Author Archives: Rasa Rasika

If one chants and accepts the holy name as a material vibration, he falls down. One should worship and chant the holy name of the Lord by accepting it as the Lord Himself. During the chanting of the holy name, the tongue must work; the tongue is sevonm…

Hare Krsna my dear devotees. I received a letter from a devotee asking about proper pronunciation and I could tell him how important is to slow down in chanting and make sure you listen to your voice chanting.Speed comes naturally and the main thing is…

Today in the Japa Room we heard more from Bhurijana prabhu’s amazing Japa Retreat in Melbourne. He outlines the problems of the mind and how to overcome distraction with the formula of just hearing one mantra. Email subscribers click here to see the vi…

A very nice video of Mahatma dasa and his young daughter, who has a taste for chanting…she has some very amazing realisation on Japa.

Please share your realisations with other devotees from around the world…simply send me an introduction message and I will be happy to make you a member:rasa108 ::_::{.at.}::_:: gmail dot comysRasa Rasika dasa

“I stick to the sim­ple method taught by Lord Cai­tanya and passed on by Srila Prab­hu­pada. The name of Krishna is not dif­fer­ent than Krishna Him­self. Some­times the Lord delib­er­ately taught false philoso­phies, but in any case they are not to be fol­lowed per­pet­u­ally. Only devo­tional ser­vice is the means by which to chant the holy name and ben­e­fit from its eter­nal proposition.”

From Viraha Bhavan #166

“… so the Holy name, chanting of holy name, if we act it properly, without any offense, then we are directly in connection with Krsna. There is no doubt.”Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.19 lectureVrndavana – 16th September 1976

It’s a situation we all find ourselves in at one time or another….when we are trying to chant with attention but it becomes unconscious or inattentive – like a drone in the background of the mind’s many thoughts.The alternative is to be conscious of …

Reading transcendental literatureabout the pastimes of Lord Caitanyaand Radha-Krishna, enhances myjapa and carries me away froma distracted state of mind.I chant while thinking of theecstatic chanting of Mahaprabhuand of the gopis and gopasof Vraja. I …

Today in the Japa Room we heard from Bhurijan prabhu who talks about the habits of the mind and how to overcome distraction.Email subscribers please click here to watch the video.

“It is especially mentioned here, nāma-sańkīrtanā ca: one should chant the holy names of the Lord — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare — either individually or with others. Lord Caitanya has given special stress to chanting of these holy names of the Lord as the basic principle of spiritual advancement.”

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.18

Please share your realisations with other devotees from around the world…simply send me an introduction message and I will be happy to make you a member:rasa108 ::_::{.at.}::_:: gmail dot comysRasa Rasika dasa