Guest guest Posted December 16, 1999 Report Share Posted December 16, 1999 Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I was in a very dark place-I could see anything but I could hear rushing water from all sides....rushing water...I didn't know who I was, I didn't Know where I was, I didn't know what was happening. I didn't think O Krishna. I only thought was where am I, Who am I, I need some reference to figure out what is happening. I kept looking for something to get a reference...I could find nothing...I only heard rushing water,...saw nothing... Then I was with my sister flying back from my others funeral on the airplane...My family hates with a passion that I am a devotee. I didn't want to upset here so I tried to chant and be Krishna consciousness in my mind... I seemed to work for awhile but it ended...I couldn't hold on... Is that what death is like...you can do your 16 rounds but then what about eternity...How can you keep thinking of Krishna without forcing yourself to chant...You can't force yourself to chant for eternity... If a person can't be thinking of Krishna in his mind while surrounded by actvities and non devotees- how will he be able to be aware of Krishna when he has no body, is only the soul and subtle body? Please let me know you opinion of this . Your servant, Pandava vijaya dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 1999 Report Share Posted December 16, 1999 thanks... At 08:18 AM 12/16/1999 +0000, you wrote: >[Text 2861932 from COM] > >Pandava Vijaya Prabhu wrote: > >> Is that what death is like...you can do your 16 rounds but then what about >> eternity...How can you keep thinking of Krishna without forcing yourself >> to chant... > >There is no other way to always think of Krishna in the Kali-yuga except >chanting His Holy Names: > >param zrImat padAmbhoja- >sadA saJgaty apekSayA >nAma-saNkIrtana-prAyAm >viSuddhAm bhaktimAcara > >param srimat padambhoja >sada sangaty apeksaya >nama-sankirtana-prayam >visuddham bhaktimacara > >O Gopa Kumara! If you desire to have eternal association of the lotus feet >of the Lord then you should continuously perform the chanting of the Holy >Name of the Lord which is considered as the purest form of all devotional >service. > >(Brhad-bhagavatamrta 2.3.144) > >> You can't force yourself to chant for eternity... > >You have to keep on forcing yourself to chant till you get the taste. There >is no other way. By regular adherence to the brhad-vrata (maha-yagna) of >chanting a fixed no. of Holy Names, the taste will surely awaken. > >sankhya-nama-sankirtana-ei maha-yajna manye >tahate diksita ami ha-i prati-dine > >I have been initiated into a vow to perform a great sacrifice by chanting >the holy name a certain number of times every day. (Cc Antya 3.240, Thakura >Haridasa to Maydevi) > >namaparadha-yuktanam >namany eva haranty agham >avisranti-prayuktani >tany evartha-karani ca > >Even if in the beginning one chants the Hare Krsna mantra with offenses, one >will become free from such offenses by chanting again and again. Papa-ksayas >ca bhavati smaratam tam ahar-nisam: one becomes free from all sinful >reactions if one chants day and night, following the recommendation of Sri >Caitanya Mahaprabhu. (6.3.24 purp) > >bhumau skhalita padanam >bhumirevavalambanam >tvayi jataparadhanam >tvameva saranam prabho > >If one slips and falls down while walking on the ground then to get up one >has to take support from the ground itself. Similarly the offenses against >the Holy Names can be removed by taking continuous shelter of Name. > >This is the verse previous to verse quoted above in the Padma Purana. > >Your servant, >Nayana-ranjana das > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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