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Divine names RetReat Bhaktivedanta College Radhadesh, April 2011

Schedule all events are happening in the Radhadesh Community Hall except only if mentioned differently.

Friday, 22nd April 2011

18.00 - 20.00 entering the Retreat

Saturday, 23rd – Tuesday 26th April 2011

7.15 - 7.45 Darshan arati and Guru Puja (temple)

7.45 - 9.15 Discovery Lecture (temple)

9.15 - 11.00 Breakfast prasadam and free time (tent)

11.00 - 13.00 Japa Workshop

13.00 - 14.00 Group Japa

14.00 - 17.00 Lunch prasadam and free time (tent)

17.00 - 18.00 Group japa (optional)

18.00 - 20.00 Lila Kirtan

Wednesday, 27th April 2011


7.45 - 9.15 Discovery Lecture (temple)

9.15 - 10.00 Breakfast Prasadam (tent)

10.00 - 22.00 12h Kirtan and Japa Day

Thursday, 28th April 2011


7.45 - 9.15 taking the Retreat Home

9.15 - 10.00 sankalpa Ceremony

(1)

nikhila çruti-mauli-ratna mälä-

dyuti-néräjita-päda-paìkajänta

ayi mukta-kulair upäsyamänaà

paritas tväà hari-näma saàçrayämi

Oh çré harinäma! the entire galaxy of Upaniñads, which are like a necklace of most precious gems, are serving the toenails of Your lotus feet with their brilliance. in such a way, the vedic scriptures are constantly glorifying Your lotus feet. Great yogés, sages and liberated transcendentalists are engaging in worshiping You. therefore i fully surrender unto You and humbly pray for Your shelter.

(2)

jaya näma-dheya muni vånda-geya he

jana-raïjanäya paramäkñaräkåte

tvam anädaräd api manäg udéritaà

nikhilogra-täpa-paöaléà vilumpasi

Oh çré harinäma, who is chanted by all sages! For the pleasure of the living entities, You have assumed the form of the supreme transcendental syllables. if a person chants Your name even once, and derisively, too, even then You completely destroy the monstrous mountain of his sinful reactions. therefore, oh holy name, all glories to You!


ÇRé Kåñëa-nämäñöaKa

(3)

yad-äbhäso ‘py udyan kavalita-bhava-dhvänta-vibhavo

dåçäà tattvändhänäm api diçati bhakti-praëayiëém

janas tasyodättaà jagati bhagavän-näma-taraëe

kåté te nirvaktuà ka iha mahimänaà prabhavati

Oh illuminating sun of Krishna’s name! if any person by his chanting can even obtain a mere shadow of Your splendor, then You dissipate the gloom of nescience that drags him into the darkness of the material world. You reward even the blind fools who are bereft of any spiritual knowledge with the vision that enables them to take up devotional service. therefore, Oh çré harinäma, who in this world is able to properly describe Your glories?

(4)

yad-brahma-säkñät-kåti-niñöhayäpi

vinäçam äyäti vinä na bhogaiù

apaiti näma sphuraëena tat te

prärabdha-karmeti virauti vedaù

the vedas say: “a person may obtain the direct perception of the Brahman effulgence by steadfast, sincere and long-lasting continuous meditation. However, he will not be able to completely eradicate the results of his prärabdha-karma (reactions on his fruitive activities, which have already begun to fructify). they have to be experienced by material enjoyment or suffering. Yet, as soon as a small particle of Your merciful glare starts to reveal its effect, the entire constellation of prärabdha-karma is annihilated.

(5)

agha-damana-yaçodä-nandanau nanda-süno

kamala-nayana-gopé-candra-våndävanendräù

praëata-karuëa-kåñëäv ity aneka-svarüpe

tvayi mama ratir uccair vardhatäà näma-dheya

Oh çré harinäma! You manifest in many forms like aghadamana (the subduer of the agha demon), Yaçodänandana (the son of Yaçodä), nandasunä (the son of nanda mahäräja), Kamalanayana (the lotus-eyed), Gopécandra (the moon of the gopés), våndävanendra (the Lord of våndävana), Praëatakaruëa (the compassionate master of the surrendered souls), and Kåñëa. Oh holy name, let my attachment to You increase more and more.



(6)

väcyaà väcakam ity udeti bhavato näma svarüpa-dvayaà

pürvasmät param eva hanta karuëaà taträpi jänémahe

yas tasmin vihitäparädha-nivahaù präëé samantäd bhaved

äsyenedam upäsya so ‘pi hi cadänandämbudhau majjat

Oh holy name! You appear in two forms: väcyaà, the Deity form of the supreme Lord, and väcakam, Your transcendental name. Of these two, we consider the form of the holy syllables to be infinitely more compassionate than the form of the Deity. Because if a person having taken shelter of the Deity form commits aparädha, the only recourse he has is to become the servant of the holy name and chant incessantly Krishna, Govinda and so on. By your immeasurable transcendental potency, all his offenses disappear and he experiences uninterrupted joy – submerged in an ocean of ecstasy.

