SECRETS ON CHANTING BY HH LOKANATH SWAMI MAHARAJ

> Solution of protection from ten name chanting

offences.
Chanting of Holy name without concentration is what ?
It’s also an offence. But one thing is that chanting
without concentration is the main reason behind
committing ten offences. That is the source, reason that
why we keep committing offences. It’s because we don’t
chant with concentration.

> Importance of Harinama

In human form of life on undergoes many many samskaras.
Samskaras are meant for purification and this one is
called harinama diksha smaskara. This is very
important connection where in one gets spiritual birth. There is
one more birth, the brahmin is called dvija -twice more. And
when we take birth parents gives us birth, they give us body.
And then the spiritual master on behalf of Krishna he gives us spiritual body. He hands you
the spiritual body. You have a spiritual body and he gives the process by which you realize
that you are a spiritual body, you are a spirit soul. And this is a very important step to realize
that we are not material body but we are spirit souls having eternal connections
with Krishna. Not having this connection with the Lord and the spiritual master we normally
consider our self as a part of one family or one country and we get caught up in the world of
designations-Indian, Dutch, English.
sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam

From contamination, nirmalam one becomes nirmala. Mala means dirt and becoming free from
all this designations, this is possible when one performs devotional service.
There are 64 items of devotional services described in Nectar of Devotion by Rupa Gosvami
Prabhupad. Of the 64 items, 5 are considered as principle items of devotional services. They
are, what are they?

1. Sadhu sanga- Associations of the devotees

2. Bhagvat sravana- Hearing of Srimad -Bhagavatam,
3. Mathura vasa- Residing in Mathura, Vrindavan holy places.
4. Sri mutri seva- Worshiping the deities.
5. Nama-Sankirtana or Nama japa.

So of this 5 devotional services like I said quickly, let us repeat. One is Sadhu sanga, Mathura
vasa, Bhagavat sravana, Sri murti seva and Nama-Sankirtana of these 5 items Nama-
kirtana is most significant. So like this our acaryas have established this Nama-Sankirtana as
the topmost devotional service.

Of those 65 item chanting of,

“HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE, HARE RAM HARE RAM
RAM RAM HARE HARE”
This is number one item. And even while doing the other four services there
is also Harinama involved. When we meet sadhus what we do? We chant Hare Krishna. And
then you go to holy places like Mathura, Vrindavan you get to hear Radhe Radha. Even
rikshawalas they don’t have horns, if you are in their way,they want you to get out of their way
they say Radhe Radhe….please get out. So even rikshawala’s say Radhe Radhe, so what to
speak of others. When we go to holy place we always get to hear, they always have
speakers even if you don’t want to hear you are forced to hear 4 O’clock in the morning. So
when you go to holy place you read the scriptures and again there are glories of chanting. And
while doing Sri Murti seva, Sri Vigraha aradhana again the chanting of holy names of the Lord.
Even at the time of installation of the deities, Prabhupada said we could simply chant,

“HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE, HARE RAM HARE RAM
RAM RAM HARE HARE”

and install the deities, just chant Hare Krishna and deities get installed. Now we will chanting
some more mantras and there will be fire sacrifice.

> Chant with attention without offences. Chant as if you in a

state of emergency. Just chanting is not the way. Caitanya
Caritamrita also reminds us that we may be chanting, but if it’s
with offences then even after many, many births and deaths, we will
still not attain the prema dhana which is KRISHNA. Why chant with
devotion, remembering His forms and pastimes without offences?
Because it is an emergency. So many births are waiting for us.
Sadhana should be visible. We are all chanting together and when I see you chanting, I am
happy. You can see me and the others chanting. So it’s visible. This is our prime sadhana and
when we chant in presence of others, they can also correct you.
Srila Prabhupada would say: “Sit properly! Don’t sleep.” We can be corrected by Guru and
others. Chanting together will help us when we don’t chant properly. There should
be pradarsana. When we hear and chant in a pure state, with attention, then the Lord reveals
more of His darsana to us. We prepare our eyes with chanting so that we can see.
nayanam galad-ashru-dharaya
O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant
Your holy name?
I wish you all success in chanting with attention.
>Let the soul sing and dance on the Supreme song, Hare Krishna..
Mayapur dham ki jai!
So this is where all the gang of this sankirtan,
“sankirtanaika-pitarau kamalaya-thaksau visvambharo dvija varau
yuga-dharma phalau vande jagat priya karo karuna avatarau”

Karuna avataro-Guar Nityananda, the founding Supreme fathers of this Hare

Krishna movement, Hare Krishna sankirtan movement are Gaur Nityananda
and not far from here is Srivan angan and not angam. Many of devotees say
angam, angam means body. Angan means courtyard angan not anganam so Srivas angan.
SriKrishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would chant

“Hare krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama
Hare Hare”

All night long kirtan and Caitanya Mahaprabhu He would go mad, roar like a mad man also and
chant and dance doing His uddanda kirtan, uddanda nrutya.
“dhule dhule gaurachanda hari guna gai
asiya vrindavane nache gaura rai”

He was dancing like that in Vrindavan 500 hundred year ago, Caitanya Mahaprabhu travelled to
Vrindavan and he danced there also so that is ‘dhule dhule’ one kind of dance and he would do
uddand nritya, He would jump high in sky and floating, trying to reach out his Lord where are
you O! Lord? And he would be seeking for his Lord, he would jump. When Sachi mata had
observed that kind of uddanda nritya of her Nimai dancing in Shantipur, he would jump high and
fall flat on the ground so that was heart breaking experience for Sachi mata, considering that
her Nimai getting hurt as he lands on the ground. She was praying to mother bhumi, mother
earth that whenever my darling when he falls down in your lap. Please make sure that he was
not hurt, let him experience like he is falling on bed of roses or something soft ground. So this
was going on every night, all night long chanting and dancing on and on and on for weeks and
for months. Advaitacharya was not very happy that Lord was dancing with “pure” devotees,
what about the others? So he was the one, Advaitacharya was the one who had prayed for the
merciful descend of the Lord.

“dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata”

“There is so much decline of the religious principles my Lord this is the time you did promise or
made that statement whenever there is decline in religious or of the religious principles
“sambhavami yuge yuge” – you would appear”. So advaitacharya had come some 50 years prior
to advent of Gauranga as if he had come as a advance party to do all evaluation of the situation
and he had come to the conclusion now only Lord can rectify the situation so he prayed and
Lord had responded and Gauranga appeared. But then he was chanting and dancing with some
selected few and what about the rest of world then Advaitacharya, he falls at the feet of
Gauranga and says oh! Lord be merciful
“Patitpavan hetu tav avatar”

The purpose of your avatar is patit pavan, to uplift the fallen souls so please do so these are
pure devotees, its fine that you chant and dance with them but what about rest? So then
Gauranga Mahaprabhu continued his kirtans all over Mayapur, Navadwip. Bhaktivinod Thakur
explains in his famous kirtan.
“udilo aruna puraba bhage dwija mani gora amani jage
Bhakta samuha loiya sathe gela nagara braje”

So early morning the sun rose in the east. (Bell rings in the temple of Rajapur Jaggnath) O!
Something is appearing Jagannath is rising appearing here Jai Jagannath Swami ki jai! Jai
Jagannath! Jai Jagannath! Jai Jagannath ! Jagganath Baladev Subhadra Ki ..Jai
So gathering all his followers, devotees, Mahaprabhu was dancing all over, throughout
Navadwip Mandal.
“tathai tathai bajalo khol”
“dhik tam dhik tam dhig etan kathayati satatam kirtana-stho mrdangah”
Mrdanga uvacha, mrdanga says all the time what does mrdanga says? Dhik- I condemn those
folks, kirtan is going on here where I am being played, mridanga is being played and what you
are doing over there? You are condemned dhik dhik, I condemn you, I condemn you, ‘etan
dhigetan’- all these people are condemned because you are not present in the kirtan, mrdanga
speaks like this during Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s kirtan.
“mukunda madhava yadava hari bolena bolo re vadan bhori”
So they are chanting,
“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare
Hare”
And they are also chanting Mukunda say Mukunda Mukunda Mukunda. “bolena bolo re vadan
bhori” using all their strength, love their Lord with all thy strength, with all thy heart, the bible
also says “love thy Lord with all thy heart, with all thy strength”. So this song of Bhaktivinod
also says “bolena bolo re vadan bhori” So some devotees along with their kirtan they are also
doing preaching to those who were witnessing the kirtan running out of their homes to observe
the kirtan. So devotees were preaching to them you also chant full hearted, full throated, heart
full, throat full.. “balena bolo re vadan bhori”. And what is the next part ?
“preme dhala dhala sonara anga carane nupura baje”– again dhule dhule

