Iskcon Sheshadripuram Bangalore

17/12/2015

The 4 step japa mala techniques by Senior devotee .



Step 1 – Make a sankalpa to hear ONE mantra.

A sankalpa is a resolution or determination to do something. So the 1st step is to tell the mind to resolve to just hear one hare krishna maha mantra.

The idea is that it is a doable request. If we tell the mind to hear 16 rounds of mantra, or even 1 round….the mind is to powerful to heed such a big request. But if we tell the mind "Just hear this one mantra…" we have it in our power to force the mind to comply to at least this small request.

If the mind is really going wild and it won’t even heed this small request, make a resolution to hear one half of a mantra. So request the mind to hear one (or a half) of the maha mantra…and that means to hear EVERY word in that mantra with no distraction.

Once this has been completed (the hearing of one whole mantra, hearing every word of the mantra), repeat. Again tell the mind "hear just one mantra". Hear every word. Once this is done, repeat. Eventually the mind will succumb and it will hear one mantra after another. The mind will get absorbed in the sound vibration of the holy name.

Step 2 – Neglect the mind

As the mind starts to become absorbed in the sound of the holy name, it will periodically rebel and try to drift to some other topic. So you must now neglect the attempts of the mind to deviate from the task of japa. It is like a child who wants something at the store…it will cry and cry, but the stern parent just ignores or neglects the misbehaviour.

In due course the child will get the message and calm down. Similarly the mind will introduce so many ideas and rationalizations for thinking something else, but one must just neglect the mind and force it back to japa.

Step 3 – Take shelter of the Holy Name.

Now the mind is absorbed in the sound of the holy name. One's whole existence is only the holy name….there is nothing else to be conscious of. So realize that the holy name is in fact Krishna Himself and surrender completely to Him, and accept Him in the form of the Holy Name as everything and all that we really ever will need.

Step 4 – Obtain Krishna's Mercy

If the Holy Name so desires, being pleased by our endevor He may bestow His mercy upon us and give us a glimpse of real bhakti and the sweetness of His loving friendship.

Again….it's

1. Make a sankalpa
2. Neglect the mind
3. Take shelter
4. Await Krishna's mercy.

It really works! Hari Nama Ki Jaya!

Shared by Haritha Mataji, Bengaluru

17/12/2015

My dear devotees,

Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Camp: Bombay, ISKCON

December is the month Lord Krsna spoke the Bhagavad Gita on a sacred Ekadashi. It is also the time when ISKCON celebrates their annual book marathon and everyone concentrates on distributing books as the Brhat Mrdanga or Greater Mrdanga. The idea is that kirtan, represented by the playing of Mrdanga drums, can be heard for some hundreds of meters or a kilometer or less. But through the printing of books, a book may be heard even thousands of kilometers away. So book distribution was called by Om Visnupada Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakura as the Brhat Mrdanga and Srila Prabhupada taught us this and concentrated on translating the books from Sanskrit to English and subsequently, it was translated to Bengali, Hindi and over a hundred other languages. We hope that every member of the temple, Bhakti Vrksa groups, counselor groups, Namahattas, preaching groups, and all devotees alike, will engage in this special sacrifice on Brhat Mrdanga and distribute books during the month of December and the first month of January which is ISKCON's 50th anniversary here, in 2016.

In Delhi, 2,500 members of the congregation have each set for themselves some quota to participate in distributing during the marathon month. So if you can set for yourselves, each your quota for the marathon month, that will be a nice sacrifice to offer to Krsna. Lord Caitanya requested everyone to chant Hare Krsna - bolo krsna bhajo krsna karo krsna siksa - to chant, serve and transmit the teaching of Lord Krsna. So transmission could be by speech. But how many people can you speak to? It could be by book distribution by which more people can be reached. They can hear the words of the pure devotee and they can spend many hours reading the book. So every group can get the members' quotas and forward these to their Bhakti Vrksa servant leader, counselor, small group leader, etc. Everyone should make some quota, whether one book, 10 books or 100 books, or whatever. What they will try to do in a month.

Haribol! All glories to Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasa Adi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda.

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Yours in the service of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,

Your well wisher always,
Jayapataka Swami

Shared by Kaitha Mataji, Bengaluru

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