I was on the streets yesterday or in the park of airport of Surat. So, from the streets to the palace today. Srila Prabhupada had told Sri Sri Radha Rasbihari to stay on & he will built a palace for Them. So, this temple of Radha Rasbihari is like a palace, which Prabhupada built for Them.

Before we talk more, it’s a time for celebration.

We have crossed the mark of 500. Today we have 503 participants. This is a good morning news for all of you. I had expressed my wish, that by end of this month we should reach the target of 500 but by efforts of all of you, by end of the day & not end of the month, target has been achieved. So, we did it. We achieved the target together. Param Vijayate Sri Krsna sankirtanam.

(Shikshashtakam verse 1)

This is also victory for the Sankirtan movement. When so many devotees come together & chant, then that is Sankirtan. Then victory is guaranteed for Sankirtan movement. So one phase of the victory we have achieved.

‘Jitega Bhai jitega’, (definitely there will be victory) they say in India. So Sankirtan movement will be victorious.

So keep Chanting. We achieved some sort of target. With all of your enthusiasm it was possible. But we have long way to go. But stay fixed & Chant every day with enthusiasm on the conference. Enthusiasm & Determination, both are required to become steady. What sort of determination is needed?

That we will Chant 16 rounds every day, we have to do, we have taken vow, so we don’t have any choice, but to Chant. However, if you could Chant with us that will be most welcomed & I think you will be also very much benefitted by the association.

The reason I wish to continue this conference, is because, it’s a part of taking care of you, taking care of devotees, taking care of disciples. To train the disciples to chant ‘Hare Krishna’. To train to be steady, train to be enthusiastic, train to be attentive, train to be offenseless. All sorts of training & aspects of Chanting are there & we have been reminding every day, this aspect, that aspect, this training, that training. Among all sorts of trainings, training of doing Japa is the topmost. If we become expert in Chanting, then it’s effect will be evident in all our spiritual life style. Your whole life will be revolutionize. All aspects of your life will improve, once your Chanting is improved. So take advantage.

Many of you are sharing your realizations & you are letting me know, how you have been benefited by this conference. Madhavi Gauri mataji wrote to me. It was a nice communication, I appreciated. I appreciated her appreciation and her realization. She has become steady chanter. Every single morning, fix time of the day, otherwise she was Chanting, but at all different times. Life was not disciplined. But now she also had a thought, that how she could not Chant, during this time of the day when her Guru Maharaj is sitting & Chanting, how she could be sleeping? Or how she could be doing some other thing. So those were her thoughts.

So keep Chanting. Be steady with your Chanting in association of devotees & also in my association.

‘loot sako to loot lo’ (You may take full advantage of this opportunity, which has come knocking at your door) that is the thing. So, take advantage. Just by sitting at home you are getting so much benefit. When you will get opportunity like this of getting association every day. You all should take full advantage of it.

I will have to close this Japa-talk soon as we have to greet Radha-Rasbihari. Also I will have to sing Guru Pooja Kirtan & in evening also we have Kirtan, beginning at 7.30pm. Let’s see what all things we can do. All day there are meetings also. So, day is packed.

All the talks that we had been giving, includes various thoughts, guidelines, various training points, different inspirational statements. Because we go on talking every day, we try to say something different, new or additional which you should be welcoming. However, whatever has been said in the past, we have said 100 times, as we have passed 100 days of Japa conference. Every day we have said something substantial, something useful, something meaningful, some practical tips. So, you should go back to those. You should remember, you should contemplate on that.

Some of you are making notes. Otherwise you also know, you must know, we had been posting transcriptions of these Japa talk in English, Hindi & Russian. Some of the participants of this conference are taking trouble of transcribing this Japa-talks in the language that you could understand.

So you could visit Japa-talk, “Let’s Chant together”, conference, or wherever it is posted, on Lok-Sanga. So you should read through those postings & refresh your memory. Guidelines, instructions, tips, hints that we have been giving & try to follow that every day as you chant.

So, I am just saying, don’t forget training points & guidelines which are meant to help you to chant with attention & offenselessly. So that’s also part of homework. Chanting is a homework & wherever we had been Chanting, revisit in your mind & try to remember. But in this age we can not rely upon our memory. We don’t have sharp intelligence. So better you write it down. Or whatever has been said or transcribed, you should make copy of that. Put that in your file those print outs & read & follow. Prabhupada used to say,’If you want to remember something, write it down.’