That golden complexion Lord, “Preme dhala dhala”- full of prem, ecstatic feeling, emotions. He
is dancing with ankle bells tinkling jingling around His ankles. Devotees must be playing
mridanga very expertly, they also loving the sound of tinkling and jingling the bells also do
come across. Mridanga playing was not drowning the sound of the nupur. The tinkling and
jingling of the bells also were audible. Mridanga being played and those kartal and bits of all
that there was also sound of jingling bells from ankles of Gauranga!
“kiba mantra dila gosai kiba tara bala japite japite mantra karila pagal”

This is another time as Sri Krishna Chaitnaya Mahaprabhu, he was maddened as he chanted
rolling on the ground and this was very common thing shading tears. He would do kirtna in
Jagannath Puri Jagannath puri dham ki jai !!! In front of Jagannath’s cart and when He would go
round and round all people all devotees are all around Him and making three circles.
Nityananda Prabhu was in the first circle around Gauranga and then Srivas and then Kashishwar
and others would make the second circle.
King Prataparudra and others would make the third circle and he would be in the middle
protected from the public or He could have His own space. Gauranga would have His own space
for chanting and dancing and not getting distracted, so they would form circles. He is
everywhere simultaneously he is everywhere. Not that he is here and then after some time
going round and round and that time shading tears. From the Lotus eyes of Gauranga tears
would flow drowning not just making people little bit wet. They would drowning in those tears,
becoming all soaked in tears of Gauranga.
“Nayanam galad ashru dharya” -dhara- flow. It was coming out, the flow coming out forcefully,
so it was not just dropping down but going, spreading all around and it was coming out so
forcefully reaching out going for long distance so all around the tears of Gauranga!! So one time
He had again approached his Guru Maharaj Ishvarpuri and he was wondering Oh! What kind of
mantra “Kiba mantra dila gosai”- what kind of mantra you have given to me? “japite japite
mantra karil pagal”- by chanting or while chanting I just go mad, my body begins trembling,
rolling on the ground, I become stunt ,this happens that happens, sometimes my complexion
changes, Gauranga’s body changes complexion. The Golden body would turn pinkish while He
was in Vrindavan golden body turned bluish black!

“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama
Rama Hare Hare”

He was doing His japa, japa yoga underneath of Imali tala, Tamarind tree all from Krishna’s
time, there was a tamarind tree 500 years ago and still there is tamarind tree. And after while at
bank of Yamuna underneath the tree chanting His japa and while chanting He became so much
Krishna conscious that He was no more Gauranga, He was not Gaursundar! But he became
Shyamsundar! Body was shyamavarna.
So that also was result of His madness, ecstatic feelings. So He had inquired what kind of
mantra? So much power, so much strength has invested in this mantra. This mantra just taken
charge of me and makes me dance, make me mad. What kind of mantra have you given oh!
Spiritual master?
“hari hari viphale janama gonainu”

And kirtan parties Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s kirtan party, Chaitanya mahaprabhu already in
Jagannath Puri and parties would go from different towns and villages to Jagannath Puri to
participate in Rathyatra festival. During one such time, as devotees were arriving in Jagannath
Puri and they were performing kirtan or while performing kirtan they are entering Jagannath Puri
and King Prataprudra, was enquiring “who is that devotee?” Oh! That is Advaitacharya ,“ who is
that one in bluish?” Oh! That is Nityananda and who is that he was enquiring and he said I have
heard kirtans before, same mantra same mridanga, kartala also, but this is something different.
I have never experienced this kind of kirtan, these prabhu’s are chanting, singing, dancing what
is this Kirtan? Then he was told, this is “Prem Kirtan”. So Mahaprabhu and His associates,
followers they would perform Prem Kirtan, shuddha Naam.

Every day we chant keep doing this. This Hare Krishna Mahamantra is the Prem, the Love of God
or in this name, the form of the Holy name. Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu delivered Krishna
Prem to this world. “Krishna Prem Pradayte” He appeared to deliver Krishna prem and what is
that prem?
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare
Hare. Keep chanting!!!
So let’s chant, utter not just by the tongue, but by the soul. Let the soul sing this supreme song.
We always hear encouragement chant from the heart. Because within the heart there is soul,
Let the soul chant, so that kirtan was brought by Gauranga from His own abode and chanted
here in Navadwip.

>Kirtana Meditation:

Why to chant from the heart? Reason is that is where we reside; our
residence or base is in the heart. That is why Madhava prabhu and
Maharaja was reminding us, chant from the heart, chant from the heart.
Hari Hari!
Chandramauli maharaja was talking of hearing every name. There are
sixteen names, iti sodasakam namnam kali-kalmasa-nasanam
( Kalisantarana Upanishad) sodasakam namnam, there are sixteen names
and hear each of those names.
As someone chants and you hear or you chant and also you hear. I was
told that we have to speak about the, the topic or theme is kirtana meditation. Kirtana what?
Kirtana meditations! So then I was thinking and I remembered Gopal Guru Goswami, he has
given explanation of Hare Krsna mantra or commentary, Hare Krsna maha-mantra bhasya if you
want to call it. Mahabhashya, maharaja is saying, because maha-mantra so mahabhashya. This
Gopal Guru Goswami was Shri Vakreshwara Pandit’s disciple. Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very
fond of this Gopal Guru Goswami. And affectionately and jokingly, Mahaprabhu would also say,
call him guru, call him guru. He was so learned; call him guru, so he became Gopal Guru
Goswami.
So that Goswami, Gopal Guru Goswami has presented commentary and I thought of just running
through it quickly, talks about each name. When we say each name, Hare, say Hare, then say
Krsna, Hare Krsna, like that Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare
Hare!
As we say each of these names, sixteen names, what we do or what the chanter does? He is
addressing those names. It is called sambodhan. Well how do you address the name?
abhinnatvat nama namino
nama and nami, Lord’s name and Lord they are non different. So when we say, Hare Krsna then
Hare makes appearance and Krsna makes appearance and immediately from the heart you
address that Lord.
So this Gopal Guru Goswami, he is giving a guideline. What you should be addressing, when you
are saying Hare, what are you suppose to be saying? So he says that we should say to that
Hare, O! Hare, hare – he hare,
mac-cittam hrtva bhava-bandhanan mocaya
What did he say? He said in Sanskrit. So he said, O! Hare, please steal my mind, steal my
consciousness and make me
bhava bandhanan mocaya, make me free
from bhava bandhan, the bonds of this material existence. Please make me free, please make
me free by stealing capturing, attracting my mind to You. Then after Hare comes Krsna then he
says what we should say to that Krsna, he Krsna, krsna – he krsna, mac-cittam akarsaya
O! Krsna-You are known for, You are all attractive.
“karshati iti krishna”
Krsna is that person who karsati, who attracts. So my dear Krsna, mat cittam akarsaya, please
attract me to You, my mind, my whole existence, my consciousness to you. Then comes the turn
of Hare again. O! Hare, Radha again.
hare – he hare, sva-madhuryena mac-cittah hara
O! Radhe You are known for Your madhurya, Your sweetness. So please attract me by Your
sweetness, O! Radhe.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, now next Krsna, so when you say that Krsna, you are saying, you are
addressing that Krsna, taking advantage of His presence and immediately you are address Him
saying, krsna – he krsna, sva-bhakta-dvara bhajana-jnana-danena mac-cittam sodhaya This
whole thing, the first four names as we address or address Lord in the form of these four names,
this refers to all ceto darpana marjanam, cetana related.
Please by Your own devotee, sva bhakta dvara, by Your devotee. Shiksha guru, diksha guru,
acarya, sadhu sanga, give me sadhu sanga, give me association of devotee so that bhajan jnana
danen, bhajan jnana dana. How to perform this bhajan? jnana knowledge of this bhajan, bhajan
kriya, there are so many details.
Let Your devotee give me charity, dana of that jnana. Let that knowledge be given to me as a
charity. So that mat cittam sodhaya, so that my consciousness IS purified.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna then next Krsna. krsna – he krsna, rucir bhavatu me
Let that ruchi, name ruchi, let me develop ruchi that taste in Your name, taste in You. This is
also like from shraddha to prema and up there is ruchi. So when would that day be mine, when I
will have ruchi.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna, then there is another Krsna. krsna – he krsna, nama-rupa-guna-
liladisu man-nistham kuru Let me be fixed in recitation of Your nama or glories of nama rupa
guna lila; let me be steady in the aspects of Your personality, Your name, You are non different
from Your name, You are non different from Your qualities, You are non different from Your
pastimes. So let me be fixed, steady. Prabhupada used to ask sometimes, Are you convinced?
So let me be convinced.
Next is that last Hare Hare. hare – he hare, nija-seva-yogyam mam kuru
O! Hare please make me eligible to serve You. Srila Prabhupada used to always emphasize on
this, O! Krsna, O! Radhe, please engage me. I am Yours, I am Your servant, please engage me,
seva yogyam kuru.
Last Hare of the first set of half of the mantra is adisaya. hare – he hare, sva-sevam adisaya
Please reveal that service unto me. First You make me eligible and reveal what is that service.
Of course this could go beyond our service, beyond this existence, part of our svarupa, as parts
and parcels, going back home. So what would be that service, please reveal that service unto
me. Order me personally in the service you wish me to perform.
And then Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, I should go faster. That Hare, hare – he
hare, sva-presthena saha svabhista-lilam sravaya O! Radha please let me hear or You share
Your most cherished pastimes, Your pastime with Krsna; could I hear that pastime? Sravaya,
could you make me hear that pastime? And then that similar prayer or address is also upto that
Rama, Hare Rama.
rama – he rama, presthaya saha svabhista-lilam mam sravaya O! Krsna You also, Your most
cherished pastime with Radharani, could I hear? Make me hear, let there be opportunity for me
to hear those pastimes.
Hare Rama and then Hare Rama, so after sravaya comes darshaya.
hare – he hare, sva-presthena saha svabhista-lilam darsaya
Please show me, could Your pastimes be revealed unto me? Let’s say together, O! Krsna O!
Radhe, first sravaya and the darshaya, could I have darsana. So darsana is two way track.
Unless darsana is given to you, you can not take. There is giver and there is the taker. We are
there to take darsana but unless it is given you can’t take it. So there is humble appeal and
address to that divine couple, Hare Rama please reveal those pastimes and Your darsana you
reveal unto me.
rama – he rama, presthaya saha svabhista-lilam mam darsaya |
Rama! O Rama! Give me the opportunity to see your intimate pastimes.
And then last Rama Rama Hare Hare. Again nama rupa guna lila.
rama – he rama, nama-rupa-guna-lila-smaranadisu mam yojaya
Please when would I become fixed up in nama,, rupa guna, lila of Yours? And the next is,
rama – he rama, tatra mam nija-seva-yogyam kuru
Please make me fit to fit into those pastimes. Make me fit, make me eligible to be part of those
pastimes. And final Hare Hare, that was Rama Rama, and then Hare Hare ends with saying, all
this is Gopal Guru Goswami says.
When we says that final Hare Hare we address.
hare – he hare, mam svangikrtya ramasva
hare – he hare, maya saha ramasva
O! Hare, that is Radharani, sva-angi krtya, please accept me as Your servant and maya sama
ramasva, please deal with me, please reciprocate with me. You are Radharaman, You are this
raman, and You do raman with so many others, but let there be me and You, You and me. Maya
saha ramasva, so this meditation or address ends with maya saha ramasva, please consider me
as Your own and make me part of Your existence or Your pastimes and deal with me. So this is
food for thought as we say these names,
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama
Hare Hare!

