excerpt from an interview with His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu

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Excerpt from an interview with His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu,

on 11-14-2002 in Vrindavan Dhama:

 

 

Our main process for developing our intelligence is to take as our life and

soul, above all other activities, whatever they may be, our japa. It has to

be our japa, otherwise we can't get out of this material world. It is

impossible without the Holy Name. It is impossible without taking shelter of

japa. You have to take shelter of the Name, you have to become the most

dedicated person to chanting the Names Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna,

Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. That means regulated

japa like anything. And the minimum is sixteen rounds. Mininum! Your shrine

should be your bead-bag. You should build a shrine around your bead-bag.

Your bead-bag should be your main source of inspiration for your whole

spiritual life. You have to take your beads and sit down, you have to sit,

and you have to concentrate your mind, and you have to hear the Names, you

have to hear Hare Krsna, and you have to do that every single day until you

have a taste. This is the way to rise above the mind and come to the

position of developing your finer intelligence and coming to the position of

understanding, "I'm not my body," and understanding that we have a

relationship with Krsna and that our real self-interest is in taking shelter

at every moment of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.