Hare Krishna! Thank you.

YOU DO AS I DID!

Hare Krishna! All participants have one target, not a big one. Just get one more. Each one of you get one more, your godbrother, godsister, your devotee friends, your near and dear ones to attend the conference and we will be able to achieve the target of this month. Remember that is also our target – to encourage others to join.

I am on the way to Mumbai. I was going to travel by train this morning, but then I would have missed this japa session, so I cancelled my train travel, instead I am here at Surat airport, so that I can fly to Mumbai later after attending the conference with you. I made this change, just to chant with you.

I am just sitting here in a park on a bench. This situation reminded me of Srila Prabhupada sitting
in New York, also in some park on a bench. Of course that time Srila Prabhupada was not surrounded by any followers. When he sat in Tompkins Square Park, there was no one to sit and chant with him. One day one gentleman was sitting on the same bench and Prabhupada was talking , ‘I have so many temples all over the world and so many followers all over the planet.’ Prabhupada was sharing his vision as he was ‘trikalajnana’ ( knower of past, present and future).

Prabhupada was sharing the future of the Hare Krishna movement. Gentleman sitting there asked ‘ Where are the temples?’ Prabhupada said, ‘Only time separates me from those temples and my followers. In due course of time there will be temples and followers all over the world.’ Now in Surat also there is temple and followers of Prabhupada. My thought was in the Bhagavatam, it’s a long story.

satyam vidhatum nija-bhrtya-bhasitam
vyaptim ca bhutesv akhilesu catmanah
Adrsyatatyadbhuta-rupam udvahan
stambhe sabhayam na mrgam na manusam

To prove that the statement of His servant Prahlad Maharaj was substantial – in other words, to prove that the Supreme Lord is present everywhere, even within the pillar of an assembly hall – the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, exhibited a wonderful form never before seen. The form was neither that of a man nor that of a lion. Thus the Lord appeared in His wonderful form in the assembly hall.(Srimad Bhagavatam, 7.8.17)
Lord Narasimha appeared to make the statement of his devotees true . He was asked, where is your Lord? He replied everywhere.

“Is he present in this pillar?”
“Yes! Why not , in this pillar also” Prahlad replied this way. In order to make statement of His devotee true, the Lord appeared as Narasimha from the pillar. Right out of the pillar! Brahma had also said, that you will not die inside the house , outside the house , in the sky or on the land, not in the morning or at night..,…. and on and on there is a big list. Lord had to appear to do the vinasaya ch duskrutam. ( B.G. 4.8) So the Lord appeared. He fulfilled all the conditions agreed upon by Brahma. The Lord kept all those conditions intact to keep Brahma’s boon given to Hiranyakasipu intact and still did the killing also.

Sattyam vidhatum Prabhupada said , “Oh! I have temples everywhere! “ So the Lord in order to make Srila
Prabhupada’s statement true that there are temples everywhere, devotees everywhere and books are being distributed, prasada is being distributed. . Prabhupada said this, so to make his statement true this Hare Krishna movement is spreading, and the Lord is getting everything done.

The Lord is behind this. Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is getting it done. He is behind the Hare Krishna’ movement and with the Hare Krishna movement. He is making sure, whatever Prabhupada said , is being made a reality.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHANA KRISHANA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

But originally, it is the prediction of Caitanya Mahaprabhu that My name will reach everywhere. Srila Prabhupada made his mission to make Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction true. Prabhupada also knew that if Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said , that My name is going to be chanted everywhere, then there are going to be temples and Bhagavatam recitation and prasada distribution and Ratha -Yatras. So not only holy name is going to reach everywhere, but there will be temples, Ratha-Yatras and book distribution. This was the vision and prediction. Prabhupada shared the Lord’s vision and in order to realize the Lord’s vision , he was working hard. He established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Srila Prabhupada made the Lord’s will his will. He became the executer of the will of the Lord. Father’s will is executed by the children, so Prabhupada is a good son of the Lord, as Jesus was the son of the Lord. Prabhupada was a good son who worked on bringing the will of the Lord true. So the Lord is cooperating. Now we the followers of Prabhupada have to make Srila Prabhupada’s will our will and we have to work on execution of the will of the Lord and Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada would say,“ You do as I did.” So we are eternally indebted to Srila Prabhupada. To become free from this debt, he said, “ You do as I did.”

