though I know that, by chanting the holy name of krishna will reduce every sorrowness and anxiety, still i can not do, what is the reason. What is the role of enthusiasm in Bhakti? If someone who has lost enthusiasm completely How one can get it back?
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Hare Krsna Mataji,
PAMHO.
Everything you have said points out to only one solution - service to devotees of the lord. If you can serve devotees mataji, you will get enthusiasm, mercy and finally taste in chanting. If you cannot serve devotees right now, atleast you can keep the desire in your mind and chant. When you chant, you can pray for mercy. You can pray - please allow me to take Your name. After you complete your round, please pray to allow you to take His name again tomorrow.
Best of luck dear. Keep in touch.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Rashmi
Years ago, when I was in the Military; I had to shine my boots and dress shoes every morning.
It was a soldier, and a leader.
It was duty & pride for myself, that I felt a desire to make sure my boots were nicely shined at the beginning of each day. With that task done, all other soldiers knew that I was "ready & tight."
When my uniform was 100%, and my "plan of the day" was set.... I could walk out the door a "higher man".
That is what you do when you chant.
You have a duty to yourself to be true to Krishna and your own life's duty.
One round a day,.. consistently, and you will have a Shield around you, provided by Sri Krsna Himself.
Don't worry for degrees of devotion or strength.
When Krsna is there, He is Always there 100%
Turn-off all distractions, or put on some softy meditation-music.
Sit calmly for those 10 or 15 minutes, and chant one-round.
Don't worry for offense, or "what should I be thinking"., just chant...
Krsna will be there with you immediately.
He is running towards you, even now.
Harinaam Sankirtan is the Yuga Dharma for this age .Chaitanya Maha prabhui Freely Distributed Krishna and krishna Prema through Sankirtan Movement even to the most sinful people, start attending sankirtan at the local iskcon temple to re gain the taste for the holy name, when you are anot doing sankirtan outside like in the temple you can do a simple bhajan of hare Krishna Maha mantra inside your mind 24/7 365 days .
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 7.74
nama vinu kali-kale nahi ara dharma
sarva-mantra-sara nama, ei sastra-marma
SYNONYMS
nama -- the holy name; vinu -- without; kali-kale -- in this Age of Kali; nahi -- there is none; ara -- or any alternative; dharma -- religious principle; sarva -- all; mantra -- hymns; sara -- essence; nama -- the holy name; ei -- this is; sastra -- revealed scriptures; marma -- purport.
TRANSLATION
"'In this Age of Kali there is no religious principle other than the chanting of the holy name, which is the essence of all Vedic hymns. This is the purport of all scriptures.'
PURPORT
The principles of the parampara system were strictly honored in previous ages -- Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga and Dvapara-yuga -- but in the present age, Kali-yuga, people neglect the importance of this system of srauta-parampara, or receiving knowledge by disciplic succession. In this age, people are prepared to argue that they can understand that which is beyond their limited knowledge and perception through so-called scientific observations and experiments, not knowing that actual truth comes down to man from authorities. This argumentative attitude is against the Vedic principles, and it is very difficult for one who adopts it to understand that the holy name ofKrsna is as good as Krsna Himself. Since Krsna and His holy name are identical, the holy name is eternally pure and beyond material contamination. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a transcendental vibration. The holy name is completely different from material sound, as confirmed by Narottama dasa Thakura: golokeraprema-dhana, hari-nama-sankirtana. The transcendental vibration of hari-nama-sankirtana is imported from the spiritual world. Thus although materialists who are addicted to experimental knowledge and the so-called "scientific method" cannot place their faith in the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, it is a fact that simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra offenselessly one can be freed from all subtle and gross material conditions. The spiritual world is called Vaikuntha, which means "without anxiety." 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 Krsna mantra, which is free from all anxiety. In the present age the vibration of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is the only process that is in a transcendental position, beyond material contamination. Since the holy name can deliver a conditioned soul, it is explained here to be sarva-mantra-sara, the essence of all Vedic hymns.
A name that represents an object of this material world may be subjected to arguments and experimental knowledge, but in the absolute world a name and its owner, the fame and the famous, are identical, and similarly the qualities, pastimes and everything else pertaining to the Absolute are also absolute. Although Mayavadis profess monism, they differentiate between the holy name of the Supreme Lord and the Lord Himself. For this offense of namaparadha they gradually glide down from their exalted position of brahma-jnana, as confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.2.32):
aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah
patanty adho 'nadrta-yusmad-anghrayah
Although by severe austerities they rise to the exalted position of brahma-jnana, they nevertheless fall down due to imperfect knowledge of the Absolute Truth. Although they profess to understand the Vedic mantra sarvam khalv idam brahma (Chandogya Up. 3.14.1), which means "Everything is Brahman," they are unable to understand that the holy name is also Brahman. If they regularly chant the maha-mantra, however, they can be relieved from this misconception. Unless one properly takes shelter of the holy name, he cannot be relieved from the offensive stage in chanting the holy name.