{ { www.LoveKrishna.Tk }} CHANTING PROCESS ANALYSIS
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quote from vaishnavas lectures- MORE IMPORTANT THAN SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM
(Alachua, USA, May 23, 2001, am) Unlike Srila Rupa Gosvami, Srila
Sanatana Gosvami, Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Srila Jiva Gosvami, and
Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has not
written very much. He only wrote eight slokas, and they are known as Sri
Siksastakam. There are a few other slokas that He wrote, and one example
is the following: naham vipro na ca nara-patir napi vaisyo na sudro
naham varni na ca grha-patir no vana-stho yatir va kintu prodyan
nikhila-paramananda -purnamrtabdher gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor
dasa-dasanudasah (CC Madhya 13.80; Padyavali 63) ["I am not a brahmana,
I am not a ksatriya, I am not a vaisya or a sudra. Nor am I a
brahmacari, a householder, a vanaprastha or a sannyasi. I identify
Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus
feet of Sri Krsna, the maintainer of the gopis. He is like an ocean of
nectar, and He is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is
always existing with brilliance." ] There are other slokas that are
attributed to Mahaprabhu, but they are not authentic. The Siksastakam
slokas are authentic, and they are more important than the Vedas,
Upanisads, and other sastras. I think that they are even more important
than the Srimad Bhagavatam. We can say that Srimad Bhagavatam is the
bhasya, commentary, of the Siksastakam. This is so because Sri
Siksastakam was spoken - by whom? It was not spoken by Vyasa, who is
only kala, an incarnation. It was spoken by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the
source of all incarnations. Sri Siksastakam should be considered to be
the most important sastra and superior to all others. In Siksastakam,
all kinds of sadhya and sadhana - the goal and the process - have been
given. But only fortunate persons can realize this. Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
with Raya Ramananda and Svarupa Damodhara, used taste the explanations,
the meanings, and the hidden sweet pastimes of Krsna in these slokas -
from beginning to end, from 'ceto darpanam marjanam' to 'aslisya va pada
ratam.' If anyone realizes this and is following the prescribed process,
then he must have some taste and he will not deviate. Param vijayate
sri-krsna-sankirtan am. A sadhaka should know that Krsna's name, Hare
Krsna or Hare Rama, are both Krsna and Radha. These names are even more
than Krsna and Radhika Themselves, because They have invested Their
whole power, all of Their mercy and all Their sweetness, in these
sixteen names. There are not really sixteen names; they are
manifestations. Actually, there are really only two names: Hare Krsna or
Hare Rama - Radha and Krsna. If one realizes that Radha and Krsna are
these names, that the names are in some cases even more powerful than
Radha and Krsna Themselves, will he chant only sixteen rounds daily or
he will chant more? A person knows that if he doesn't eat and drink, he
will not survive. That is why, 'round the clock, he is competing and
quarreling with others to maintain his life, doing business, and making
money in any way he can. Why? To survive. When you know the fact that
only the name is powerful enough to save your, this name becomes your
life and soul. You will be always chanting without any break. Your
chanting will be flowing like an uninterrupted stream of honey, or like
the flow of a river without any stop. We see the Ganges coming from the
Himalayas, all the way to the ocean, with no break at all. If anyone is
always chanting in this way, with no break, then when his mind tries to
wander he will remember: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna Hare Hare.
And, while he is sleeping, he will remember: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna. When
he is walking: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna Hare Hare. If he
chants all the time, he will automatically remember, and this is called
harinama. Also, he will be chanting with a very high-class, strong
relation with Krsna. He will think, "Krsna is mine." He will take diksa
and receive divya-jnana. What is divya-jnana? All the tattvas, like
krsna-tattva, maya-tattva, jiva-tattva, bhakti-tattva, radha-tattva,
rasa-tattva, and vilasa-tattva, are transmitted through the process
called diksa. I think we have not properly taken diksa. There is
something lacking. You have not completed the course of diksa. Certainly
there is something missing. Otherwise, if divya-jnana is present, then
all kinds of sins, aparadhas, and anarthas will have gone. Desire for
sense gratification will have gone. There will be no roga, illness, at
all, and all kinds of auspiciousness will be there. At that time, how
can we forget Radha-Krsna, Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu? It will not
be possible. If these symptoms are not there, we can understand that
something must be lacking in ourselves. We should discuss these eight
slokas of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, according to the explanations of
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Then you can understand something. Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakura has explained everything about the name. How should
we chant the name? Tan nama rupa caritadi. If you study the instructions
of Rupa Gosvami and Bhaktivinoda Thakura, then you will not think, "Oh,
I have done everything by chanting sixteen rounds. It doesn't matter
whether my mind was wandering here and there. There is no harm in that."