So let’s all push on this movement of Srila Prabhupada for the welfare of society. We will have to
stop now. I have to catch flight, and have to reach lotus Feet of Sri Sri Radha Rasbihari. So see you another day.

Hare Krishna!

SRAVANAM- KIRTANAM LEADS TO SMARANAM

I welcome you all and thank you for chanting with us. You should endeavour to make participants number more than 500 and by end of May our count of japa-yogi’s on this Japa club should go beyond 600. By end of June , we should be crossing 700. So if we all have a common vision, then we can work towards that goal. In Marathi it is said, “ prayatnanti parameshwar!” ( By endeavouring hard, one can even get supreme Lord.) Ultimately our goal is Parameshwar Sri Krsna. Krsna Kanhaiya Lal ki jay!!

I am here in Surat chanting with devotees from Surat. Yesterday there was a nice and beautiful Utsav. We were celebrating Jayapataka Swami Maharaj’s seventieth Birthday. I have been saying this, ‘from utsav comes utsaha.’ What do we gain from Festivals? Enthusiasm. Even to say word, ‘Utsaha’ you have to have enthusiasm. You are sitting dull , but to say the word utsaha you have to be upright. That is the effect of the word utsaha. We can say, taking part in utsav is part of the preparation of the next morning’s japa. We should engage in only such activities , which will give us enthusiasm, so that when we sit for chanting the next morning, we will chant with enthusiasm. After participating in utsav, that
should give us enthusiasm for chanting the next day.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHANA KRISHANA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

How was this morning’s japa for all of you? Was there any difference? Did anyone have some special feelings or experience?

One of the devotees shared that yesterday’s celebrations made him more enthusiastic, for today’s japa. Prabhuji was sitting straight, alert, taking in a lot of air by breathing deep. When you sit straight, you can take lot of air in then with enthusiasm you can utter the mahamantra. So that was the result of yesterday’s celebrations for this Prabhuji. You have to sit straight like a yogi, so now when you look at someone sitting like this you should identify him as a yogi.

Other devotee shared, that he was able to concentrate better, that was also due to association of devotees.

Someone asked , ‘How to be enthusiastic?’ The answer given was , -you should associate with someone, who is enthusiastic. What will be the fruit of this? You will also become enthusiastic. So you should associate with those, who are Chanting with enthusiasm. Someone shared while chanting that his mind goes away, here and there at times. I answered that it was good. Your mind doesn’t go away all the time , but sometimes. Every
time the mind goes away, don’t let it go. Be enthusiastic. Enthusiastically and intelligently try to bring the mind back. Every time it goes, try to drag the mind back, from wherever it goes. Or you could chant louder, distract your mind, or attract your mind with the mahamantra. Wake up your mind. Ask the mind, “What are you thinking?” The thing is earlier we have never stopped the mind. It has been spoilt. We have encouraged all these

bad habits of the mind as there was no restrictions. But NOW we have to put restrictions. So while doing Japa this tug of war goes on – the mind on one side and Krsna on the other side. Mind wants to become Bahirmukh.

Krsna bhuliya Jiva bhog vancha Kare nikatastha Maya tare zapatiya dhare
(Prem-Vivarta and CC Madhya 20.117)

When we become Bahirmukh, then we desire to enjoy this and that, then immediately Maya grabs you, controls you, compels you. The mind’s business is like this, it keeps running behind Maya. We have to endeavour to please Krsna.

ātmendriya-prīti-vāñchā — tāre bali ‘kāma’
kṛṣṇendriya-prīti-icchā dhare ‘prema’ nāma

The desire to gratify one’s own senses is kāma [lust], but the desire to please the senses of
Lord Kṛṣṇa is prema [love]. (CC Adi 4.165)

I had one thought that this could be my last day in this body. It could be my last chance to chant and remember. I think like that. It is possible. You could leave this body any day. It’s not just my thought. Make it very serious. Try to chant the holy name with concentration, thinking that this is my last chance. Then we will be able to become more serious.

