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Your Japa Creates Your Day
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 Our
daily chanting of the Hare Krishna mahamantra on japa
beads is the most significant event of our day. It is
our daily opportunity to have a personal, private
meeting with God. Therefore the mood in which we chant
is of the utmost importance. If our minds are wandering
somewhere else during our japa, it will be difficult to
remember Krishna throughout the day, and our day will be
a struggle. But if we fix our minds nicely on on the
mahamantra during our japa meditation, it will be easy
to remember Krishna throughout the day, and we'll have a
really blissful day. So the essential point is that you
create what sort of day you will have every day by how
you chant your rounds first thing in the morning.
Chanting one's rounds later in the day makes it more
difficult to feel connected because one is beginning his
day without tuning in to Krishna.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Srila
Prabhupada Deeply Absorbed in Japa
http://www.backtohome.com/images/Prabhupada/SP_Chanting_Japa.jpg
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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: |
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Question:
Can I Chant a Shorter Version of Hare Krishna? |
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Respected Gurudeva,
While I chant the Hare Krishna mahamantra, I feel it is
too long. I can chant a smaller mantra like "Om Namah
Shivaya" and feel equally happy. Is there a shorter
version of the Hare Krishna mahamantra which can be
chanted?
Please forgive my impudence.
Shriram B.
Mumbai, India
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Answer: Take the Prescribed
Medicine to be Cured |
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The physician gives the
patient the correct medicine in the proper dosage for
recovering his health as soon as possible. The patient
does not take the medicine for his enjoyment. Even if
bitter, he takes that medicine simply for the purpose of
regaining his his health. So are you chanting for your
enjoyment or for your purification?
If you are chanting for your purification, you should
accept the recommended mantra for this age, the Hare
Krishna mantra. If you are chanting for your enjoyment,
you can chant anything you like. But do not expect to
get the same result which you will get by chanting the
full Hare Krishna mahamantra:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare
Taking this prescribed Hare Krishna mahamantra medicine
will deliver you from the disease of birth and death.
Chanting whatever you like, although perhaps seemingly
easier, will not give you the same result.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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