>Harer nama – No other way, No other way, No other way

Lord also said that on number of occasions. One time, he was talking to
Shuklam brahmacari, he was from Navadvipap and Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
He said these verse,
harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha
and Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he started explaining this verse. In the
beginning He said that,
“kali-kale nama-rupe krsna-avatara
nama haite haya sarva-jagat-nistara” [CC Adi 17.22]

Translation: “In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare K???a mah?-mantra, is the
incarnation of Lord K???a. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord
directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered.
The day that Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared, He appeared in the evening but Lord appeared in
another form during the day and that was the Harinama Prabhu appeared during the day and
that’s when all those folks coming from all over taking baths and chanting the holy names of the
Lord. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu said ‘”kali-kale nama-rupe krsna-avatara.” Krsna appears,
tomorrow we are celebrating appearance of Sri Krsna and so that Sri Krsna appeared before Sri
Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in the evening, He appeared in the form of the holy name
during the day and Caitanya Mahaprabhu was explaining, He said this,
dārḍhya lāgi’ ‘harer nāma’-ukti tina-vāra
jaḍa loka bujhāite punaḥ ‘eva’-kāra [CC Adi 17.23]
Translation: “This verse repeats the word ‘eva’ [‘certainly’] three times for emphasis, and it
also three times repeats ‘harer n?ma’ [‘the holy name of the Lord’], just to make common
people understand.
Just to emphasize the glories of the holy name that He has said this tina bar,
hare nama hare nama hare nama hare namaiva and Mahaprabhu said after saying hare nama
hare nama hare nama three times, He said, hare namaiva aiva means, certainly it is and then
He also has added another word, says kevalam, that is also another one and the only one and
then the next line and this is from Brihad Naradiya Puran,
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā
na asti eva, na – not, asti- is, nastyeva- there is not, there is not, there is not, gatir means
destination or a process also that you adopt or practices religious practices, gatir anyatha, anya
means another. There is no other process, no other way but hare nama hare nama hare nam n?
sty eva n?sty eva n?sty eva .
So, why is He saying three times n?sty eva , that also has been explained by Mahaprabhu. He
said, in this age of Kali first nasty eva means not by karma that’s one, nasty eva not by jnana,
karma kanda, jnana kand and not by yoga, one could realize the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
So, He said just three times, n?sty eva n?sty eva n?sty eva gatir anyatha, this is the only way,
the only way, the only way and this statement that is hare nama hare nama hare nama kevalam
this is in Brihad Naradiya Puran and this is an eternal statement. Whenever there is Kali yuga,
you don’t have to worry or wonder, oh now what has to be done, so that mantra is there, that
proclamation is there. So whenever there is age of Kali you could close your eyes and chant,
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
You would not go wrong. So, Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also, as He was talking to
Prakashananda Saraswati in Varanasi and He was chanting and only chanting and doing nothing
else. All those Prakashanand Saraswati and company, he had 60,000 followers, they were
criticizing Mahaprabhu, oh what kind of sentimental sannyasi you are, you should be studying
Vedanta. So there was a dialogue between Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Prakashanand Saraswati
and Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ‘My guru Maharaja, murkha dekhi, he thought I was just a
foolish and karila shashan, he ordered me and what was the order, he asked me to chant Hare
Krsna. Again Mahaprabhu said to Prakashanand Saraswati and those who assembled, He
repeated this mantra hare nama hare nama hare nama kevalam and then Caitanya Mahaprabhu
said, you know I took this instruction of my spiritual master so seriously that I chanted and
chanted hare nama kevalam, only harer nama.
So that’s what I was doing and as soon as I was doing chanting and chanting day and night and
khaite, suiyte, while sleeping, while eating well then what happened, Mahaprabhu said to
Prakashanand Saraswati and assembled followers, he said that, I got transformed, I was
transformed.
kibā mantra dilā, gosāñi, kibā tāra bala
japite japite mantra karila pāgala [CC Adi 7.81]
Translation: My dear lord, what kind of mantra have you given Me? I have become mad simply
by chanting this mah?-mantra!
So I became mad, so I when back my spiritual master and asked him, kiba mantra dila gosai
kiba tara bala. Wwhat kind a mantra have given it has so much power, so much strength in this
mantra that this mantra is just handing Me and I have gone mad. Then His spiritual master said
why are you surprised, this is what happens when one take this harer nama harer nama harer
nama this instructions seriously.
kṛṣṇa-nāma-mahā-mantrera ei ta’ svabhāva
yei jape, tāra kṛṣṇe upajaye bhava [CC Adi 7.83]
Translation: ‘It is the nature of the Hare K???a mah?-mantra that anyone who chants it
immediately develops his loving ecstasy for K???a.
Anyone who chants this holy name constantly with conviction that this is the only way,
especially in this age of Kali then he develops bhava and love for the Lord. So that is what has
happened to you, why are you so surprised? Go on, Go on.
So this is the way, this is not a new thing. Every time in the age of Kali, you go for chanting the
holy names of the Lord that is what Shukadev Goswami also said to King Parikshit Maharaja, this
is the beginning of the age of Kali, Kali was just about to commence. Sukadeva Goswami said,
kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann
asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ
kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya
mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet [SB 12.3.51]
Translation: My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good
quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare K???a mah?-mantra, one can become free
from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.
Kali-yuga is full of faults and flaws but there is eko mahan gunah, there is one good quality like
harer nama harer namaiva kevalam, one quality is in age of kali.
kirtanad eva krsnasya, only Krsna’s name, again that harer namaiva, that aiva only is also
coming here in Sukadev Goswami’s statement, kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param
vrajet. So there is another authority Sukadev Goswami he has strongly recommended Chanting
is the only process and if you want to hear more at the beginning age of Kali.
Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu made one prediction that his holy name will spread all over the
world but Nityananda Prabhu was yet another personality of Godhead, in fact
sankirtanaika-pitarau kamalayataksau
So founding fathers of the sankirtana movement are two, one is Gauranga and another is
Nityananda. So one predicted that chanting of the holy name will reach every town, every
village and the other one besides other predictions, Nityananda Prabhu talked about this
temple,
adbhut mandir hoibe vikas and from there gauranger seva hoibe prakash
The Gurangas glories will spread all over the world, this is yet another prediction of Nityananda
Prabhu. Bhaktivinoda Thakur kept seeing from his balcony towards yogapitha. So he was seeing
effulgence, so he was seeing this adbhut mandir that Nityananda Prabhu talked about.
Srila Prabhupada talked of, whenever there were floods in Mayapur, Prabhupada said, Oh! It’s
getting flooded here, so from here we will spread the flood of the holy name, devotional
services, devotional practices from Mayapur to all over the world. So this is the original of center
of flood from here it’s going to spread all over the world. I was thinking as I am into kirtans as
this place gets ready. This temple is going to accommodate 10,000 kirtaniyas, there is no
temple hall or no other forum like TOVP. 10000 at a time, so this is really a congregational
chanting, param vijayate sri krsna sankirtanam, victory to sankirtana moment.

