The Miracle of Chanting Part 04: Srila Prabhupada
Lord Krsna states in the Bhagavad Gita that no one can be happy in this world without sacrifice. Our duty as human beings is to perform sacrifices to the Lord. We should simplify our material lives to maximize the time we spend in sacrificing to the Lord. When we make this adjustment, we will never need to worry about our livelihood. The recommended sacrifice for the age of kali is to chant the holy names of...
Allah, Yahova or Krishna-Need Is To Chant
Chanting the Lord's name purifies our polluted consciousness, the source of all over problems. Ladies and gentleman, this Krsna consciousness movement is meant for reviving our original consciousness. At present, owing to our long association with matter, our consciousness has become contaminated, just as rain water contaminated when it falls from a cloud. Originally the water is pure, distilled, but as soon as it falls onto the...
Give It All I Got
To the degree that I give my all and all to my chanting, to that degree Krishna reciprocates and thus bhakti increases in my heart. As one popular song of the sixties said, “The love you give is equal to the love you take.” What I put into my japa is what I get back. Devotion doesn’t come back where devotion is not put out (garbage in, garbage out). My daughter is learning to play violin and to inspire her we watched...
Chanting leads to Transcendental ecstasies
In the beginning, there may not be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies, which are eight in number. These are: (1) being stopped as though dumb, (2) perspiration, (3) standing up of hairs on the body, (4) dislocation of voice, (5) trembling, (6) fading of the body, (7) crying in ecstasy, (8) trance. But there is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immediately to the spiritual platform, and one shows the first symptom...
Gems and Realizations You May Gain from Japa
Hare Krsna to all devotees. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. My wife and I had recently completed the Potomac Temple Japa workshop with Mahatma Prabhu. Going there during the Labor Day weekend last year was the best decision we made. We learned a lot about how to properly do Japa and the importance of Japa in Bhakti. Japa is so important that one must be willing to...