The Name- Glorification 494

[Rammohan G]

Unless a devotee actually develops transcendental love for the Lord, it is not possible for him to think always of the Lord within his heart.” Lord Krsna says in the Twelfth Chapter of the Gita that you should always think of Him in spontaneous love. But if you can’t do that, then try to follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. And if you can’t do even that, then try to work for Krsna, and if you can’t do that, then cultivate selfless work, and if you can’t do that, then cultivate knowledge. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu also advises that you give your whole life to Krsna, but if you cannot do that, then you should give your money, and if you cannot do that, then you should at least give your intelligence, and if you do not have intelligence, you should at least give your words. Similarly, for chanting japa, we can advise that a devotee should constantly cry out in full love of God, completely surrendering himself to the Lord, and tasting the nectar of ecstatic love of Krsna. But if you cannot do that, then cry out, “My dear Lord, I am unable to sincerely cry out Your name in surrendered love. Please forgive me.” But we may have to admit that we cannot even cry out sincerely about our inability to cry out in spontaneous love. What then? At least you should cry out, lamenting your inability to even feel any inability: “My dear Lord, I am just a dull stone. I cannot chant Hare Krsna with any quality, only mechanically. I cannot even lament my inability.”

 

 

 

-- Japa Reform Notebook

 

 

 

 

Chant

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare

and make your life sublime