>Real Meaning of Hare Krsna Mahamantra

hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

athedam nityada yukto
japann avahitah puman
acirac chreya apnoti
vasudeva-parayanah [SB 4.24.74]

Translation : A devotee of Lord Krsna whose mind is always absorbed in

Him, who with great attention and reverence chants this stotra [prayer], will achieve the
greatest perfection of life without delay.
Purport: Perfection means becoming a devotee of Lord Krsna. Here, translation talks of
achieving greatest perfection. Srila Prabhupada defines that what is this perfection? Becoming a
devotee of Lord Krsna is the perfection. As stated in the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam
(1.2.28)
vasudeva para veda vasudeva para makhah
vasudeva para yoga vasudeva para kriyah
vasudeva param jnanam vasudeva param tapah

Good size list there. Prabhupada is not quoting the whole thing. The ultimate goal of life is
Vasudeva, or Krsna. Any devotee of Lord Krsna can attain all perfection, material gains and
liberation simply by offering prayers to Him. There are many varieties of prayers to Lord Krsna
chanted by great sages and great personalities such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva. Lord Krsna
is known as siva-virinci-nutam (Bhag. 11.5.33). Siva means Lord Siva, and virinci means Lord
Brahma. Both of these demigods are engaged in offering prayers to Lord Vasudeva, Krsna. If we
follow in the footsteps of such great personalities and become devotees of Lord Krsna, our lives
will become successful. Unfortunately people do not know this secret. Na te viduh svartha-gatim
hi visnum: “They do not know that the real interest and the highest perfection of life is to
worship Lord Visnu [Krsna].” (Bhag. 7.5.31) It is impossible to become satisfied by trying to
adjust the external energy. Without being a devotee of Lord Krsna, one can only be baffled and
confused. To save living entities from such a calamity, Lord Krsna points out in Bhagavad-gita
(7.19):

bahunam janmanam ante

jnanavan mam prapadyate?
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma sudurlabhah?

“After many, many births and deaths, a wise man surrenders unto Me, knowing very well that I,
Vasudeva, am everything. Such a great soul is very rare.”

We can achieve whatever benediction we want simply by becoming devotees of Vasudeva.

vasudeva sarvam iti sa mahatma su-durlabhah

That devotee, mahatma is rare. One who is realized, that means he has attained perfection.
What is the perfection? His understanding is perfect. What has he understood? vasudeva
sarvam. That's all. All that he knows is, vasudeva sarvam iti. iti means this much. Vasudeva
sarvam- Vasudeva is all in all. And such mahatma, great soul, is very rare. So, ultimate goal of
life is Vasudeva or Krsna.

Srila Prabhupada writes, any devotee of Lord Krsna can attain all perfection: material gains,
liberation, simply by offering prayers to Him. So how to attain perfection, what is perfection, is
explained here. Because there is a talk of prayer in this verse, song sung by Lord Shiva.
Chanting
the song sung by Lord Shiva and that song is a prayer. There are many varieties of prayers to
Lord Krsna chanted by great sages and great personalities such as, Lord Brahma and Lord
Shiva.
So many different prayers. Even they offer prayers. First of all, they are somebody, they are
great personalities. Shiva is a big name. Brahma is a big name. But even they offer prayers unto
Vasudeva or unto Krsna.
Brahma was performing arati.
arati korena brahma adi deva gane
And He is not alone. adi deva gane, etceteras also. Not only Brahma is there. Brahma is offering
arati himself of Gauranga. Gauranga! Other demigods also have been assembled.
kiba siva-suka-narada preme gada-gada
In attendance, there is Siva, there is Narada. They are offering prayers. The arati, prayer is
being chanted.
catur mukhe bramha bole krsna krsna hare hare
mahadeva pancha mukhe rama rama hare hare
So, Brahma is using all his catur mukhe, four mukhas. He is chanting krsna krsna hare hare. And
Siva has five mouths. All mouths are chanting simultaneously, rama rama hare hare. Lord
Siva has five mouths. And how many eyes? Only three, each mouth has three. Minimum two,
sometimes it's three also. He opens His third eye, He becomes Trinetra. And He is using all
those other 10 or 15 eyes also to see the Lord. As one chants the prayers, the prayers are heard
by one whom we offer the prayers to. Prayer is offered, so there is one who is offering the
prayer and another is unto whom that prayer is being offered, that person is audience. Yes, I am
pleased with you, with your prayers. That is perfection. You offer prayer and your prayers are
heard.
The prayer could be “I would like to see You, O! Lord, I would like to see You. I want to be with
You.” Remember that prayer of George Harrison? Harrison. Why did he not give him name,
change his name? Some disciple asked, Prabhupada said “He has already spiritual name.
He is Hari's son, Harisson. He is Hari's son.” It was a nice prayer, I like that. "I really want to see
You.” Why is it taking so long? Achirat- quickly.
Perfection of offering prayer is that your prayer is heard. I'm sure one who is offering prayer he
would like to have audience with that person that he is offering prayers to. Gopi Geet is also
prayer. They want to see the Lord, they want to be with the Lord.
truti yugayate tvam apasyatam
For them as they are not seeing, momentarily they are not seeing, so called not seeing is
happening. Their prayer is that truti yugayate tvam apasyatam. Truti is the measurement of
time. And it is translated in the Bhagavatam, word to word meaning. You split the second into
seven hundred pieces. Make seven hundred parts of one second and one of them is truti. It
becomes truti. There is truti yugayate. The truti to gopis become as long as long time. Yugayate,
ages have passed since last time we have seen You. During the day when You go out in the
forests then we cannot see You. Then we feel like truti yugayete tvam apasyatam.
So, prayer is there and in the prayer there is this component. This longing is so intense. Longing,
wanting the Lord, His audience, His darsana is so intense. Gopis say “How are we feeling not
having seen You.” What does that means to us? We feel truti yugayate.
Or, in the word of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu,
sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda virahe name
That is a very intense prayer. There are many varieties of prayers to Lord Krsna chanted by
great sages and great personalities such as Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva. Both of these
demigods are engaged in offering prayers to Lord Vasudeva, Krsna. If we follow in the footsteps
of such great personalities and become devotees of Lord Krsna, our lives will become
successful. And unfortunately, people do not know this secret.
If you offer prayer to Vishnu, you will attain Vishnu. If you offer prayer to Sri Rama, you will
attain Sri Rama.
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
Is this also prayer? Of all the prayers, of all the prayers. Prayers of Queen Kunti and so many
prayers. The scriptures are full of prayers.
adho madhe ante harih sarvatra giyate.
Everywhere Krsna, the Lord, is glorified. In the beginning, in the middle, at the end, everywhere
the prayers are everywhere, throughout. And Hare Krsna maha mantra is also prayer.

