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Posted by Ankit somani on August 7, 2011 at 5:21pm in Bhakti

Hare Krishna Prabhuji, all glories to Srila Prabhupadaji, my question is that I am into Krishna Consciousness for about 7 months, at the initial stage I did'nt felt any problem in chanting and worshiping, but now a days I don't know why I loose my concentration and some materialistic and sinful thoughts divert my mind while I chant and I feel very depressed and starts crying and always ask Lord Krishna to forgive me, I do not this intentionally but do not how it happens, please help me in this.............

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  • subhkrtdas August 12, 2011 at 7:54am

    hare krsna

    pahmo

    bhakti engagement in the devotiona;l service of the lord is the life and soul of the living entity it is thedesired goal and supreme perfection of human life one has to be confident about this and one has to be confident that all activitie other than devotional service such as mental speculation frutive work or mystic endeavorwill never yeild any enduring benefit

    complete confidence in the path of devotional servicewill enable one to attain his desired goal but attemptingb to follow other paths will only suceed in making one restless so prabhu be determined to be krsna conscious hare krsna

  • Sankarshana Dasa August 12, 2011 at 4:26am

    Om Sri Sri Guru Mahadevaya Namaha.

     

    Further to my earlier reply come to think of the following at a common sense level and min you the objects of discussion are YOU & Bhagavan Ji the Master of Senses Lord Hrishikesha Himself:

     

    You feel miserable when sinful and materialistic thoughts enter your mind while you are attempting to purify your self from contaminated state of affairs but the contaminators do not leave you. They really irritate you.

     

    How must HE be feeling Who was constrained to contaminate a given space, enclose it with impenetrable shell coverings, infuse jivas into it and Himself micromanage contaminated false enjoyments for those jivas which HE is driving with such tremendous intensity ?

     

    HE is not a pervert to enjoy seeing you struggling with material senses.

     

    We must plan carefully and act in such a way that HE is given relief from the very need to contaminate let alone micromanage the contaminated worlds called as Maithunyagara because it does not have even any fitment in Sat Chit Ananda

     

    Om Sri Sri Bhagavan Sankarshanaya Namaha

    Naren

    TRY TO PUT THIS FACT ON ALL THE SOCIAL NETWORKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THEM. THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO WAKE UP TO THIS BASIC GROUND REALITY.

    HARE KRISHNA

  • Sankarshana Dasa August 7, 2011 at 9:00pm

    Hare Krishna

     

    Srila Prabhupada Gurumaharaj Ki jai,

     

    On the outset of it your reactions to what happens is absolutely correct. Krishna as Sankarshana is the mind. Those materialistic dictations of Lording over the material worlds comes from Him.

    To move into Krishna Consciousness means to unsubscribe from Maha Maya/material worlds which also happens to be the main mission of Ananta Deva or Bhagavan Sankarshana. Make all the fallen Jivas go back to the spiritual skies by closing down their material business.

    The test of genuine unsubscription is the cause for these thoughts.

    Kindly follow some of the following to mitigate these attempts by the Mind quickly and trust me Bhagavan Ji will appreciate your sincere attempts:

    1. Paste all possible wall space with the images of Bhagavan Ji and His associates.
    2. Sit in front of them and chant while seeing them
    3. Try to study the Bhagavatas while chanting. The Bhagavatas is nothing but Bhagavan Krishna Himself. Prabhupada’s explanations are vivid and you can visualize what is being described.
    4. Drink that immortalizing nectar from your mind
    5. Chant moderately loud since you can hear them too.
    6. From your intellect feel for Him with all the sincere willingness and eagerness you already possess.
    7. Your fingers are touching Tulasi Maharani while rolling the beads.
    8. While driving chant without the beads.
    9. Close the day with a couple of rounds and place the beads in a bag under your pillow. This will continue your intention to chant 24x7 and your subconscious and unconscious mind will continue the chanting during your sleep thereby achieving 24x7 shravanam, kirtanam, Vishnu smaram and all your faculties constantly converged in the service to Bhagavan Krishna.

    10.  Keep a mala in your office/college bag too. Use the image of Bhagavan Super soul/Sri Sri Radhe Sri Krishna Chandra as your desk top object. Use both your hands and click on the mouse keeping the cursor on the Divine Lotus feet of Bhagavan Ji as many times during work/study with a steady mental prayer “Thy will be done my Lord”.

    11.  Mail all your sincere feelings to anyone close to you or any of the devotees of ISKCON. This records your feelings and Kaya Vacha.

    12.  Eat only Prasada and if you are constrained to eat out have only Jain food with a small mental prayer offering it as a submission to Bhagavan Ji with a humble prayer before consuming it.

    This place called Maithunyagara by Guru Maharaja Srila Prabhupada in BG 3.39 has given easy option to transcend it due to the causeless mercy of Bhagavan Sankarshana who is the actual designer and micromanager of the material worlds, thanklessly facilitating false enjoyment while all jivas in all other species of living beings are in the queue for becoming human beings.

    Check it out and watch your entire mind interacting with Bhagavan Ji in all the glory of Shudha Prema Bhakti.

    Though you are on the mundane plane you will virtually be in the spiritual plane and on leaving this material body you know where you will be and in whose company

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    Jagadatma das August 7, 2011 at 7:57pm

    Dear devotee Hare Krsna,   this Krsna consciousness is best performed in association with other devotees who are seruous and very enthusiastic.   If you lack good association it will be dificult to make progress.    You need to be fully engaged in activities related to Krsna.  The idle mind is the devils workshop.   Get out and go to the temple and meet devotees.   Do more seva with them and keep busy, don't be lazy.       Also you must have a strong daily program for hearing the teachings of Srimad Bhagavatam and Gita.  nasta prayesu abadresu nityam bhagavata sevaya    Everyday hearing Bhagavat and serving Bhagavat and all the bad habits will be destroyed at the root.     You need strong sadhu sanga to control the wicked mind.   If you can live in the ashram  and get full training thats better.   Alone it will be difficult.    Hare Krsna 

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