Hare Krishna! On Rising Early
Sivarama Swami: “So, you must practice how to love Krishna. First you have to rise early in the morning. You don’t like to, but you think, ‘I will rise early to satisfy Krishna.’ This is the beginning.” If we do not think we need to do it, or think we are advanced, then we will fall down… “We must rise early in the morning, bathe, attend mangala-arati, worship the Deities, chant the Hare Krishna mantra, study the Vedic literatures and follow all the rules prescribed by the acaryas and the spiritual master. If we deviate from this process, we may fall down, even though we may be very highly advanced.… Even if one is in the renounced order, he should never give up the regulative principles.”
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Hare Krishna! Looking for the Dearest Friend
Ranchor dasa: This paper was the ISKCON keynote address at an Inter-faith conference hosted by our communications group in the UK and devotees in Bhaktivedanta Manor. Twenty Christians and twenty ISKCON members took part in the exchange, which was described by Rev. Michael Barnes SJ as, “one of those rare occasions when head and heart seemed somehow to be united…. I was left wondering why it is that Catholics and Vaishnava Hindus get on so well together.” Ranchor’s paper was very well received and the sincere realisation and gift of presentation it displays can serve us as well in our efforts in dialogue with other faith communities.
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 27 June 2015, New York, USA, Bhagavad-gita 9.33)

When I was a kid, I was quite wild. One of my favourite games was to take a ball, throw it onto the roof of the house then climb up the drainpipe, grab the ball, come back down and throw it onto the roof again and climb up again… and I could do this for hours. I mean as a kid, you have too much energy and you do not know what to do with it all, so I found a way. Then, at that time, we had a maid and well, she did not like the game so much. So one day, she grabbed me and she grabbed by my ear and she squeezed it really hard between two fingers and turned it around at the same time, and I still remember it very well! Somehow or other, I pulled out of her grip and when I was free, I stood before her very calm and I said, “You wait until I grow up,” and she got it. I was serious, I thought, “Okay, you wait till I grow up,”  and I was ready to grow up.

But when I grew up, I saw everything from a different perspective. I could appreciate that I was actually doing a dangerous thing and that she was concerned that I would fall from the roof which is fair enough. Of course, still it was a bit mean, rather than twist my ear that way, she could have sat me down and explained it to me nicely; that might have worked better. She could have given some descriptions of squashed tomatoes and kids that have sort of fallen off roofs and being taken away in an ambulance and so on… that might have impressed me! So I was still not in favour of her tactics but then again, I look it now in a different way and I now, I see that her intentions were actually benevolent.

 

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Srila Prabhupada: “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—these sixteen names composed of thirty-two syllables are the only means to counteract the evil effects of Kali-yuga. In all the Vedas it is seen that to cross the ocean of nescience there is no alternative to the chanting of the holy name.” (Kali-santarana Upanisad)
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Srila Prabhupada: “The essence of all Vedic knowledge—comprehending the three kinds of Vedic activity, the Vedic hymns, and the processes for satisfying the demigods—is included in the eight syllables Hare Krishna Hare Krishna. This is the reality of all Vedanta. The chanting of the holy name is the only means to cross the ocean of nescience.” (Narada-pancharatra)
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Srila Prabhupada: In the material world, everything is full of anxiety (kuntha), whereas in the spiritual world (Vaikuntha) everything is free from anxiety. Therefore those who are afflicted by a combination of anxieties cannot understand the Hare Krishna mantra, which is free from all anxiety. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 7.74 Purport)
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When I decided to join the Hare Krishna’s my parents, of course, tried to dissuade me. One of the more memorable arguments my dad offered went something like this, “You say you want to dedicate yourself to serving God, but how do you know what God wants from you? Maybe God wants you to finish college, not join the Hare Krishna’s. There are so many people who did horrible things, from the terrorists in the Middle East to the Crusaders and the Spanish Inquisition, and all of them were completely convinced that they were doing what God wanted.”

I’m not exactly sure how I replied at the time, but I am sure my reply must have scared the crap out of him. I seem to remember saying something like, “Krishna explains what he wants to very spiritually advanced people, and then those people explain it to others, and those people explain it to others. It’s a system called paramparā and it’s how an ordinary person like you or me can learn what God wants from us.”