While chanting someone asked, “I remember the deities. Is it allright?” I said, Perfectly all right. Very good.” So while chanting if you remember pastimes of the Lord, then it’s good.
Sravanam, kirtanam leads to smaranam.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHANA KRISHANA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

So when you remember, you should understand the fruit of saying and hearing Hare Krsna is smaranam. If you stop sravan and Kirtan then the smaranam will also stop. Basis of smaranam is sravanam and kirtanam. So we have to remember this outcome. We have to keep chanting and hearing so that we keep remembering also.
We look forward to chant with you another day. Learn to join the conference because this is to reform your japa. Chant Hare Krsna and be happy.

Hare Krishna!

We have been Chanting with devotees all over the world for almost 4 months now. Teach others how to join. It’s a quite powerful association. Someone from Mongolia which is near North Pole is Chanting with us. Devotees from Kazakhstan, Mauritius, Australia, USA, Mayapur, Delhi, Thane are Chanting with us. About 1500 devotees in total chant with us.

A young devotee from USA , Hardik Patel has communicated to me this morning that while doing Japa, he feels my presence. Then I was thinking, goal of this conference is not to feel my presence. We feel the presence of Lord, as we Chant together. We also feel presence of each other. So, you feel my presence, I feel your presence, but what good is that presence, if we don’t feel the presence of the Lord? Goal is to feel the presence of Radha- Krishna. Radha-Shyamsundar ki Jay!!

So, don’t misunderstand & don’t forget the goal of this conference. Either you are Chanting on this conference or wherever & whenever you are Chanting. The purpose is to feel the presence of the Lord, to realize the Lord. We are in search of the Lord. We want Lord! We want Krishna!!

Then I was just thinking, it could be even comparison. When Gopis lost Krishna, they were looking for Krishna in the forest. After long long search they also couldn’t find Him or catch up with Him. Then they all had gone to the banks of Yamuna, they sat down there & what did they do?They sang one song, popularly known as ‘Gopi-geet’. Something similar, we also sit down, come together on this conference & we are missing Krishna. Gopis were missing Krishna. We are also missing Krishna, yes or no? Gopis were really missing Krishna. “Shunyayitam jagat sarvam Govinda virahen mei”

(Shikshastakam verse 7)

This was not just there talk, these were there genuine thoughts. “Without Krishna this whole world is vacant!! There is nothing here.” They also expressed by saying truti yugayate tvam apashyatan

(SB 10.31.15- Gopi Geet) by not seeing You O! Lord, truti yugayate – time period equal to fraction of second, we feel that fraction as if many yugas have passed.

Hari! Hari! Don’t sleep. That means you are not missing Krishna. Then the feeling is we don’t care. We don’t need Krishna. Let Krishna be there or not there, we will rest that is the attitude. That is why I was saying whether we could compare Gopis singing with our Chanting of

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

Difference is of ‘bhava’ or consciousness. ‘Bhav’ ka hi abhava hai, aisa hamara swabhava hai, kyoki bazar Bhav hi khopadi me ghumata rahata hai. (Bhav- feelings only are lacking, that is our nature, as we are too entangled with material preoccupations) But we try to follow in footsteps of Gopis. Quality wise Gopi-Geet is similar to Chanting of ‘Hare Krishna’. Whether you Chant Gopi- Geet or you Chant ‘Hare Krishna’, it’s the same. ‘Hare Krishna’ Mahamantra includes Gopi-Geet & all other mantras & prayers, they are part of it. So ‘Hare Krishna’ Mahamantra is not less quality wise. It is not less than Chanting of Gopi-Geet. So, Gopis they had lost Krishna, they were missing Krishna. Then they started singing Gopi-Geet. Then the outcome was, Krishna made His appearance!! Soon Lord was amidst the Gopis.

From this we can conclude, this is also easiest way to find Krishna, to realize Krishna, to see Krishna, to need Krishna. Just sit down. Too much run around has been done, now sit down & call out to Krishna. Just chant

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

And you will get Krishna. So we will have some experience, before seeing Lord face to face & doing shake-hand with Lord, we will have some experience of presence of the Lord, as we keep Chanting & Chanting.

Sun has not risen still. What time is sunrise? Okay, so for us sun has not risen as sky is covered with clouds. But still we are feeling the presence of sun, right? Whenever there is a dawn, sun has not risen, but we feel the presence, so it is like that. So keep Chanting & we always say aparadh shunya haiya laho Krishna naam

(Verse 3 of Bhajan Nadia Godrume Nityananda Mahajan) We should be Chanting, avoiding all the offenses towards Holy name. We should be Chanting ‘Hare Krishna’ offense lessly.

