Srimati Radharani.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 8
August 20, 2017 17:38 - 14.5 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 8 tvad-dattayā vayunayedam acaṣṭa viśvaṁ supta-prabuddha iva nātha bhavat-prapannaḥ tasyāpavargya-śaraṇaṁ tava pāda-mūlaṁ vismaryate kṛta-vidā katham ārta-bandho TRANSLATION O my master, Lord Brahmā is fully surrendered unto You. In the beginning You gave him knowledge, and thus he could see and understand the entire universe, just as...
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 6
August 13, 2017 17:09 - 16.1 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 6 dhruva uvāca yo ’ntaḥ praviśya mama vācam imāṁ prasuptāṁ sañjīvayaty akhila-śakti-dharaḥ sva-dhāmnā anyāṁś ca hasta-caraṇa-śravaṇa-tvag-ādīn prāṇān namo bhagavate puruṣāya tubhyam TRANSLATION Dhruva Mahārāja said: My dear Lord, You are all-powerful. After entering within me, You have enlivened all my sleeping senses — my hands, legs,...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, August 2, 2017
August 03, 2017 03:34 - 15.9 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 1
July 30, 2017 16:18 - 20.4 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 9 Text 1 maitreya uvāca ta evam utsanna-bhayā urukrame kṛtāvanāmāḥ prayayus tri-viṣṭapam sahasraśīrṣāpi tato garutmatā madhor vanaṁ bhṛtya-didṛkṣayā gataḥ TRANSLATION The great sage Maitreya told Vidura: When the demigods were thus reassured by the Personality of Godhead, they were freed from all fears, and after offering their obeisances...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, July 26, 2017
July 27, 2017 03:27 - 15.2 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 79
July 23, 2017 17:30 - 18.8 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 79 yadaika-pādena sa pārthivārbhakas tasthau tad-aṅguṣṭha-nipīḍitā mahī nanāma tatrārdham ibhendra-dhiṣṭhitā tarīva savyetarataḥ pade pade TRANSLATION As Dhruva Mahārāja, the King’s son, kept himself steadily standing on one leg, the pressure of his big toe pushed down half the earth, just as an elephant being carried on...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, July 19, 2017
July 20, 2017 03:14 - 12.7 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 71
July 16, 2017 17:57 - 18.5 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 71 tatrābhiṣiktaḥ prayatas tām upoṣya vibhāvarīm samāhitaḥ paryacarad ṛṣy-ādeśena pūruṣam TRANSLATION Elsewhere, Dhruva Mahārāja, having arrived at Madhuvana, took his bath in the river Yamunā and observed fasting in the night with great care and attention. After that, as advised by the great sage Nārada, he...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, July 12, 2017
July 13, 2017 03:02 - 15.7 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
The Initiation of Vrndavana dasa and Tota-gopinatha dasa
July 10, 2017 14:53 - 14.6 MBThe initiation of Vṛndāvana dāsa and Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha dāsa at Jagannath Mandir in Sayreville, New Jersey on Sunday, July 9, 2017.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 65
July 09, 2017 19:43 - 13.8 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 65 rājovāca suto me bālako brahman straiṇenākaruṇātmanā nirvāsitaḥ pañca-varṣaḥ saha mātrā mahān kaviḥ TRANSLATION The King replied: O best of the brāhmaṇas, I am very much addicted to my wife, and I am so fallen that I have abandoned all merciful behavior, even to my son,...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, July 5, 2017
July 06, 2017 03:13 - 14.9 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 58
July 02, 2017 18:35 - 18.3 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 58 paricaryā bhagavato yāvatyaḥ pūrva-sevitāḥ tā mantra-hṛdayenaiva prayuñjyān mantra-mūrtaye TRANSLATION One should follow in the footsteps of previous devotees regarding how to worship the Supreme Lord with the prescribed paraphernalia, or one should offer worship within the heart by reciting the mantra to the Personality of...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, June 28, 2017
June 29, 2017 03:27 - 3.92 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, June 21, 2017
June 22, 2017 02:45 - 7.03 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 55
June 18, 2017 17:14 - 8.83 MBŚrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 55 salilaiḥ śucibhir mālyair vanyair mūla-phalādibhiḥ śastāṅkurāṁśukaiś cārcet tulasyā priyayā prabhum TRANSLATION One should worship the Lord by offering pure water, pure flower garlands, fruits, flowers and vegetables which are available in the forest, or by collecting newly grown grasses, small buds of flowers or even...
Sri Siksastakam Verse 3 – June 17, 2017
June 18, 2017 01:38 - 35.8 MBIn this class, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on the third verse of the Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam at Jagannātha Mandir. tṛṇād api su-nīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā amāninā māna-dena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street;...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, June 14, 2017
June 15, 2017 03:37 - 5.44 MBIn today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 53
June 11, 2017 16:57Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 53 japaś ca paramo guhyaḥ śrūyatāṁ me nṛpātmaja yaṁ sapta-rātraṁ prapaṭhan pumān paśyati khecarān TRANSLATION O son of the King, now I shall speak unto you the mantra which is to be chanted with this process of meditation. One who carefully chants this mantra for seven...
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 52
June 04, 2017 16:13Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 52 evaṁ bhagavato rūpaṁ subhadraṁ dhyāyato manaḥ nirvṛtyā parayā tūrṇaṁ sampannaṁ na nivartate TRANSLATION One who meditates in this way, concentrating his mind upon the always auspicious form of the Lord, is very soon freed from all material contamination, and he does not come down from...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 31, 2017
June 01, 2017 03:06In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 47
May 21, 2017 16:54Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 47 śrīvatsāṅkaṁ ghana-śyāmaṁ puruṣaṁ vana-mālinam śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padmair abhivyakta-caturbhujam TRANSLATION The Lord is further described as having the mark of Śrīvatsa, or the sitting place of the goddess of fortune, and His bodily hue is deep bluish. The Lord is a person, He wears a garland of flowers,...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 17, 2017
May 18, 2017 02:43In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 43
May 14, 2017 18:25Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 43 snātvānusavanaṁ tasmin kālindyāḥ salile śive kṛtvocitāni nivasann ātmanaḥ kalpitāsanaḥ TRANSLATION Nārada Muni instructed: My dear boy, in the waters of the Yamunā River, which is known as Kālindī, you should take three baths daily because the water is very auspicious, sacred and clear. After bathing,...
Sri Siksastakam Verse 2 – Saturday, May 13, 2017
May 14, 2017 01:00In this class, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on the second verse of the Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam at Jagannātha Mandir. nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 10, 2017
May 11, 2017 03:06In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 39
May 07, 2017 16:06Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 39 maitreya uvāca ity udāhṛtam ākarṇya bhagavān nāradas tadā prītaḥ pratyāha taṁ bālaṁ sad-vākyam anukampayā TRANSLATION The sage Maitreya continued: The great personality Nārada Muni, upon hearing the words of Dhruva Mahārāja, became very compassionate toward him, and in order to show him his causeless mercy,...
Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, May 3, 2017
May 04, 2017 03:29In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 36
April 30, 2017 18:00Śrīmad 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,...
Sri Siksastakam Verse 1 – Saturday, April 29, 2017
April 30, 2017 02:54In 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...