Situated In Pure Transcendence

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Hare

Krsna my dear devotees. I hope your week is full of nectar from

chanting and that you are able to experience the Lord's mercy coming

from your heart. Today I had a good day starting from chanting my

rounds in the morning, then I went to the market so we could think of

what to prepare for the Lord today, every weekend we have a different

menu and we try to improve a little bit the worship of the Deities. I

got some butter to prepare ghee so I could offer food cooked with ghee

and also put in the arati offering, Kesava was proud of himself when he

made the arati today, it looked like a temple and everyone today could

be blessed by Sri Sri Gaura Nitai's mercy.The samosas were a

nectar and the rose lassi very precious as well. An opulent fruit salad

made of grapes, bananas, condensed milk, sour cream, raisins and

cinnamon powder was offered and the Deities looked nice on an altar

decorated with fruits and flowers. The Deities looked very happy here

at home and the main thing is that we can chant our rounds and remember

the service we do every day, it's important to raise kids with this in

their minds so they will get a taste for service and in the future they

will feel very happy by being engaged like that.I was reading the

Harinama Cintamani today and found this nice quote, I hope you like it

also and feel blessed with nectar from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. " By

hearing the glories of the holy name, the last traces of false ego will

dissipate, and the symptoms of a pure devotee will then blossom in his

heart, and he will take to the six processes of surrender. He who finds

complete shelter in the holy name is a great soul, for he becomes the

recipient of the great treasure of Krsnaprema. The symptoms of one who

is free from the ten namaparadhas. In being warned to avoid the ten

offenses to the holy name of the Lord, one is actually being ordered to

positively implement the specific saintly qualities that render these

aparadhas impossible. Therefore, one must: not criticize but serve the

saintly Vaisnavas; worship Krsna as the Absolute Supreme Lord; give

full respect to the spiritual master who initiates one into the holy

name; regard the scriptures that reveal the glories of the holy name as

preeminent; know within the heart that the holy name is eternally

situated in pure transcendence; root out and destroy the desire to

commit sins; preach the glories of the holy name only to the faithful;

give up ritualistic pious activities entirely; chant with full

attention and surrender fully to the holy name. " I

liked this quoted because it stresses the importance of chanting

without offenses and also gives emphasis to being attentive. We all

need to keep making efforts to chant offenselessly and try to achieve

our goal of pure chanting. Our Lord and the spiritual master will

always be here to help us on this path and we will be safe in their

association.May we all be blessed with service and lots of good

moments in association of great vaisnavas that lead us to pure

devotional service.your servant,Aruna devi-- At the present moment our minds are polluted with the dirt accumulated over millions and millions of lifetimes of sense gratification. Even though our original pure nature is eternal, full of knowledge, and full of bliss, due to our mental contamination we are presently suffering in the realm of temporality, ignorance, and misery. By the purificatory process of chanting the holy names of God we can revive our original, pure nature and thus relish the sweetest happiness at every minute.

Chant:Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare