07.25.09
Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 10:12 am by Nava-yauvana dāsa
I took the evening off, so Uddhava Prabhu leads a nice long kīrtan, then the devotees chant Śrī Viṣṇusahasranāma. Then there is a nice discussion about our plans for traveling to India, the service attitude and how to offer obeisances to the Vaiṣṇava devotees.
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Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 10:08 am by Nava-yauvana dāsa
I took the night off, so the āśram devotees answered questions from the online audience. Then they chanted Śrī Viṣṇusahasranāma.
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07.22.09
Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 3:32 pm by Nava-yauvana dāsa
I took the night off, and this Darshan was led by Uddhava Prabhu.
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07.20.09
Posted in Community News, Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 9:59 am by Nava-yauvana dāsa
Bhakta Peter, who has been visiting for the last two months, answers questions about his experience.
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Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 9:56 am by Nava-yauvana dāsa
Aside from the anarthas discussed previously, there are four additional varieties of anartha: (1) duṣkṛti-uttha (arising from past sins), (2) sukṛti-uttha (arising from previous pious activities), (3) aparādha-uttha (arising from offenses) and (4) bhakti-uttha (arising in relation to bhakti).
(1) Duṣkṛti-uttha: anarthas arising from past sinful activities refer to five types of kleṣa or distress, which are (i) avidyā (ignorance or forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa), (ii) asmitā (the false egoism arising from the conceptions of I and mine in relation to the material body), (iii) rāga (attachment for the objects of sense gratification), (iv) dveṣa (hatred or aversion to unpleasant, disagreeable or adverse situations) and (v) dur-abhiniveśa (attachment for or absorption in sinful activities).
(2) Sukṛti-uttha: various kinds of material enjoyment arising from the pious activities of one’s previous birth.
(3) Aparādha-uttha: suffering arising from nāmāparādha and other types of offenses.
(4) Bhakti-uttha: desires for lābha (material gain), pūjā (worship) and pratiṣṭhā (prestige) arising from the performance of sakāma-bhakti or sopādhika-bhakti (conditional devotional service).
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07.17.09
Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 8:26 am by Nava-yauvana dāsa
Hṛdaya-daurbalya is of four kinds: (1) tuccha-āsakti (attachment for useless things), (2) kūṭī-nāṭī (deceitful behaviour the word kūṭī-nāṭī may be broken down into the constituent parts kū, bad or evil, and na or nāṭī, that which is forbidden. In that case it would mean doing wicked deeds or doing that which is forbidden), (3) mātsarya (envy) and (4) sva-pratisṭhā-lālasā (desire for ones own fame and prestige).
After discussing these anarthas, we chant Śrī Viṣṇusahasranāma as usual.
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07.16.09
Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 10:45 am by Nava-yauvana dāsa
Asat-tṛṣṇā is of four types: (1) varieties of desires for material enjoyment in this world, (2) desires for enjoyment in the higher planetary systems of Svargaloka, (3) desires for the attainment of the eight mystic siddhis and the nine divine jewels of Kuvera (padma, mahāpadma, caṅkha, makara, kacchapa, mukunda, kunda, nīla and kharva) and (4) the desire for mukti.
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07.12.09
Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 3:15 pm by Nava-yauvana dāsa
Today’s Darshan is from Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Nectar of Instruction (Śrī Upadeśāmṛta) verse 8:
tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu-
smṛtyoḥ krameṇa rasanā-manasī niyojya
tiṣṭhan vraje tad-anurāgi janānugāmī
kālaṁ nayed akhilam ity upadeśa-sāram
“The essence of all advice is that one should utilize one’s full time—twenty-four hours a day—in nicely chanting and remembering the Lord’s divine name, transcendental form, qualities and eternal pastimes, thereby gradually engaging one’s tongue and mind. In this way one should reside in Vraja [Goloka Vṛndāvana dhāma] and serve Kṛṣṇa under the guidance of devotees. One should follow in the footsteps of the Lord’s beloved devotees, who are deeply attached to His devotional service.”
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Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 3:12 pm by Nava-yauvana dāsa
Today’s Darshan is from Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Nectar of Instruction (Śrī Upadeśāmṛta) verse 7:
syāt kṛṣṇa-nāma-caritādi-sitāpy avidyā-
pittopatapta-rasanasya na rocikā nu
kintv ādarād anudinaṁ khalu saiva juṣṭā
svādvī kramād bhavati tad-gada-mūla-hantrī
“The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of Kṛṣṇa are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy. Although the tongue of one afflicted by the jaundice of avidyā [ignorance] cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue, and his disease is gradually destroyed at the root.”
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07.10.09
Posted in Darshan, Podcasts, Sri Visnusahasranama at 10:27 am by Nava-yauvana dāsa
Today’s Darshan is from Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Nectar of Instruction (Śrī Upadeśāmṛta) verse 6:
dṛṣṭaiḥ svabhāva-janitair vapuṣaś ca doṣair
na prākṛtatvam iha bhakta janasya paśyet
gaṅgāmbhasāṁ na khalu budbuda-phena-paṅkair
brahma-dravatvam apagacchati nīra-dharmaiḥ
“Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body. Such a devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view. Indeed, one should overlook a devotee’s having a body born in a low family, a body with a bad complexion, a deformed body, or a diseased or infirm body. According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted. It is exactly like the waters of the Ganges, which sometimes during the rainy season are full of bubbles, foam and mud. The Ganges waters do not become polluted. Those who are advanced in spiritual understanding will bathe in the Ganges without considering the condition of the water.”
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