Do you have any questions related with Chanting? (Someone asked some question) It’s a comment & not question – Whenever we come together & chant, Lord makes His appearance, as has been promised by Him.

Yatra gayanti madbhaktaha tatra tisthami naradaha. ( Padma Purana – Uttarkhand 92.21)

O Narada! You will find Me in a place wherever My devotees have gathered & they are Chanting Hari-katha or Hari-kirtan. Wherever there is a gathering of devotees glorifying Lord, Krishna immediately makes His appearance.

Devotee 2 – While Chanting sometimes , he remembers deities, is that right?

Guru Maharaj – That is perfectly all right. That’s the goal. Deity is Krishna. While Chanting Hare Krishna, if you are remembering the deities, that means you are remembering Krishna. Remembering Krishna’s form. Shamsundar…. How beautiful He is ! You could think more like this.

Normally we remember people of this world, actor- actresses… Mickal Jackson & so on. So we want to get rid of those memories. Substitute to those memories is remembering form of the Lord. When we remember deity of the Lord while Chanting, it’s a right thing.

Sravanam kirtanam Vishnu smaranam. (SB 7.5.23-24) Vishnuhu shravanam , Vishnuhu kirtanam, Vishnuhu smaranam , Vishnuhu padsevanam, that’s the idea. You chant Krishna’s name, you hear Krishna’s names, then you remember Krishna. There is remembrance of Krishna.

Devotee 3 – Our mind is filled with ‘bajar-bhav’( worldly thoughts). How to get rid of this?

Guru Maharaj –

yato yato niścalati
manaś cañcalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad
ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet
(BG 6.26)

Krishna’s advice in sixth chapter of Bhagvad-Geeta, wherever mind goes, goes to Bazar, goes here goes there, you have to drag the mind back, from those places, those people. If you are businessman you will have thoughts of business, if you are Brahamchari you will have those thoughts .

Atamani Eva vasham nayet.

Fix it on hearing ‘Hare Krishna’. Srila Bhaktisiddhant Sarswati Thakur’s advice is, in the morning, during morning program, or during Chanting , or during Bhagvatam session , you should sit with broom & bit your mind with a broom. Chastise the mind. In order to do this, we have to be Intelligent. We have to be Chaukidar. (Guard) watch during Chanting ‘Hare Krishna’. Keep an eye. Chanting is not the work of unintelligent person. Who can chant? Intelligent persons can chant. Intelligence is above mind & above intelligence is aatma. So, keep intelligence busy. This is a practice. While Chanting ‘Hare Krishna’, we are not sitting idle. We are active. Most active. Chanting time is a most active time.

Darshan is opening, so we will have to stop & distribute prasadam. Those who are on conference don’t get prasadam. Gaura Premanande Hari Hari bol!

Hare Krishna!

DEAR LORD! MAYA SAHA RAMASWA!!

I hope you had good time yesterday celebrating Ram Navami. Jai Sri Ram! So, what we did yesterday was preparation for today’s Chanting. So whatever we do, day before, the activities, festivities that we take part in, hearing- Chanting we do or we may be doing some offenses, that is also possible. So, all that influences this morning’s Chanting. So be prepared, prepare for Chanting all the time.

We had good time here in Rajkot, as we installed Sri Sri Sita Ram Laxman Hanuman deities yesterday. Ram made His appearance. Lord incarnates, as deities are installed. Of course, we had lots of Kirtan. We had Kirtan-Mela. I also did Kirtan. Then I was also reading Bhagavatam ninth canto, where Sukadeva Goswami has narrated pastimes of Sri Ram. Srila Prabhupada always quoted this while defining Ram. Who is Ram? How is Ram? What Yogis do with Ram.

‘Smarante yoginaha anante’. Or ‘Anante yoginaha ramante’. He also used to add sattyanande yoginaha ramante. He also added lot of times, chidatmane yoginaha anante sattyanande ( Padma Purana) ramante – Yogis take pleasure, they wander in contemplating , meditating upon Ram. Ram is to be meditated upon. Or in other words Ram is to be remembered. Yogis always remember Ram. What kind of Ram? – anante. Ram is unlimited. Yogis meditate upon unlimited Sri Ram. Ram is also sattyanande. i.e. He is eternally blissful Himself & as one meditates upon Him, He makes them also blissful. Chidatmane – Yogis meditate upon Chidatmani. Atmani or Parmatmani that is Supreme Lord. Chidatmani that is full of knowledge. Sattyanande – sat chit anand Ram. Ram is sat – He is eternal. Ram is chit – Ram is full of knowledge . Ram is Anand- Ram is full of bliss. Ram is sattyanande chidatmani . So Yogis always take pleasure by meditating on such Ram.