The gopis are not going to be happy meeting Vishnu or Narayana. They want Krsna. Not Vishnu,
not Vasudeva, not Narayana. They are looking for Krsna. And Krsna looking for a little fun, He
will tease them or test them. He appeared as four handed Narayana. The gopis are where is
Krsna? Krsna! Krsna! They are looking for Krsna and Narayana appeared. May I help you? Again,
enquiry counter. So they offered namo narayana or namaskar. Have you seen our Krsna. Thank
you very much for being here but have you seen our Krsna?
The chanters of Hare Krishna prayer or Hare Krishna maha mantra they will not settle with
anyone else, although, there is no difference, they are all advaitam acyutam anadi ananta
rupam. Advaitam, it says. They are not two, they are not three, or they are not many. They are
one, non-different.
ete camsa-kalah pumsah
krsnas tu bhagavan svayam
It was supposed to be 24 but there are only 22. Krsna who is the source of all incarnations.
Canto 1 Chapter 3 is a list of all incarnations, only 22, 2 are missing. Then, in conclusion it says,
ete all these. ete ca amsa, amsa means they are parts, portions of the planetary portion. krsnas
tu bhagavan svayam. There is only one svayam bhagavan. And that is Sri Krsna. Now I think it's
not right. There are two svayam bhagavans. One is Krsna. The other one is Caitanya Prabhu.
svayam bhagavan resides in Goloka.
Goloka namni nija dhamni
Goloka is nija, His own dhama. Krsna's own dhama is Goloka. In that Goloka, Goloka has two
divisions: One is Vrndavana, other one is Navadvipa or Svetadvipa also. In Vrndavana, there is
Krsna. Do not think that 520 years ago when Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu advented in
Mayapur, Navadvipa, that was the first time He became like that; looking like Chaitanya. No, He
is always like that. He is up there. If we say He has descended, avatarati, means coming down.
Ava means coming down, so He took avatara. He is up there as Caitanya Mahaprabhu then He
comes down here, down in Navadvipa. As He is up there, He is like that. As He appears.
ekatmanav api
Caitanya Caritamrta explains ekatmanav api. Radha and Krsna are ekatmana.
ekatmanav api bhuvi pura
deha bhedam gatau tau [ CC Adi 1.5]
One atma, Radha and Krsna are one but just being one could be boring, cannot enjoy, just one
person; be happy and laugh and do this and do that. So, as Lord was desiring to have fun, enjoy,
the thought of want to enjoy, want to be happy then something happened. He immediately
became two.
deha bhedo gatto utto
One became two. The other one was Radha Rani.
Shakti -Shaktiman are one. Shakti. So, Radha Rani is a Shakti and Krsna is a Shaktiman.
Shaktiman or Shaktivan means one who possesses Shakti. So, They are together. Now here is a
Shaktiman and here is a Shakti. Hladini Shakti. Hladini- giver of pleasure. So They become two.
caitanyakhyam prakatam adhuna tad dvayam caikyam aptam
Then again it says that They had become two. They were one, They had become two. But
adhuna, now when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had appeared as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, tad
dvayam, those two had become one, caikyam aptam. They have become one, that is Sri Krsna
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
So, svayam bhagavan is Sri Krsna. When we say Sri Krsna, we do not say only Krsna, we say Sri
Krsna. Sri Krsna means sri yutaha krsna. This Sri here is Srimati Radhika. When we say Sri Krsna
we are already saying Radha Krsna. Sri yuktaha Krsna, Krsna equipped or accompanied by
Radha is Sri Krsna. Jai Sri Krsna! So, He becomes Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
But its not question of becoming. They are in Goloka, They are simultaneously those two
personalities swayam bhagavan. They are there. Sometimes, They are one, Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu. They are two, Radha Krsna. When we offer these prayer, hare krsna hare krsna
krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare This prayer is to Radha Krsna,
Hare Krsna- complete prayer.
sevya yogyam kuru
We are saying hare krsna hare krsna, but what are we saying? What do we mean by hare and
Krsna? You were saying something yesterday, say hare krsna hare krsna but what you are
saying? You really mean it. What meaning are we understanding when we say hare krsna hare
krsna? We are going to be only, we meant that but whether it is only that much or it is more
also? There is more meaning, more deeper meaning of hare krsna. So, it could differ to us. What
do I mean by Hare Krsna? What Sacinandan Maharaja, what meaning does he derive when he
says hare krsna or nama acarya Srila Haridas Thakur ki, jai! When he chants what does he
mean?
What is on his mind? What is the meaning that he derives when he chants hare krsna hare
krsna? So, Gopal Guru Goswami, to him meant so much. And other acaryas also have given their
understandings and meanings when they say Hare Krsna. What do you mean? What are you
really staying? Or what are you hearing? What are we hearing? What are we supposed to be
hearing? Ha and re, we are hearing syllables. Ha- re, krish- na. But there is so much potency in
these syllables.
no jane janita kiyadbhir amrtaih krsneti varna-dvayi
That is Rupa Goswami's song. Oh! So much, this Krsna! There's so much amrita in this chanting
of the holy name of the Lord. I am deriving so much amrit. He says, I do not even know
understand so much. I understand something but there is so much more, so much amrita, so
much nectar.
tunde tandavini ratim vitanute tundavali-labdhaye [CC Antya 1.99]
This is inconceivable what Rupa Goswami writes, the glories of the holy. When Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu heard He said nothing like this have I ever heard of the glories of the holy name,
right there at the Srila Haridas's bhajan kutir, Siddha Bakul. Rupa Goswami had just finished
writing his drama. This is Mangalacaran, in the occasion he is writing and there is Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya sitting there and everybody is there. When I chant,
when I chant this hare krsna maha mantra, tundavali labdhaye. I feel this one tunda, tundam,
mukha, the mouth is not enough. Brahma has only four and Panchamukhi Mahadeva has five
and sahastra vadan Anantasesa has thousand but even thousand mouths are not enough. I wish
I had so many mouths, Rupa Goswami says. And here, what I say with the mouth and when I
hear that, I feel like,
karna-kroda-kadambini ghatayate karnarbudebhyah sprham
I wish I had arbude karna, arbude is a big big number. It is millions, millions. In Sanskrita
numbers are like that, goes on and on.
Kharva, arbhuda, shankha, maha shankha.
One zero, two zeros and twenty zeros and so many zeros. Arbude it is a big number, I wish I had
how many ears? You could only say unlimited ears. We are not even using two ears. God has
just given us two. We are not even using those two ears. First, you use the two ears, then you
may ask for more. And when finally that holy name reaches that court yard of my heart,
cetah-prangana-sangini vijayate sarvendriyanam krtim
When the holy name reaches the court yard of my heart, and begins to dance there and then
making me dance also. Holy name dances and gets soul also to dance with Him. Then what
happens? Vijayate. I become victorious. I become the conqueror. I conquer what? sarve
indriyanam krtim, all the wandering of the senses. All the activities of the senses are all
controlled and governed. All the senses they keep quiet, they are silent. They have nothing to
do. The mind is busy also. So, they cannot do the reporting. The senses usually report to the
mind and then intelligence may come, may I help or do some strategy. But I am busy, my soul is
busy, my mind is busy. And sarve indriyanam krtim. Hari, hari.
Rudra geet, like Gopi geet, this one is Rudra geet. Nityada, if one sings this all the time. Japann,
japann means chanting, murmuring. It says, mananam, you chant and you do manan, thinking.
Chintan, contemplation and go on contemplating, reflecting. So, while chanting you are
remembering and the process goes on, continues. Continuous process. Japann, while you are
chanting is just the beginning but then it continues beyond our sitting down and chanting, it is
called mananam. That is why all these, they heard, but they did not do the mananam part so,
they cannot go back to Godhead.
This is something else. Bhagavat recitation was happening and this Gokarana was there,
Bhagavatam reciter, and so many had assembled to listen, the main person was Dhundhukari.
So, Dhundhukari was the brother. At the end of the recitation of Bhagavatam, a helicopter or a
little plane landed. And there were air hosts, Vishnudutas were there. They say, yes you. And he
stood up climbed up the stairs, took a seat, fastened his seat belt, The aeroplane was going to
take off, then the recitor of Bhagavatam Gokarana said hey, hold on! He said what happened?
They all listened to the Bhagavatam, and you are bringing only one person back to Godhead?
What is wrong, what did they do wrong? Then explained Vishnuduttas, many several points
have been made or observed why, what was wrong with or what was the defects what was the
flaws in their hearing, process of hearing and the main thing that was pointing out was the
mananam part. They heard, okay, they heard but after hearing they did not follow up with what
they had heard. After hearing they did not contemplate or reminded themselves of what they
had heard.
As soon as Bhagavatam class is over, you walk out of the door, leaving behind whatever they
have heard. Bye, see you tomorrow morning. They come back next morning to hear, again,
leaving that behind. During the day there is nothing do with what was heard. They did not
remember, remind these of, or there is no further bodha yantaha paras param and all that is the
converse devotees amongst each other of what was heard, what was the realized.
So, only one person. Also, he heard with desperation. His hearing was really intense hearing. He
was absorbing what he was hearing. It was not bouncing off the sound vibration. You throw
something and it bounces back. So, we hear something and it could be just bouncing off; not
going in and not entering, not taking that in. And he heard really the meaning, deeper meaning
of it. What it really meant. What I meant when I heard really made sense to me. I was
impressed, influenced by it. And that set in the tone.
When we are chanting, the tone of chanting, the mood of chanting meaning wanting. I really
want to see you. Not I want to see you. That is one thing. Okay, I want to see you. No, no. I
really want to see you. This kind of adjective. I really want to see you. This is very urgent now.
So instant. I really want to see you. I really want to be with you. This kind of urgency and
intensity. That kind of tone, also, is going to be heard by the Lord. When we say hare krsna hare
krsna, what kind of longing, what kind of tone, that also is going to be heard by the Lord. Or, it is
going to be heard by the person we are offering this prayer to.
Who says that Lord does not respond to their prayers. There is a song in India, Draupadi jaise
pukarte nahi. Because they do not pray or call out Krsna like Draupadi called. Who says God
does not eat? Shabri jaise khilate nahi. They say God does not eat because they do not feed like
Shabri fed Rama, the way she fed with so much love and devotion that Lord was compelled and
He had to eat.