(7)

süditäçrita-janärti-räçaye

ramya cid-ghana-sukha-svarüpiëe

näma gokula-mahatsaväya te

kåñëa pürëa-vapuñe namo namaù

Oh holy name! You destroy the entirety of the sufferings of Your surrendered devotees. You are eternally manifest in the transcendental form of intensified bliss. to the residents of Gokula, You are the source of an unending festival of joy and divine pleasure, and You are always saturated in Your magnificent glory and sweetness. i offer my repeated obeisances unto Your lotus feet.

(8)

närada-véëojjévana

sudhormi-niryäsa-mädhuré-püra

tvaà kåñëa-näma kämaà

sphura me rasane rasena sadä

Oh Krishna’s name! You are the life force of sri narada’s vénä and You are constantly increasing the sweetness of the delightful waves in the ocean of nectar. Out of Your causeless mercy kindly appear on my tongue incessantly and bestow me with unalloyed affection to the Lord.



ÇRé-ÇiKñäñöaKa

(1)

ceto-darpaëa-märjanaà bhäva-mahä-dävägni-nirväpaëaà

çreyaù-kairava-candrikä-vitaraëaà vidyä-vadhü-jévanam

änandämbudhi-vardhanaà prati-padaà pürëämåtäsvädanaà

sarvätma-çréapanaà paraà vijayate çré-kåñëa-saìkértanam

Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Kåñëa, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. that chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. it is the life and soul of all education. the chanting of the holy name of Kåñëa expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. it gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar at every step.

(2)

nämnäm akäri bahudhä nija-sarva-çaktis

taträrpitä niyamitaù smaraëe na kälaù

etädåçé tava kåpä bhagavan mamäpi

durdaivam édåçam ihäjani nänurägaù

my Lord, O supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many names, such as “Kåñëa”, and “Govinda”, by which You expand Yourself. You have invested all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard and fast rules for remembering them. my dear Lord, although You bestow such mercy upon the fallen, conditioned souls by liberally teaching Your holy names, i am so unfortunate that i commit offenses while chanting the holy name, and therefore i do not achieve attachment for chanting.



(3)

tåëäd api sunécena taror iva sahiñëunä

amäninä mäna-dena kértanéyaù sadä hariù

One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, and who does not expect personal honor but is always prepared to give all respect to others can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord.

(4)

na dhanaà na janaà na sunaréà

kavitäà vä jagad-éça kämaye

mama janmani janmanéçvare

bhävatäd bhaktir ahaituké tvayi

O Lord of the universe, i do not desire material wealth, materialistic followers, a beautiful wife or fruitive activities described in flowery language. all i want, life after life, is unmotivated devotional service to You.

(5)

ayi nanda-tanuja kiìkaraà

patitaà mäà viñame bhavämbudhau

kåpayä tava päda-paìkaja-

sthita-dhülé-sadåçaà vicintaya

O my Lord, O Kåñëa, son of mahäräja nanda, i am Your eternal servant, but because of my own fruitive acts i have fallen into this horrible ocean of nescience. now please be causelessly merciful to me. Consider me a particle of dust at Your lotus feet.



(6)

nayanaà galad-açru-dhärayä

vadanaà gadgada-ruddhayä girä

pulakair nicitaà vapuù kadä

tava näma-grahaëe bhaviñyati

my dear Lord, when will my eyes be beautified by filling with tears that constantly glide down as i chant Your holy name? When will my voice falter and all the hairs on my body stand erect in transcendental happiness as i chant Your holy name?

(7)

yugäyitaà nimeñeëa cakñuñä prävåñäyitam

çünyäyitaà jagat sarvaà govinda-viraheëa me

my Lord Govinda, because of separation from You, i consider even a moment a great millennium. tears flow from my eyes like torrents of rain, and i see the entire world as void.

(8)

äçliñya vä päda-ratäà pinañöu mäm

adarçanän marma-hatäà karotu vä

yathä tathä vä vidadhätu lampaöo

mat-präëa-näthas tu sa eva näparaù

Let Kåñëa tightly embrace this maidservant who has fallen at His lotus feet, or let Him trample me or break my heart by never being visible to me. He is a debauchee, after all, and can do whatever He likes, but He is still no one other than the worshipable Lord of my heart.


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