Weekly Sanga

The initiation of Vṛndāvana dāsa and Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha dāsa at Jagannath Mandir in Sayreville, New Jersey on Sunday, July 9, 2017.

Śrīmad 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,...

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

Śrīmad 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...

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

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

Śrīmad 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...

In 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;...

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

Śrīmad 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...