Going back to that where the aircraft is waiting there, it is not taking off because of the talking
of Gokarana and Vishnuduttas who said no mananam. They did not do manan, contemplation
after hearing. What do we do after hearing. What did we hear? Did we hear anything? Did that
get our attention?
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare
hare
What did Vishnuduttas propose? They said okay, I know, there is no shortage of aircraft in
Vaikuntha or Goloka. We could bring jumbo jets. They said to organise Bhagavat katha again
and let them hear, listen to Bhagavatam as Dhundakari heard. Then that is another session.
Only Dhundakari went on the first flight. Then another Bhagavatam was organized and they
were told the list of do's and don'ts. And then it was followed and everyone's performance was
just perfect. The hearing was perfect, flawless. And hearing did not end with hearing. It went
beyond hearing, causing waves and follow up with the contemplation and mananam, chintanam
chintam. That kept them busy doing their nityada, as mentioned in this verse, all the time.
And then as that exercise of hearing was perfect, perfectly done. Shravanam kirtanam vishnu
smaranam, reminding them, remembering the Lord. Shravanam kirtanam resulting in
remembering the Lord. Then, towards the Bhagavad recitation, so many jumbo jets landed.
There were space for everyone. Get up, climb up, take your seats. The Lord had personally
come this time. The first flight was just the air hosts were there but this time, the Lord
personally came. And everyone boarded the planes, including the speaker also.
While they were boarding, they had their four arms and crowns and yellow garments. They were
equipped. Going there onto another land, they were appropriately dressed.
And they all went back to Goloka dhama ki, jai!
Nitai Gaura Premanande, hari hari bol!!