The problems inherent in this system were not missed by my dad, who immediately replied, “So, you are relying on some other person to tell you what God wants??? Come on, Vic! All you’ll find out is what that person thinks God wants! And what if that person is not as pure and ‘spiritually advanced’ as you think? What if they use the idea that ‘God wants’ something as a way to get what they want?”

I probably replied that spiritual advancement is not something I would accept on faith. It is something demonstrable through tangible character traits, qualities, and behaviors – for example: renouncing positions of power and wealth. In reply, my father probably pointed out that the leaders and gurus of ISKCON hardly seemed to have “renounced positions of power and wealth.”

And so the whole argument just wound up a mess.

My Answer Today…

These days, my answer to the question, “How do you know what God wants?” is markedly different. I have this answer because I was able to learn śāstra under the guidance of paramparā – but the answer itself does not rely on a “chain of command.”

Before we can make sense of what “God wants” we have to make sense of what “God is.”

janmādy asya yathā 

God is the source of all reality. And what is “reality”?

vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattva-yaj jñānam-advayam

Those who know what reality is, say it is “infinite consciousness.”

“Consciousness is the ultimate singular root of all things.” — 12.13.12

All of reality is contained within consciousness, and “God” is the origin of all consciousness – the original fount of consciousness – the original consciousness.

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham

Now that we know what God is, we can figure out what God wants.

God is consciousness. What does consciousness want? You and I can answer this question confidently because you and I are also consciousness, just like God. We just need to introspect. What does consciousness want?

Consciousness wants something worth being conscious of!

What is worth being conscious of? Happiness.

Where does happiness come from? Many places, but the origin of all of them is the real or imitation perception of being loved. Love, then, is the ultimate happiness, and thus the ultimate thing that consciousness (“God”) wants.

Love is soul of happiness, and thus the thing our consciousness wants most.

What is love?

anyābhilāṣitā śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy anāvṛttam
anukūlyeṇa kṛṣṇānu-śīlanaṁ bhaktir-uttamam

Love is an unobscured and un-motivated expression of our desire to please someone.

What does God want from me? Today, my answer is very simple:

God wants the same thing everyone wants: love.

I think, at some point in our increasingly frequent debates, I must have said something like this to my dad, because I remember him asking, “How can we love God? He is not here, at least not in the same way you or I am.”

To answer this, we should first understand the essence of how we love anyone. Then perhaps we can really answer how that same essence could be applied to God – an entity currently outside our direct sensorial range.

The essence of love is desire – specifically, the desire to please (anukūlyatā). What is desire? It is an inherent condition of consciousness. Desire is consciousness experiencing its inherent want/need for a positive connection to something worth being conscious of. So, the essence of love is really the desire to focus my attention on someone – to focus my consciousness upon another consciousness in the effort to learn what pleases the other and to then strive to deliver it.

The funny, amazing, beautiful thing, is that what pleases consciousness most is this focus itself!

Diamond rings are a classical example of how a man expresses romantic love to a woman. But rich women who have ten diamond rings yet get very little attention from their rich man do not experience much happiness, indeed they become very depressed and complicated. Toys are a classical example of how a parent expresses love for a child, yet children with storehouses of the finest toys but little genuine attention from mom and dad are not happy children, and grow up to become troubled individuals.

In love, the attention paid to the beloved is more important than the expression symbolizing it!

Consciousness wants happiness, happiness comes from love, and the concentrated essence of love is the focus and attention we give to the object of love. Thus, what people really want, what consciousness really wants, is to become an object that some other consciousness finds worthy of being conscious of!!!

So, what does God want?

God wants the same thing everyone wants: to become an object of love; to become something worthy of attention and dedication; to become something another consciousness finds worthy of being conscious of, something that makes another consciousness happy!

How can we give God what he wants? How can we focus our attention and consciousness on him?

Should we do it by following paramparā? Yes, but rather than stressing the chain of command, let us stress the chain’s command!!! For if the chain produces no worthy command, it is no chain at all.

What is the command from the chain of Gauḍīya Paramparā?

The command is to give God what he wants.

What does God want?

Love!

How can we love God?

By focusing our attention on him.

How?

The easiest, simplest, best way to do what God wants (to love him, by focusing attention on him) is to focus our consciousness on his NAMES!

Isn’t this simple, natural, and downright beautiful? Finally it is clear how it has nothing to do with Spanish Inquisitions, Crusaders, or “Islamic States.”