This is not chanting. Chant by mind. How? By remembering the sweet
pastimes of that very name which you are chanting. Also, chant with the
tongue: Hare Krsna. This is very powerful. Always be absorbed in that
chanting, under the guidance of any pure rasika, tattva-jna devotee of
Vrndavana. Always be in Vrndavana, by body or by mind, and then you can
realize something. If you cannot do this, then you cannot realize
anything. If there is no taste for hearing hari-katha or for chanting
harinama, then you will be weak and you may deviate. You should not be
like this. We will try to explain the Siksastakam, and you should try to
follow it. It can save you. Your food, lodging, and maintaining of life
will automatically be taken care of. If you have taken shelter at the
lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, you will not
have to do anything for your maintenance. Haridasa Thakura, Rupa
Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, and others did not make any endeavor for
maintaining their lives; everything came automatically. We don't want to
become old and we don't want any suffering, but this is coming anyway -
without invitation. Similarly, your maintenance will come without
invitation, without any effort. If you don't believe this, then you can
experiment. For seven days, do nothing but chant Hare Krsna Hare Krsna
Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama. Everything will be taken
care of. ceto-darpana- marjanam bhava-maha-davagni- nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava- candrika- vitaranam vidya-vadhu- jivanam anandambudhi-
vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate
sri-krsna-sankirtan am [Siks. 1; Cc. Antya 20.12] There are so many
glorifications of the name. But in what way has Caitanya Mahaprabhu
glorified the name? From this sloka to the last sloka, aslisya pada
ratam, He has glorified the name. Rupa Gosvami was the only one to
realize everything that Mahaprabhu had invested in these slokas, and
then he spoke: tunde tandavini ratim vitanute tundavali-labdhaye
karna-kroda- kadambini ghatayate karnarbudebhyah sprham cetah-prangana-
sangini vijayate sarvendriyanam krtim no jane janita kiyadbhir amrtaih
krsneti varna-dvayi ["I do not know how much nectar the two syllables
`Krs-na' have produced. When the holy name of Krsna is chanted, it
appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths.
When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of
ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it
conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become
inert." (CC Antya-lila 1.99)] Only Rupa Gosvami can say this; we cannot.
By the mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Rupa Gosvami can glorify nama. What
is the meaning of ceto darpanam marjanam? There are two cittas - one is
cit and one is citta. Citta means maha-tattva, the covering of the soul,
which is anucit-infinitesima l. But here, citta means heart. Ceto
darpanam marjanam. In a mirror, if the mirror is clear, you can see your
face and your whole body. If that mirror is dirty, however, then you
cannot see. Similarly, if you want to wash this mirror of the heart,
then chant the name. What kind of name? This is the question. The way
that we are chanting now will not suffice at any time. You should know
this. A very small child did not want to go to school, but his father
and mother forcibly took him in the car and drove him there. Even though
he was weeping, they put that baby on the teacher's lap by force, and
left him there. Throughout the day he was weeping, but his teacher was
very merciful and very sweet to him. His teacher gave him a brightly
colored book, and on the first page he saw so many pictures. He said,
"A-apple, B-ball. Oh, see the football! C-cat, D-dog." The boy became
very happy. Then the teacher asked him, "Can you read?" "Yes, A-apple."
