Hare Krishna! these days i feel bored chanting Hare Krishna mantra but when i mix mantras like radhe krishna radhe shyam & sri krishna sharnam mama in those i feel better & again chant Hare Krishna. So is it okay to mix these mantras in the 16 rounds? plz help
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my humble obeisances Prabhuji,
Let's imagine Krishna is standing in the peak of a mountain and these 4 samprdayas are the stairs from 4 sides. So in order to reach Krishna one should choose one stair and clime up on that. Is it possible to climb up simultaneously on 2 or 3? We are one and we can use only one line, isn't it?!
So it is true that all these 4 Sampradaya mantras are empowered by the Lord Himself but we should attach ourselves to one of them.
What You are asking is like catching a 2 rabbit in one run. Is it possible to catch both of them simultaneously? Difficult and time consuming.
Please be happy! Please relish the taste of the Holy Names and be really happy!
Your servant,
Hari Bol !
You could chant any mantra you want they are names of Krishna, plus if you haven't taken Diksha (or initiation) from a guru yet.
But the rule is one mala one mantra. You should chant only one mantra on one mala. The first mantra jaap you did on your mala, your mala is now for that mantra chant only. This what i have heard and what i know.
My humble obeisances Siddhartha Prabhu,
It is true when we chant inattentively Krishna is upset with us and He won't let us to feel His presence so we think that it is boring. It is only because we displease Krishna.
Taste comes by the mercy of the Lord. But when we offend Him He won't allow us to be happy being with Him.
Krishna is a Person. All those qualities which we have He has in unlimited quantity. Sometimes we become angry to our friend, in this way Krishna also can become upset for us.
So Radha is the same Hare. We may concoct that doing some change in true process we may feel taste but t will only ruin our life.
In order to achieve love for Krishna we have to become humble than a blade of grass, TOLERANT than a tree, respect everyone and not do wait for respect for ourselves.
By force and by dis obedience to Guru parampara we never ever will please Krishna.
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It is difficult to chant the Holy Names attentively. It is true. But if we try our best we can call for Krishna mercy. The Holy Names Hare Krishna Rama are not boring. If we just hear each word with great attention we will feel taste. We will feel Krishna in His Names.
Externally i am looking for happiness here and there. But if i just understand that by going within and hearing the Holy Name i will find full satisfaction there won't be need for external changes of place, country, people....
Your servant,