Weekly Sanga – December 18, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Dec 18, 2024•51 min
Weekly Sanga
Krishna Katha with Srila Dhanurdhara Swami
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20 – December 15, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20 parāṁ kāṣṭhāṁ gataṁ tat-tad- rasa-jātīyatocitam athāpi rāsa-kṛt-tādṛg- bhaktānām astu kā gatiḥ 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 rāsa dance?
Dec 15, 2024•57 min
Weekly Sanga – December 11, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Dec 11, 2024•44 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 – December 8, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā labhante sadya eva tat TRANSLATION That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.
Dec 08, 2024•50 min
Weekly Sanga – December 4, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Dec 04, 2024•54 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 – December 1, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā labhante sadya eva tat TRANSLATION That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr
Weekly Sanga – November 27, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Nov 27, 2024•49 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 – November 24, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 śrīmad-uttarovāca kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayam TRANSLATION Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the four worlds still beyond those.
Nov 24, 2024•54 min
Weekly Sanga – November 20, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 – November 17, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 śrīmad-uttarovāca kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayam TRANSLATION Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the four worlds still beyond those.
Nov 17, 2024•46 min
Weekly Sanga – November 13, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Nov 13, 2024•49 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 1 – November 10, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 1 śrī-janamejaya uvāca satyaṁ sac-chāstra-vargārtha- sāraḥ saṅgṛhya durlabhaḥ gūḍhaḥ sva-mātre pitrā me kṛṣṇa-premṇā prakāśitaḥ TRANSLATION Śrī Janamejaya said: Truly, my father gleaned the essential meaning of all eternal scriptures, and with great love for Kṛṣṇa he revealed to his mother that rare confidential truth.
Nov 10, 2024•53 min
Weekly Sanga – November 6, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Nov 06, 2024•55 min
Weekly Sanga – November 3, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Nov 03, 2024•59 min
Weekly Sanga – October 30, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 151 – October 27, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 151 svayaṁ yad-bhakti-māhātmyam anubhūtam itas tataḥ sānandaṁ vīṇayā gāyan sa yayau bhakti-lampaṭaḥ TRANSLATION Thus Nārada started on his journey to Prayāga, intoxicated with eagerness for pure devotion. Wherever he passed he vibrated his vīṇā and blissfully sang the glories of the kṛṣṇa-bhakti he had seen with his own eyes.
Oct 27, 2024•59 min
Weekly Sanga – October 23, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Oct 23, 2024•54 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 150 – October 20, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 150 atha prayāge gatvā tān mad-apekṣā-vilambitān munīn kṛtārthayānīti samanujñāpya mādhavam TRANSLATION Nārada then took leave of Mādhava, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and went to Prayāga, thinking, “Let me bestow perfection on the sages who have waited so long for me to return.”
Oct 21, 2024•48 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 145 – October 16, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 145 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca tataḥ śrī-hasta-kamalaṁ prasārya paramādarāt evam astv iti sānandaṁ gopī-nāthena bhāṣitam TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Lord Gopīnātha then extended His divine lotus hand and with great respect for Nārada blissfully said, “So be it.”
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 139 – October 13, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 139 tathāpi teṣām eko ’pi na tṛpyati kathañcana tad gṛhāṇa varān anyān matto ’bhīṣṭa-tarān varān TRANSLATION Yet none of these devotees is ever satiated. Please, therefore, ask from Me some other, more satisfying benedictions.
Oct 13, 2024•45 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 131 – October 9, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 131 ity evam upakāro ’dya bhavatākāri me mahān tat te ’smi parama-prīto nijābhīṣṭān varān vṛṇu TRANSLATION So today you have favored Me greatly, and therefore I am delighted with you. Please choose whatever benedictions you would like.
Oct 09, 2024•49 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 130 – October 6, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 130 na sambhaved asmaraṇaṁ kadāpi sva-jīvanānāṁ yad api priyāṇām tathāpi kenāpi viśeṣaṇena smṛtiḥ praharṣāya yathā su-jīvitam TRANSLATION Those dear as life one can never forget, but when reminded of them in a special way one feels happy, like one who has lived a life of good fortune.
Oct 06, 2024•55 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124 – September 29, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124 śrī-bhagavān uvāca mat-prīty-utpādana-vyagra śrī-nārada suhṛt-tama hitam evākṛtātyantaṁ bhavān me rasikottama TRANSLATION The Supreme Lord said: Nārada, My dearest friend, you are always eager to please Me, and you are the best of those who relish transcendental emotions. You have now done Me a great favor.
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Weekly Sanga – September 25, 2024
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies and travels.
Sep 26, 2024•44 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124 – September 22, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124 śrī-bhagavān uvāca mat-prīty-utpādana-vyagra śrī-nārada suhṛt-tama hitam evākṛtātyantaṁ bhavān me rasikottama TRANSLATION The Supreme Lord said: Nārada, My dearest friend, you are always eager to please Me, and you are the best of those who relish transcendental emotions. You have now done Me a great favor.
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 118 – September 18, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 118 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca etādṛśaṁ tad-vraja-bhāgya-vaibhavaṁ saṁrambhataḥ kīrtayato mahā-prabhoḥ puna tathā-bhāva-niveśa-śaṅkayā tāḥ preritā mantri-vareṇa saṁjñayā TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: As the Supreme Lord continued ardently praising the splendor of the good fortune of Vraja, the expert counselor Uddhava grew anxious, for the special ecstasies of Vraja might again draw the Lord into a trance. With a gesture, therefore, he prompted the ladies to do...
Sep 19, 2024•48 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 110 – September 15, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 110 rūpeṇa veṣeṇa ravāmṛtena vaṁśyāś ca pūrvānuditena viśvam sammohitaṁ prema-bhareṇa kṛtsnaṁ tiṣṭhantu dūre vraja-vāsinas te TRANSLATION My beautiful form, My dress, and the nectarean sound of My flute, never heard before, enchanted the whole universe with overwhelming love of God. So what to speak of how these affected the residents of Vraja.
Sep 16, 2024•56 min
Sri Radhastami – The Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani – September 11, 2024
Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Sri Radhastami: The Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani.
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106 – September 8, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106 aho bhāmini jānīhi tat tan mama mahā-sukham mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā tasthau tatrocitāspade TRANSLATION Ah, willful woman, please understand. All that I relished in Vraja gave Me the highest pleasure. And though the glory of those times has now abandoned Me, it still resides in that most worthy place.
Sep 08, 2024•49 min
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106 – September 4, 2024
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106 aho bhāmini jānīhi tat tan mama mahā-sukham mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā tasthau tatrocitāspade TRANSLATION Ah, willful woman, please understand. All that I relished in Vraja gave Me the highest pleasure. And though the glory of those times has now abandoned Me, it still resides in that most worthy place.
Sep 04, 2024•48 min
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