Weekly Sanga

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

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.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

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.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

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.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

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.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

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.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

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.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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.