Guest guest Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 " To be attentive purification of the heart is required. This means keeping silence and avoiding unfavourable talking. While chanting, one must affectionately remember the meaning of the mantra. Steadiness, patience, and attachment to chanting are all treasures of chanting. " Hari-bhakti-vilasa by Sanatana Goswami Inner Spiritual Strength Today I was visiting the Krsna's birthday festival here in Brisbane - a very nice event with many activities and stalls etc. I saw a stall where devotees were preaching directly using Srila Prabhupada's books....this gave me some realisations about how important Japa is in our spiritual lives - if we wish to preach and convince others of Krsna, then we need to have internal purity and spiritual strength....and this stems from good quality and attentive Japa. Why? If we chant with attention and concentration, then we will receive the Lord's reciprocation in the form of purification and actual realisation, realised knowledge beyond just theory - then we will be powerful when talking to others about Krsna. Our bhajans and kirtans will have great devotional potency, so much so that others will perceive Krsna's spiritual energy in a very powerful way. There is a saying that Srila Prabhupada would quote " Physician, heal thyself " .....if we are devotees of Krsna, then we need to purify ourselves and become a qualified devotee by chanting the Lord's holy names very very seriously. -- Take advantage of this rare opportunity of this human form of life. There are 8,400,000 different species of life through which we are rotating lifetime after lifetime. So getting a human body is not an every day affair. This most auspicious opportunity only comes after many millions of lifetimes in the lower species. Anyone who does not utilize their human life for self-realization is making the greatest mistake. When this happens it is the greatest tragedy, and unfortunately today this neglect of the human form has become the standard behavior for the entire human society. What can be done? We must first ourselves become solidly situated in Krishna consciousness and then do the highest welfare activity of spreading to everyone else all over the world. Chant:Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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