Guest guest Posted April 11, 2000 Report Share Posted April 11, 2000 > HH Lokanath Swami wrote: > > > Are there any sastric references to the effect of chanting without > > having your beads in a beadbag? > > YAKSA RAKSASA BHUTANI SIDDHA VIDYADHARA GANAH > HARANTI PRASABHAM YASMAT TASMAD GUPTAM SAMACARET > > (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 17/144 from YAJNAVALKYA SMRTI) > > If one chants japa while keeping his japa beads outside of his bead bag, > then his japa is forcibly stolen by semi-demigods, demons, ghosts, > perfected living entities from Siddhaloka and Vidyadharas, the dancers in > the heavenly planets. Therefore one should not keep his beads outside of > his bead bag. In the CC Srila Prabhupada writes: > In addition to other duties, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu introduced the system > of chanting the holy name of the Lord a fixed number of times daily, as > confirmed in this verse (tomara dui hasta baddha nama-ganane). Caitanya > Mahaprabhu used to count on His fingers. While one hand was engaged in > chanting, the other hand kept the number of rounds. So it seems like in our sampradaya the beadbags were introduced after Lord Caitanya by the Gosvamis? ys.GNdd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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