>Lords holy name is all purifying

Srila Prabhupad ki Jai
He didn’t come here, right but he is here, ya he used to sing Jay radha
madhav and
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
That was taught by Caitanya Mahaprabhu , Lord came down, all the way
from his home, abode for the gift of the holy name, which He distributed
widely all over India. He left this task of distribution with International
Society for Krsna Consciousness, spreading it beyond the boundary of
India,
Prabhupad said this. And holy name has reached all the way, it is here in Cape Town, Haribol.
Mahaprabhu said that, Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu , that my name, my name will be
chanted in every town every village all over, all over the world, he said all over the World. He
said,
prithvite ache yata nagaradi grama sarvatra prachara haibe mora nama
In as many towns and villages as there are on the surface of the earth, My holy name will be
preached.
My name, not my name, you are listening, mora nama. So that time probably Cape Town
existed 500 years ago was it here? May be 50 years ago it was in different shape or form, I
mean just a small village or small town. So we are happy, Lord’s name is here that means Lord
is here. Holy name is
Lord, “Holy name is the Lord.” There is yet another incarnation of the Lord.
kali kale nama rupa krsna avatara (CC adi 17.22)
In this age of kali and kali is everywhere, kali is not limited to India.
dyutam panam suna striyah
yatradharmas catur vidhah (SB 1.17.38)
The places where four irreligious activities are performed, that becomes the residence of the
age of kali and what are those four sinful irreligious acts. Dyutam- gambling, panam-
pan/madripaan the drinking not charanamrit drinking, this is also drinking, suna- slaughter
houses and meat eating,
striyah- that is prostitution or illicit /illegal sex, sex outside marriage. So wherever these four
sinful activities take place, that is where kali resides. So it not a Hindu concept or this not a
Hindu or India Limited. Kali business, kali is everywhere. Is kali in Africa? Yes. This is not Hindu
country, how come kali is here. So kali is everywhere.
kali kale nama rupa Krsna avatara (CC adi 17.22)
In this age of Kali, Lord appears in the form of his holy name. Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared,
He is here, Gauranga, Gauranga, Gauranga, Gauranga, Gaur- anga, Gaur with anga that is body.
His body is Gaur, golden complexioned. So Gauranga appeared , so that is one, he descended in
the form of
Gauranga, and He brought with Him the holy name.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
In this town also, the holy name has reached. Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction has come true,
He said every town, every village, including Cape Town, Cape Town included the holy name is
here. We are fortunate Lord is catching up with us. We are been making rounds of this world, go
round and
round, up and down, from this species to another species, one universe to another, one body to
another, to another, to another and here comes the Lord. Gauranga comes, He bring the holy
name and that holy name is here and that holy name is yet another form of Krsna, it is another
form of the
Lord. So we chanted that, we chanted.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
When we chant then Lord begins dancing on the tongue, He is suppose to be doing that, Lord in
the form of the holy name, the name takes the form, from name comes the form, this is science,
spiritual science, spiritual technology, from the sound comes the form or sound is the form.
nama cintamanih krsnas
caitanya-rasa-vigrahah
purnah suddho nitya-mukto
abhinnatvan nama-naminoh (CC madhya 17.133)
One glory, one description or glory of the holy name that Nama Chintamani like Dhama
Chintamani,
cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam (Bramha Samita)
Like nama chintamani, caitanya, it is full of life, holy name is full of life, it give us life, make us
lively.
prananti sumbhanti punanti ( SB 10.38.12)
This is what happens when we chant prananti, it gives life to us, otherwise we are dead thinking
ourselves to be body and body is dead. So as holy name touches us, touches our souls. Holy
name can’t touch the body and even if it did touch the body, body will not realise why I am
being touched,
will it So Lord touches the soul, so as we chant once again who chants? Mouth, tongue, who
hears, ear, who speaks the speaker. Unless someone speaks into mike that speaker does not
speak.
Likewise the mouth is a speaker and unless someone speaks into mouth does not speak, unless
there is someone to speak. When the body is dead, mouth is there, does mouth speak, dead
body’s mouth speak? Dead body’s ear’s hear? Sometimes dead bodies eyes they remain open
full or partially open? If you ask the dead body, How many fingers? Then dead body speaks?
First of all that dead body is not seeing, so it is not seeing, there is no speaking, there is no
hearing. All this happens because of the soul’s presence in the body. The body is always dead
body. It appears to be living body because of the resence of soul in the body. So when we say
Hare Krsna, who is the speaker? Soul. The soul is speaking. Who is hearing? Soul. Who is to be
librated? Will ears go back home, mouth goes back to home? No, it goes to the cremation
ground and it is burst into ashes, finished. Who’s liberation are we talking about? Who goes
back to home? Soul does, hence soul has to say Hare Krsna and soul has to hear Hare Krsna and
soul has to remember,
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
And get the meanings also. Each name has a meaning, each name is saying something,
conveying, something, it has a deeper meaning and a purport and there is a thought, associated
with each name that we utter. We are freed, soul is freed from the bonds of this material
existence, then we
are ready to go, we are ready to take off.
We are going, we are going, sometimes devotees from West they will sing it, we are going back
to our home, back to godhead. Anybody would like to join us, we are going, Srila Prabhupad is
our captain. We just had Ram Navmi, you had celebrations of Ram’s appearance. Jai Shri Ram.
We were in Vrindavan few days ago, that was the day, Srila Prabhupad opened Krsna Balaram
temple 40 years ago. Ayodhyavasi ram [All sing] it is a small song, it is not a song, it is like a
dhun. You understand Ayodhyavasi Ram, meaning what? Ram who resides in Ayodhya, like the
Vrajavasi-Krsna and Mayapurvasi-Gauranga and you are Cape Townvasi. That’s is not good, you
should be staying where Ram stays. You should be staying where Krsna resides.
Dasratha nandan ram,
Son of Dasratha, like Nandanandan or Jagannath Misra nandan- Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
Jagannath Misra nandan.
patita pavana janki jivan,
So Sri Ram is patita pavana, patita means fallen, anybody fallen here? Many are librated, a few
fallen yes we are here, that means we are fallen, we are not up there, instead we are down
here, so that’s fallen, fallen in our consciousness, fallen, fallen, fallen. So the patita pavana. So
the Lord is lifter of the fallen souls. And He is life of Janki, Krsna is Radha’s jivan, Ram is Janki
jivan. Sita Mohan Ram, Sita Mohan like Radha Mohan. Mohan means attractor, who attracts
mind of Sita? If we also wish Lord will also attract our mind. Is that a good idea? Oh when would
that day come, when our minds are attracted. We are attracted to Lord Sri Krsna, Sri Ram, yes
when we chant,
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
sva-madhuryena mac-cittah hara
There is a prayer like that. When we say Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna each name has a meaning or
thought . One thought is “sva-madhuryena mac-cittah hara.” By your madhurya, by this your
sweetness, everything about you is so sweet, everything is madhuram.
adharma madhuram, vachanam madhuram, venu madhura, padao, your feet are madhura, pani
madhura, madhuraditi patir akhilam madhuram madhuradi pati. You are pati the master of
madhurya, all sweetness- all the mellows. Vrindanvan is madhurya dhamd. So sva madhuryena
by your madhurya please attract me oh Lord. As we chant this is our prayer. We should be
knowing this, we should be thinking as we chant. Venu Madhurya, Sri Krsna is known for
madhurya, that is not even found in any other personality of Godhead. So very special feature
“venu madhurya”. The flute playing of Sri Krsna. His rupa madhurya – the beauty of Sri Krsna is
matchless beauty. Lila madhurya- pastimes are sweet. What is fourth one? Prema madhurya-
His loving dealings. Krsna is full of all this madhurya’s. And as we hear, we should be hearing
more and more about the Lord then He is the enchanter, we become attracted to the Lord.
Because we don’t know Him, so no attraction. The more we hear and who hears, who hears?
Soul hears and the soul hears and becomes attracted. He is known “Chitachor” He will steal you
chitta, the consciousness. He is makhana chor, of course, you know makhana chor butter thief.
But He is very expert in stealing other things. Once He stole garments of gopis. You heard of
that and then He returned those garments gopis put those clothes on, they were returning to
their homes. He returned all clothes which He had stolen but now He had stolen our minds,
stolen our consciousness. They were realising, you know because they are thinking of Him and
this thinking of Lord is, this is called Krsna consciousness. International Society for what Krsna
consciousness, Krsna conscious, Krsna conscious.
So Sita Mohan Ram, that is what we are talking, Sita’s mind is attracted by Ram. We are happy
but what is in it for us, what is in it for me, will He attract my mind also.
maya saha ramasva
This is another meaning of when we chant Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna and all the way to the Hare,
Hare, we are also saying maya saha ramasva. Oh my Lord, I want to see you.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
So, when we come to Rama, Rama then this meditation, this thought, maya saha ramasva. Ram
– Rama is Rama, Rama is Parshuram, Rama is also Balarama and Rama is also Krsna. Some also
thinks this is Sri Rama, Sita’s Rama, no problem. Rama is part of Krsna. Rama name is defined
as ‘ya ramti
ramayati cha’ the Personality of Godhead who ramti, He enjoys and becomes the cause of
other’s enjoyment. He causes others enjoyment ramti, ramyti cha iti rama, that person is Ram
or Krsna. So he is Radha Raman, this Raman, that Raman, gopi Raman. In Vrindavan He is
enjoying, His association, His pastimes with cowherd boys and parents and cows and you name
it and he is enjoying with them in relationship with them. He had been doing that with us also,
but we left Him, so we are down here and we are again, again appealing to Him. maya saha
ramasva , please deal with me also, please reciprocate with me also, enjoy me also, enjoy me
let me be the cause of your enjoyment. I am meant for your enjoyment, I am to be enjoyed by
you. bhogya, yogya, I am, just the right person to be enjoyed by you, so dealings, please deal
with me, don’t neglect with me, started it with us, we neglected Him but now again we appeal,
please accept me back.
Gaur Nitai ki Jai.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Chanting is a serious business. Tell him that I am busy, someone said to me, some 42 years ago
in Bombay. When one of our life members had come to the temple to see our temple president.
I was looking for the president, so that our this life member could see the president. So I found
the
president, and he was chanting Hare Krsna. So when I told that such and such life member
would like to see you. So that time he said, tell him I am busy, I thought, busy you are not busy,
you are just chanting, what busy. You don’t want to see him, so you are just giving this excuse, I
am busy,
but you are just chanting. I didn’t say that to him, I was just a little bhakta that time, but later on
I thought and I realized, we are suppose to be busy, very busy, fully busy, preoccupied, your
appointment, our appointment with the Lord, meeting with the Lord, dealing with the Lord,
calling
Him up. O’ Krsna, O’ Krsna save me, O’Krsna engage me, O’Krsna, O’Krsna I am your servant,
O’Krsna give me something to do O’Krsna, Krsna.
jayati jayati devo devaki nandano’sau
jayati jayati ko vrsni camsa pradipah
jayati jayati megha syamalah komalango
jayati jayati prthvi bhara naso mukundah (CC madhya lila 13.78)
srirama chandra charanau manasa smarami
srirama chandra charanau vachasa grhnami
srirama chandra charanau sirasa namami
srirama chandra charanau saranam prapadya (Sri ram raksha strotram)
harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha (CC adi lila 7.76)
(jaya) sri krsna caitanya prabhu nityananda
Sri advaita gadadhara srivasadi gaura bhakta vrnda
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
This called mangala charan, which is usually recited before the talk, today we did it at the end
and I think we are ending round this time. You must be hungry if not angry, we are feeding your
souls. So I think, we are almost at the end of the feeding, today’s meals is getting completed.
Food for
thought, food for soul all this is for thirsty hungry souls.
akhiya pyasi hai, darsana to ghanshyam, you understand this ankiya pyasi hai. Mirabai used to
sing. Oh! My dear Lord, my eyes are thirsty, darsana do, please give me darsana. So that my
thirsty eye could drink the beauty of Your form. Soul also have eyes. Soul is a person, Lord is a
person and
we are person, man is made in image of God. This does not have to refer only to the external
form.
Like father like son, so our father is Sri Krsna, everybody’s regardless of who they are, all the
souls are children of same Lord. Some call Him God because they didn’t know His name. Sir, sir
sometimes they say sir, What is Mr. John, he has a name, any way he may be honouring him so
that’s way we are saying sir but sometimes you don’t know the name, so sir, sir but he has a
name, God has a name. He is a person and He is eternal person or personality. So as well, we
are also eternal and our relationship is eternal. Personality of the soul has a form. As we hear
about the Lord, hear His glories, the songs are also broadcasting His glories -Nama kirtana,
Rupa kirtana, there is guna kirtana, there is lila kirtana, like that. Kirtana means glories, so there
is not only nama kirtana but also rupa, guna, lila, dhama kirtana,kirtaniya sada hari. So as the
soul hears this topics, as atma hears this topics then he becames mahatama, he never becomes
paramatma, is that okay? Is it disappointing you.
That post is already taken, it is occupied, it is no vacant. You could be what you are, or you want
to be God? Yes, yes, please make me God and one gentlemen from Chicago had approached
Bhakti Vedanta Swami realising that this swami has come from India. Some Indian swami’s will
make you God, this person had idea of becoming God and as he was hanging around
Prabhupada. Prabhupada asked him, you want to be God? So this person immediately said, yes ,
yes, make me God. Yes I want to be God and because he is asking, he must be competent to
make me God. Otherwise why would he be asking me. So when this person said, I want to be
God and Prabhupada said, you want to be God, what was the question? You want to be God?
What does that mean? Now you are not God right, you want to be God means, you are not God.
But then Prabhupada said, one who is not God, cannot be God. You want to be means you are
not now God. So one who is not God, cannot be God.
God is God, God is always God, God does not become God. So with this response, this person
felt frustrated, he was dreaming, one day, I will be up there, rubbing shoulder with God. I will
also be God. He become a good devotee, good servant of God in due course of time and he is
even now that was Giriraja Swami Maharaja. He wanted to be God so anyone here interested? I
have come from India, If I am asking. So forget it, give up this idea. This is the conditioned state,
demonic nature Krsna describes in Bhagavat Gita, isvaro 'ham aham bhogi siddho 'ham balavan
sukhi [BG 16.13]
I am, I am Isvara, balavan, I am Sukhi, I am, I am, I am. So as we hear, we need to defeat our
doubts, give answers to the questions or wrong aspirations wanting to be cured. So we hear like
that and we are settled, we get settled, proudly settled, in our constitional position.
hitvanyatha rupam, svarupena vyavasthitih (SB 2.10.6)
This is how our constitutional position and mukti is hitvanyatha rupam, giving up varieties of
bodies which we have given up but more bodies are also awaiting us, within us, there are more
bodies. It is the seed potential of getting or having more and more and more bodies. So giving
up, the past bodies we have given up and this body also, you like it or not we will be giving up
this body also. You have thought of this, people die in Cape Town or in our country or even
everyone taking birth, death rate is also 100%.
jatasya hi dhruvo mrtyur (BG 2.27)
This is the law, no one has trance graced this law as of yet, almost one who takes birth must
die, must die. So give up body has and more bodies are waiting, if we didn’t do something, then
hari, hari. If you realise, otherwise what’s wrong with another body, one may question that.
Another body, it’s another birth, it’s another death, another old age, another disease.
Question: How to control the mind?
Answer: It is everybody’s question, that was also Arjuna’s question, when he was talking with
the Lord, question or this was Arjuna’s complaint, you could read the sixth chapter of Bhagavat
Gita, get answer to this question.
abhyasena tu kaunteya vairagyena ca grhyate (BG 6.35)
Practice, sense control, mind control practice, practice and practice. yato yato niscalati manas
cancalam asthiram, tatas tato (BG 6.26) wherever, whenever mind goes drag it back, drag it
back “ atmany eva vasam nayet” and again fix it on Supreme soul or as in this case fix it on
hearing the
holy name, fix on the form of the Lord, pastimes of the Lord. So that’s the homework every
single sincere seeker of the truth and the truth is Krsna. They do this, they have to do this, and
so this is just the beginning of that answer. Sometimes devotees they have this Japa retreats,
they last for one week or so, basic that’s the question that they handle, How to control the
mind? How to focus the mind? How to do the attentive chanting? You sometimes do that here,
japa retreats you should organise, discuss this. Whole manual could be produced, how to do it,
how to chant, basically how to chant is equally important as we should be chanting, but how to
chant?
Question: Is it possible to conquer the mind?
Answer: Yes, certainly, so many have done it in the past and we are asked to do that now and
here. I mean answer is yes where, there is possible to completely control the mind, controlled
mind is like a flame in the room, which has no , all the windows shut and there is no wind
blowing and the way the flame burns, but as soon as you open up the window, there is breeze
and immediately flame is flickering. The yogi’s mind is compared with the flame burning in the
room, for this air is required for burning, this wind coming through, blowing through, controlling
mind meaning engaging mind, just don’t listen to it. Prabhupad just said, How to control the
mind, just don’t listen to the mind, just don’t listen to the mind, just don’t listen to the mind,
because mind has ideas. So engage the mind, so give something to do to the mind. So
controlling mind doesn’t mean that you make the mind vacant. You fill up the mind, engage the
mind, employ the mind, so mind has a major role to play.
mana eva manysyanam karanam bandha moksayoh
Mind could be cause of either of the two things, bandha is bondage, moksayoh- liberation, both
are possible with the mind, depending on the what kind of mind you have. One of the kind of the
mind, can bind you and it has only bound us up and yet, and same mind when it is purified
mind, purified mind could liberate us, become cause of our liberation. Mind could act as a friend;
mind could act as an enemy.
atmaiva hy atmano bandhur atmaiva ripur atmanah (BG 6.5)
Krsna says in sixth chapter of Bhagavat Gita, this chapter talks of meditation, Asthanga yoga.
Mantra, mantra meaning a group of words, not just any words, not just coca cola, coca cola
that’s one interpretation, that is offence against the holy name. The names of the Lord, when
they are uttered,
there is manan, you contemplate and you hear with attention then there is liberation. Mantra,
chanting could liberate the mind or purify the contaminated mind, mind with so many ideas of
enjoyment are, mind is reservoir of all this ideas from many many births. We give up the body
but
we carry, come forward with the mind, mind goes with us. So all unfulfilled desires and that all
stored in that mind and mind wants to. So mantra has a potency to purify the mind, liberate the
mind and you could say control the mind. It is possible.
sa vai manah Krsna padaravindayor (SB 9.4.18)
So advice is thinking, thoughts of Lord and as we hear all thoughts are stirred up and we are
made to think. That’s acts like, when the water is in the flask, water is muddy and you take the
alum, you know what the alum is? They do in the school, when you suspend that alum in this
stirred up water, then all the muddy part settles and you get clear water at the top, all the mud
is down as alum does this function you understand. So mind is muddy or contaminated but the
holy name purifies teh mind which has ideas of enjoying. Enjoyments are settled and our
consciousness becomes clear consciousness. Krsna consciousness means clear consciousness.
Prabhupad defines this Krsna consciousness means clear consciousness. So what contaminates
the mind? asha pasha shatre bhade, so many desires and thoughts of plans of enjoyment
contaminates the mind.
Question: What about dream, once our mind is in control?
Answer: Well, you know, you will see Krsna in the dreams, not that you will stop getting
dreams, you will not be dreaming anymore, but you will have Krsna conscious dreams. So we
are not against the dreams but we want to change the topic of the dreams. Anyway, more
important is while, we are awake, how our mind is controlled, how mind is engaged and then
that is what governs our sleeping period also. “mani vase te swapne dise” This is saying in
Marathi. What you think during the day at night time, in the dream that’s what you see. Or
during the day you heard, Prabhupad writes in the purport, there is a mountain, not this table
mountain, you hear of Gold and in the dream, you see golden mountain. So we have control
over during our wakeful state and we should take charge of our life. Yes mahamantra, maha
mantra is purifying.