It is also described as ramati ramayati iti Ramaha. ramati – He enjoys, He takes pleasure. Also, ramayati – He gives pleasure to others. That is Ram. He enjoys Himself & He becomes cause of others enjoyment.

Then we understand or Prabhupada mentions also, that there are three Rams. There is the Parashuram, Sri Ram & Balaram. So this three Ramas are also Krishna. They are portion or the portion of the plenary portion of Sri Krishna. There are different kinds of incarnations of Lord Sri Krishna. Parashuram is shakttyavesh avatar of Sri Krishna. Sri Ram is Leelavatar of Sri Krishna & Balaram is Svayam prakash of Sri Krishna.

Balaram is almost Krishna. Manifestation of Sri Krishna. These are three Rams. But then Sri Krishna is also Ram or Sri Krishna is original Ram.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

So this Ram in Mahamantra is Krishna. He is addressed as Ram or called as Ram. He gives pleasure or He takes pleasure & He also enjoys giving pleasure to others. Sri Krishna gives pleasure to others. Hence, He is also known as Ram or He is the original Ram. It is mentioned, thousand names of Vishnu is equal to one name of Ram & three names of Ram is equal to one name of Krishna. One name of Ram, ‘Hare Ram Hare Ram’ -that Ram, three names of Ram, is equal to one name of ‘Hare Ram’ – Sri Krishna.

As Krishna is Radha-Raman, He enjoys with Radha or He gives pleasure to Radha. As both of Them do, They wander, mingle, mix, associate & interact, that is why He is called as Radha-Raman. Radha does Raman with Krishna. There is ‘Hare Ram’. Ram also does His Raman. Ram also mingles, wanders, associates & reciprocates with Sita & so is known as Sita-Raman. So, Krishna is Radha-Raman & Ram is Sita-Raman. Krishna is Radha-Mohan & Ram is Sita-Mohan.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye
karṇa-kroḍa-kaḍambinī
ghaṭayate karṇārbudebhyaḥ spṛhām
cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa-saṅginī vijayate sarvendriyāṇāṁ kṛtiṁ
no jāne janitā kiyadbhir amṛtaiḥ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-dvayī
(Vidagdha – Madhav 1.15)

“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘Krish-na’ have produced. When the Holy name of Krishna 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.”

This is Rupa Goswami’s famous prayer where he finds the Holy name. He says “O! I derive so much pleasure by Chanting ‘varnadwaye’. By Chanting these two syllables one is ‘Krush’ & other is ‘na’. It is also explained this ‘Krush’ part of the name of Krishna – ‘ya karshati iti Krishna.’ He attracts the living entities with first part of His name & then ‘na’ means He gives pleasure to that entity, devotee. That is why, early part of first half of mantra is also prayer, commentary by Gopal Guru Goswami, which says – ‘swa madhuryen mam chitta’ akarshaya’. O Lord! Please attract me. You are full of madhurya, You are full of sweetness, please attract me to You by Your madhurya, which is multifold such as Leela-madhurya, Rupa-madhurya, Prem-madhurya & Venu- madhurya.

Then second part of mantra is ‘ Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare’. So, when we say that Ram, then the commentary says ‘Maya Saha ramaswa’ – o Lord! Please enjoy me or enjoy with me. You always enjoy with Radha, You are also Radha-Raman, you are always enjoying in Yashoda’s association & association of Nandbaba & cowherd boys. So, Krishna not only does His loving dealings with Radha but also with His parents in ‘vatsalya’ bhav & friends in ‘sakhya’ bhav, so that is Raman. Whole world or ‘charachar’ is reciprocating with that & that is Raman. By doing that Raman, He gives them Anand. So when we pray by saying ‘Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare’ ( Maya Saha ramaswa) we are praying please enjoy me or enjoy with me. Me too! Me too! I am made for your enjoyment.