Frankly God doesn’t give a flying discus whether we do this or that or the other thing in our hallucinations and ignorance-induced dream-life. He doesn’t give a damn if America, Russia, Iran or any other secular or religious group is dominant. He doesn’t care if this branch of some religion gains more followers and capital than that other branch! That is all an outcome of the karma momentum generated by our own independent actions and choices. God doesn’t really concern himself with whether we turn left or right at the light – for neither turn is particularly un/important.

What God really wants is simply what everyone wants: love, attention. And how can we give him this love and attention? Te same we give anyone love, by paying attention to them! How can we pay attention to God? A very effective, easy way is to concentrate on his names.

Therefore Śrī Krishna Caitanya descended into our modern age several hundred years ago to make a point about the importance of nāma-mantra, nāma-japa, nāma-bhajan, nāma-saṁkīrtan.

sarvātmā snapanam param-vijayate śrī kṛṣṇa-saṁkīrtanam!

If we sincerely want to do “what God wants;” if we sincerely want to love God, then nothing is more important the depth, purity and focus we give to our meditation of God’s names – which we are extremely fortune to have in an extremely primal and intimate form, in the kṛṣṇa-nāma mahāmantra:

hare krishna, hare krishna, krishna krishna, hare hare
hare rāma, hare rāma, rāma rāma, hare hare

–  By Vraja Kishor das (VrajaKishor.com)

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As an introduction to the Seven Marital tips, I would like to suggest the essential concept of the “trinad api marriage” (which my wife and I are teaching in the 3rd Annual Couple’s Retreat in October in Gita-nagari PA as part of the Grihastha Vision Team effort.) This is a relationship based on mutual humility, tolerance, and respect and is the spiritual basis for a successful marriage. All the other marriage tips that follow can be seen to revolve around this verse spoken by Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. “One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, and who does not expect personal honor but is always prepared to give all respect to others can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord [or remain in a happy, spiritually vibrant, marriage throughout their lives.]

All devotees are recommended to wear this verse around their neck. In a similar way my wife and I recommend that all married couples wear this verse around their necks and think of how to apply it in their marriage, in their life, and in devotional activities. In a marriage we honor and respect one another as devotees and do our best to see to the ultimate welfare of our spouse and family according to their nature. Love and trust, given not only by Shrila Prabhupada but by many marriage authorities, are important qualities for long lasting, fulfilling, relationships. For this discussion, I would add that love and trust come from each person practicing the qualities of humility, tolerance, and respect. These qualities give life to our spiritual practices and marriage. Please keep this in mind as you hear the following simple, though profound, marital tips.

Tip 1: Be committed to personal growth work and the inner vision it fosters in order to become the best person you can. In the process of self-study, understand your life issues and how they can trigger reactionary conflicts in your relationships. Learn to be introspective and observe yourself, understanding both your attractions and repulsions. If you have negative emotional reactions toward certain persons, ask yourself why, and find help if required. Be open to discovering and letting go of those parts of your conditioning that are unfavorable for having happy, healthy, relationships. In short, “Know thyself,” (the age old recommendation) or your strengths and weaknesses, and strive to improve. We are always students of ourselves and on our spiritual journey. We have found studying the Enneagram a very helpful tool in both understanding ourselves and in others.

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Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna Yasoda Dulal embarks on a year’s pilgrimage
When John Herbison said goodbye to his wife before setting off on a walk, he didn’t say “I’ll see you later”, it was “I’ll be back in about a year”. The devout Hare Krishna of 30 years has set out on a pilgrimage to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hare Krishna Society’s arrival in the western world. He left Christchurch 10 days ago with a stroppy horse named Samson and a restored 100-year-old wagon, intent on travelling the length of New Zealand.
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Hare Krishna! The Welfare Of Others
Srila Prabhupada: May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other’s welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the service of the supreme transcendence, Lord Sri Krsna, and always remain absorbed in thought of Him. Just like a desire tree, a Vaisnava can fulfill all the desires of anyone who takes shelter of his lotus feet… he prays not for himself, but for all living entities—the gentle, the envious and the mischievous…This is the attitude of a Vaisnava, who always thinks of the welfare of the entire universe.
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 Her Grace Narayani Devi Dasi:
Her Grace Narayani Devi Dasi joined ISKCON in Boston in 1970. She has done many services for Srila Prabhupada including Deity worship in Calcutta temple, traveling book distribution in Western India for the Bombay temple, and teaching Bhakti Sastri, Bhakti Vaibhava and Bhaktivedanta courses in the VIHE in Vrndavana. She helped write the VTE curriculum for Bhakti Sastri and has written three books: Srimad Bhagavatam At a Glance, Garden of Devotion and Bhagavadgita at a Glance. 


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Srila Prabhupada: Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: “I have brought medicine to awaken very living being from perpetual sleep. Please receive the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and awaken. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 5.13.9 Purport)
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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 26 June 2015, Gita Nagari, USA, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.8)

Srila Kavi Karnapura, in his Caitanya Candrodaya Nataka, explains how there are two types of devotional service which are: devotional service with nectar and devotional service without nectar. Many get involved in the latter, in devotional service without nectar. But devotional service is not meant for that, it is meant for svādu svādu pade pade (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.19); it is meant for relishing at every step. So this is our challenge and the spiritual master is challenging the disciple.

One thing I learned from Tamal Krsna Maharaj, is that the duty of the spiritual master is to give the disciple a vision of what he can do with his life which is greater than what he would have thought of by himself! We see that Prabhupada did it. We see that Prabhupada would just literally blow the minds of his disciples by having ideas that were like much greater than they ever had.

Prabhupada generated that spirit by his purity, by his dedication, by his learning and by coming down to the level of people. Prabhupada did not, although he was also in his presence worshiped on great vyasasans and so on, Prabhupada did not stay on that platform. Prabhupada came down and lived with people, lived with hippies on the Lower East Side, stayed with them and gave so much personal attention so that people began to feel indebted. That is the only thing a spiritual master can do!

If it was so easy, just give some transcendental knowledge and the job is done, people will say, “Yeah, very nice.” But then how will they give their life? So Prabhupada pushed. He pushed. Prabhupada was very demanding. He would push devotees, push them to do things that were very difficult. Great struggle! Prabhupada wanted all these impossible tasks and because he was the spiritual master of the entire movement at that time, the whole movement just had to do what he said. His word was absolute for all.

Now, you know, it is different. Now we have so many spiritual masters and now in some temples, especially bigger temples more than one guru visits and each time, there are different people who come. When there is a certain guru coming, some people come out of the woodwork, otherwise, you do not see them so much. But when the guru is there, they all come and are around him.

When the next guru comes, again a whole new assembly is there. Otherwise, usually there are more deities than devotees in the temple. Maybe that is a little cynical from my side to say that but you know, you get the idea…

So, in that way, nowadays it is easier to sort of escape. There is more leeway for the mind to take advantage and to avoid the order on the head, that order of the spiritual master which is meant to be the jewel on the head, the jewel that the devotee carries on his head. The chudamani is the order of the spiritual master and whatever he wants, that we must do!

Hare Krishna! Lord Nrisimha: Protector of Devotees
Hiranyakashipu, the universal tyrant, wished to reverse the system of piety. He wanted the impious to be rewarded and the pious to be punished. Thus upon the death of Hiranyakashipu, all the demigods and inhabitants of various planets offered their prayers to Lord Nrisimha, expressing their gratitude for the Lord’s slaying the daitya, who had usurped all their riches, wives, and shares of sacrificial offerings. Only Prahlada Maharaja, however, could pacify with loving prayers the transcendental wrath of Lord Nrisimha, who is prepared to even appear as half-man, half-lion for the sake of His pure devotees.
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Srila Prabhupada: One has to continue chanting the Hare Krishna mantra and preaching the chanting of this mantra because such preaching and chanting constitute the perfection of life. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.24.67 Purport)
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Hare Krishna! When Swami Met Sally
Satyaraja Dasa: He was the easiest guest I have had in my life, because when I couldn’t spend time with him he chanted, and I knew he was perfectly happy. When I couldn’t talk to him, he chanted. He was so easy, though, because I knew he was never bored. I never felt any pressure or tension about having him. He was so easy that when I had to take care of the children he would just chant. It was so great. When I had to do things, he would just be happy chanting. He was a very good guest. When the people would come, they were always smoking cigarettes, but he would say, “Pay no attention. Think nothing of it.” That’s what he said. “Think nothing of it.” Because he knew we were different. I didn’t smoke in front of him. I knew I wasn’t supposed to smoke in front of Gopal’s father, so I sort of considered him the same. He didn’t make any problems for anybody.
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Hare Krishna! Spiritual Television: Is the World Ready for a True Spiritual Network
Yogesvara dasa: A Native American storyteller named Ron Evans tells a tale that warms the heart of all who agonise over the effects of contemporary media. Ron visited Africa some years ago and was present the day electric lines were installed for the first time in a tiny village. Along with wiring came a gift from the local government: the village’s first television. Ron describes how the entire village sat mesmerised for three days watching every programme. Then as if on cue, rose, turned off the set, and went about their business. Curious as to their motives, Ron approached the village chief and asked, ‘Why did you stop watching the television?’ The chief smiled and replied, ‘We don’t need the television. We have our storyteller.’ Delighted but not completely satisfied by the reply, Ron commented, ‘The television knows many stories, too.’ The chief bowed his head thoughtfully, then looked up with a smile and said, ‘Oh, no doubt the television knows many stories. But our storyteller knows us!’
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"One must come to the understanding that the Holy name of the Lord and the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself are identical. One cannot reach this conclusion unless one is offenseless in chanting the Holy name."

Chaitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila 8.16

Mantra-japa (meditation on a mantra) is fun, relaxing, and easy – particularly in bhakti-yoga, where the mantra describes the object of our love.

Don’t look at mantra chanting as a chore, or a task, or a challenge. Look at it as an opportunity to rest, relax, and enjoy the happiness, peace and bliss that comes naturally and automatically from the ultimate core of the self, param-ātmā – who, ultimately, is Krishna.

Chanting mantra right would feel as restful as sleeping without dreams, because you would be physically still, and your mind would stop imagining things that it worries about or wants. This is why people who practice mantra-japa effectively wind up feeling like they naturally need less sleep. All the time they put into mantra-japa rejuvenates their body and mind just like deep sleep.

Often we have a hard time falling asleep, or getting a really restful sleep. This is, in many ways, the same reason why we have a hard time doing deep, effective mantra-japa: we are unable to let go of our worries and wants. We need some motivation to set aside the things that constantly occupy our mind. This motivation can come from simple exhaustion and the need to relax, and it can come from seeking svānanda (the bliss inherent in simply being conscious, without needing to worry about what to do with it), and it can come from seeking bhaktyānanda (the bliss inherent in focusing consciousness upon an fearless, stable object of divine love – Krishna).

When chanting, don’t try to create the mantra. That is work. And it is hopeless. You cannot create this thing which is so categorically greater than and fundamental to your self. You can’t create the mantra with your voice or your mind or even your heart.

The mantra already exists, and it already exists in you. All you need to do is tune in to it, by tuning out from all the noise made by the wants and worries of the mind. Allow the mantra to be discovered within you, by your curious contemplation of its words.

Curiosity is an absolute necessity for successful mantra-japa. If we are not curious about something, we will not ever really pay attention to it! You must be curious, “What is this word, ‘Krishna’? What does it indicate? What does it sound like? What does it feel like?” Don’t answer, just incite your curiosity and let the name answer. “What are these words, ‘hare’ and ‘rāma’? Why do they come in this curious, rhythmic pattern?”

In time, successfully curious mantra-japa will begin revealing incredible detail contained within the words of the mantra. All of Rādhā-Krishna’s names, beauty, qualities, associates, and activities are enveloped within the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra. This things unfold to those who set aside their normal wants and worries for at least some time, and focus their consciousness on the mantra existing within their consciousness.

With curiosity as fuel, pay attention to the mantra manifest by its own self-sustained existence within your own eternal consciousness. Then mantra-japa will be stress-relieving, health-improving, restful, and most importantly of all, spiritually potent!

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Hare Krishna! NASN July 2015 – North American Sankirtan Newsletter
For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada this report contains the following North American results of book distribution for the month of July. North American Totals, Monthly Temples, Monthly Weekend Warriors. Monthly Top 100 Individuals, Monthly Top 5, Cumulative Countries, Cumulative Temples, Cumulative Top 100 Individuals, Cumulative Top 5
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Harinama in every city and village! (Album with photos)
Sri Nama Prabhu, the Holy name, likes to be distributed. Especially in kali yuga, Sri Nama Prabhu wants to go to every village and every person. Every devotee should be a distribution outlet for the holy name.
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