svaprasado dilo bhai, sei annamrita pao, shri shri Radha Krsna guna gao
This is also purifying and I mean Krsna in the form of the holy name or Krsna is the form of
prasad is controlling the mind. As we see the form of the deity, that is also helping us control
the mind. So they say sense control, mind control goes hand in hand, but above the mind is
intelligence and as we engage in devotional service.
tesam satata yuktanam bhajatam oriti purvakam
dadami buddhi yogam( BG 10.10)
Lord says, I give intelligence, I give intelligence to that devotee who is engaged endeavouring,
even desiring to be engaged to such person also, I gave intelligence. So once you have spiritual
intelligence given by God or given by devotees of God or as you read and hear, you become,
you
become matured, you become intelligent.
yei krsna bhaje, sei bada catura.
One who serves Krsna, is Bada Catura, he is very intelligent person, he is very smart person. So
we become smarter, Lord gives us intelligence and with that intelligence we control the mind
and the mind controls the senses.
manah sasthanindriyani (BG 15.7)
All the senses, senses run or report to the mind. Hey eyes are seeing and then they immediately
they run to the mind and say Hey, there is something. If the mind says shutup, then of course
before you see there is form out there, you have no control over the form but you could tell your
eyes or turn away from that form and like that. There are five objects of senses in the world and
body has five senses. So as soon as the smell and there is a feeling in the mind as the mind is
feeling, but if the intelligence tells you, no this is not the right thing to smell, don’t go for it,
don’t go for it. So this is how intelligence coming from the Lord, given by the Lord, Lord in the
heart, the mind is controlled and governed. The function of intelligence is power of
discrimination, power of discrimination, good from bad, body from soul, sinful from pious like
that, power of discrimination to discriminate. “Sad, asad vivek” this is the function of the
intelligence, to do, not to do. Friend, enemy, matter, spirit all this intelligence can discriminate
this and tell the mind and then the mind can stay away, stay out of all those, invitations that
through the nose, through the ears, through the eyes, through the touch sensation.
dhyayato visayan pumsah (BG 2.62)
As one contemplates on objects of senses, he becomes attached, dhyayato visayan pumsah,
sangas tesupajayate immediately one becomes attached and lust develops and Kama develops.
So all that we need to do, this also includes sense control. Mind control is, you change the set up
of object of
senses. So change the objects, you want to see, so that was King Kulshekhar, he is an example,
he would go see the form of the Lord, hear Hare Krsna, hare Krsna and like that. Those four
Kumara’s when they were at the entrance of the Vaikuntha, just by smelling the flowers offered
to the Lord, incense offer to the Lord and the smell that immediately that aroused their the
dormant love for the Lord. So contemplate on the form of the Lord, contemplate on this sound
vibration, the holy name, contemplate on Bhagavat Gita, touch or wipe the temple floor, touch
the form of the Lord or dress the Lord. So like that we change the objects of the senses and as
we now contemplate on this new internal spiritual objects of senses, what would happen next,
dhyayato visayan pumsah, sangas tesupajayate( BG 2.62).
The law is as you contemplate on the objects of senses, you develop attachment. If the sense
objects are material, you will develop attachment to material sense objects and if the objects
are spiritual then also you will develop attachment, this Krsna talks in second chapter. The
objects of
senses are material and you contemplate, then you develop attachment, from that attachment
comes Kama, the lust. Now with the new objects of senses that you are contemplating upon,
you will develop prema. So kama is replaced, this lust is replaced with love, prema and the, then
you are in
business, whole turn around, whole revolution in consciousness. The lust has been taken over,
has been replaced by prema, love for the Lord. So it is very practical and very scientific and
results we have seen Jagai, Madhai, they chanted the holy names and they became top most
vaishnava’s, full
sense control, mind control.
dina hina jata chilo, hari name uddarilo
tara saksi jagai madhai
What is the proof that while chanting the holy name, mind is controlled, mind is purified and this
happen, that happens is there any proof, the proof is the life of Jagai, madhai or life of Valmiki.
He was a big robber but when he chanted Rama, Rama, he didn’t started with rama, he said
mara, mara, mara, mara, ram, ram, ram………….
He was so sinful, not able to even say the name right, he was saying just the opposite. He was
purified so much that he was able to see pastimes of the Lord and he started writing them
down. Such a sinful fellow.
So now on, no one of that calibre here, matching Jagai, Madhai.
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.