So Yogis – ramante anante sattyanande chidatmani. Yogis always meditate upon the Lord who is full of knowledge & ‘na’ full of pleasure. So, while Chanting ‘ Hare Ram Hare Ram, we are attempting to do Raman with the Lord. This Japa session is also attempt to do Raman with the Lord, reciprocation with the Lord , communicate with the Lord, reestablish our relationship with the Lord. This is Raman. ‘Krush’ part is attracting & then the pleasure.

We will conclude with the statement of Lord , said in Bhagavad Gita-

machhitta madgat pranaha
bodhayantaha parasparam
kathayantasha mam nittyam
tushanti Cha ramanti Cha.
(BG 10.9)

Lord said machitaha -. He introduces His devotees in this way with pride.

My devotees chetana , consciousness is glued to Me. Bodhayantaha parasparam. My devotees, they are always busy, they remind each other of Me & topic of their discussion is Me. Kathayantasha mam nityam – They always stay busy in Katha or Kirtan or naam-smaran. tushanti Cha ramanti Cha – They are always satisfied or Lord satisfies them, as they stay busy in naam-smaran.

Ramanti Cha – again this Raman, this is important word. They remain absorbed & stay busy in this activity. So this is Raman part. So we will stop here. I have to move to Baroda. See you Chanting another day.

Hare Krishna!

ROBBER CAN TURN SAINT BY CHANTING

Rama – Navami greetings to you all. Happy Rama-Navami to all. Jay Sri Rama – Hor Gaya Kaam. You will be successful, you will conquer death , just by uttering the names of Lord Ram. Jay Sri Rama. So go on chanting the holy names of the Lord. Narada Muni gave this Rama mantra to Ratnakar. He was a famous robber. But as he chanted the holy names of Ram ! RAM! This happened ten lakh years back in Treta Yuga. Such is the power of the holy name. Just by chanting the names of Sri Rama he became famous as Valmiki Muni. Valmik means ant hill. Ants make a hill. As he was chanting andchanting the holy names of the Lord, sitting in one place for a very long time ,fully concentrating on hearing the holy names of Sri Rama he has forgotten that he had a body. Ants were crawling all over his body. They even ate up his body parts and made a little hill around his body, which is called valmik. Hence his name became Valmiki Muni.

Holy name of the Lord is non-different from Lord. Just by chanting the holy names of the Lord he became Ramarealised. Lord Sri Rama revealed Himself unto Valmiki Muni. Lord revealed his own pastimes to Valmiki muni while he was chanting. As he was seeing he became realised and confidently compiled Ramayan.

Today is the day of appearance of Sri Ram. May Lord appear in your heart.

anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ

May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love.
( CC. adi 1.4)

May Sacinandan manifest in your heart. Jay Sri Ram!! . Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave Sadbhuj darsana to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya. Three Lords in one, three moon like Lords combined in one form. Caitanyacandra, Krsnacandra and Ramacandra. I am making the point that Ram is non different from Gauranga. Krishna is non-different from Gauranga. So it was a special darsana.

Krsna is Avatari and Rama is avatar. Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakura in Brhad Bhagvatamritawrites , Rama, Narsimha and Sri Krsna come in a special category, higher than all other avatars of the Lord. Krishna is Avatari.

rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan
nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu
kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajām

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who manifested Himself personally as Kṛṣṇa and the different avatāras in the world in the forms of Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Vāmana, etc., as His subjective portions.( Brahmasamhita Verse 39). I

Today is Ram-navami . Today is also Laxman Navami and Bharat navami and Shatrughna navami. All of them are Lords. All of them appeared on the same day. Today all four Visnu Tattvas appeared – Vasudev, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

I will have to wind up early today. There is big event taking place here in Rajkot, Gujarat. Lord is appearing here today. Deities of RAM Laxman & Seeta & Hanuman will be installed.

I just wanted to mention, when I was born, it was Tuesday. Rama also was born on Tuesday. I was born 70 years ago. Rama appeared lakhs of years ago . That could be the reason that, I was given the name Raghunath. Later Prabhupada changed it to Lokanath, at the time of new birth, initiation. That is the connection. So keep chanting. Today chant more and more.

Today Bangalore devotees are going on Padayatra, spreading the holy name of Ramaand Krsna.They will spread the pearls and diamonds of the names of Ram and Krsna on the streets of Bangalore.Likewise you should stay busy in serving Sri Ram and in festivities of Ram Navami celebrations.

Hare Krishna!!