Twice a week Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares his thoughts and realizations on sacred texts such as Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta and more.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 62
TRANSLATION
Initiated by our gurus, we always worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu with the mantras and methods they have given us.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 52
TRANSLATION
Confused about what he should do, he became depressed. Then, in another dream, Lord Śiva came to him, along with the goddess, to instruct him.
Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Text 92
TRANSLATION
“ ‘The river Ganges flowing in the heavenly planets is full of golden lotus flowers, and we, the residents of those planets, eat the stems of the flowers. Thus we are very beautiful, more so than the inhabitants of any other planet. This is due to the law of cause and effect, for if one eats food in the mode of goodness, the mode of goodness increases the beauty of his body.’ ”
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 50
TRANSLATION
Still, out of respect for the goddess, and because it gave him pleasure within, he never gave up chanting his mantra. And one day he saw the Deity of his mantra in a dream.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39
TRANSLATION
Ignorant of the real facts, he thought that something other than this mantra must be his means of success in the next life and something else must be his final goal.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38
TRANSLATION
On the order of the goddess, he chanted the mantra constantly to himself in a secluded place. Gradually he gave up his desire for wealth, and his heart became satisfied.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35
TRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35
TRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35
TRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.
Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Texts 3-4
ei chaya gurura karoṅ caraṇa vandana
yāhā haite vighna-nāśa, abhīṣṭa-pūraṇa
TRANSLATION
I pray to the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs — Śrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha — so that all impediments to my writing this literature will be annihilated and my real desire will be fulfilled.
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.