In this way he began, and his teacher praised him, "Oh, you are now a
good student. You have read everything completely." The teacher also
brought him an apple and said, "You can have this." Thus the boy became
very happy, and the next day he was asking his mother, "When will I go
to school?" After some days the child had to learn some difficult
things, and when he could not learn, his teacher twisted his ear. He
then became puzzled. The guru also acts like this. Somehow, even though
you are fully unqualified, you should enter the school of diksa. If you
do enter, you will see that our goal is very far away, but by those
beginners' practices we can never achieve our goal. In the beginning the
guru never tells the full reality. When does he tell him? He does so
when the disciple is more advanced and he can tolerate the chastising of
gurudeva and the chastising of the Vaisnavas. Then the disciple can
realize something, and then the guru can tell him something. What will
he tell him? He will reject his disciple's bad habits, saying, "This is
not good. You should be like this." So, you should chant the name even
if you have no taste at all. If you have no taste in hearing, if you are
sleepy, you should still go to class, and simply by being there a taste
will come very soon. Ceto darpanam marjanam. The citta is washed by
chanting of the name, but not by chanting as we are now doing. That name
should be somewhat pure. Bhaktivinoda Thakura has explained all these
things. Why? Our tongue is mortal, and the pure name is transcendental.
Transcendental name has nothing to do with these material things. It
cannot come on the material tongue or in the material mind. Pure name
cannot be touched by these material things. It is a very wonderful
thing. Then how can we touch it? If that high-class, pure name will
come, then your ceto darpanam marjanam is going on. Your mirror will
become clear and then you will see, but you should know something more.
In the mirror, the form does not really come. The reflection that you
see is opposite - your right eye will be seen on the left side, the left
will be on the right side, and this nose will be backwards also. You see
your heart here on the left side and in the mirror it is opposite. Even
seeing your form in the mirror, you cannot have full realization. You
will get some idea, but you will still have to realize more. Tomorrow we
will discuss Sambodhana Bhasya, and see how we can chant this
transcendental name with our tongue. If that transcendental name comes
only one time, even it is abhasa, you will be fortunate. Gaura
premanande! Devotee: If one is not chanting the pure name, is there any
benefit at all? Is the heart becoming purified? Srila Narayana Maharaja:
There is benefit even if it is namaparadha. You can become wealthy, and
you can have all kinds of sense gratification very easily. Devotee: Will
the heart be cleaned at all by chanting namaparadha? Srila Narayana
Maharaja: No. You must be under the guidance of Vaisnavas. First hear
hari katha, the glorifications of name, and then, by hearing, and
chanting and chanting, then nama abhasa will sometimes come. It will
always be namaparadha, but sometimes not. By practicing intensely, then
namabhasa will come more and more. Then if you are so fortunate and you
are chanting one lakh daily, then sometimes pure name will come. Then
tears may come and heart melting. If it comes, then you may think that
namabhasa is coming somewhat. If namabhasa will come, then you can
realize so many things, and then suddha name. Suddha name can come only
by the causeless mercy of any Vaisnava who is always chanting pure name
or by the causeless mercy of Krsna, otherwise not. Thank you.
Gajanand Agarwal
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GLORIFICATION OF THE HOLYNAME:
In Sanskrit 'MAN' means The Mind and 'TRA' means to RELIEVE. Mantra means to relieve the mind from MUNDANE thoughts and activities.
The easiest way to control MIND is to chant MAHAMANTRA in all humility.
{BG.6.34 (PP. 343-44)}
Chanting the maha mantra frees one from the miseries of birth, death, old age
N disease {CC.ADI:2, P.236}
PANCTTAVA MANTRA:
SRI KRISHNA CHAITANYA PRABHU NITYANANDA SRI-ADWAITA GADADHARA
SRIVASADI-GAURA-BHAKTA-VRINDA
MAHA MANTRA:
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
CHANTING SHOULD BE ATLEAST LOUD ENOUGH THAT A PERSON NEXT TO THE
CHANTER CAN HEAR IT.CHANTING IS SIMPLE BUT SHOULD BE PERFORMED PROPERLY FOR BEST RESULTS.CHANTING MINIMUM 16 ROUNDS EVERYDAY WOULD KEEP YOUR
SOUL FREE FROM MATERIAL CONTAMINATION AND IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR CLEANSING MIND AND HEART SO THAT ONE CAN BECOME SOBER,UNDERSTAND HIS HIGHER DUTY AND UNDERSTAND THE SUPREME LORD.
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