Turn Your Home into an Ashram

February 18, 2010

How

would you like to wake up every morning in the spiritual world and feel your

heart dancing in ecstasy at the prospect of another blissful enlightening day of

Krishna consciousness? You don't have to wait to go back to Godhead, to the

spiritual world, to dive into this ocean of unlimited nectar. You can do it

right now by turning your home into an ashram, i.e. by making Krishna the

center. This means that everything you do there should be done for the pleasure

of Krishna. This does not that you are giving up your pleasure. Just as by when

feeding your belly your entire body becomes nourished, when you do everything

for the pleasure of Krishna you are engaged in the loving service of every

living being throughout all of existence and consequently your happiness becomes

multiplied millions and billions of times.

Start off by making an altar for the Lord and offering all of your food there

before eating. Remember that the Lord only accepts vegetarian foods. And then

make your altar room the place for your morning meditations. Rise early every

morning before dawn, take bath, and then worship the Lord with an offering of

incense and a flower and the singing on the Lord's holy names. During the early

morning hours you should also chant the holy names of the Lord on japa mala

beads and study scriptures such as the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam.

In this way, you will powerfully charge your spiritual batteries for a day of

enlivened Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari-- LET US NOT MAKE OUR STOMACH A GRAVEYARD. LET US NOT EAT FLESH. LET US BE VEGETARIANS AND STAY HEALTHY. Animals are to be loved, not eaten. Eating flesh is good neither for the mind nor for the intellect, not even for the body. It distorts the basic character of human. Think Soul is Soul and it came from the Supreme Soul...God Head Krishna

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