Purification of Consciousness (citta-uddhi) One’s consciousness is purified first by Vaiava initiation, by which one receives Vaiava mantras for worshiping the Lord; then it is purified by one’s performing daily sdhana and practicing Vaiava cra (proper Vaiava behavior). Purification of consciousness is very much interrelated with physical purification. The Viusmti lists the purifying agents for the contaminated body and mind as spiritual knowledge, austerity, certain prescribed activities (such as chanting Gyatr at the sandhys), fire, certain eatables (such as pañca-gavya), earth, water, cow dung, air, the sun, time, and cooked grains. Among these, the foods are very important. If a person eats pure food he becomes pure, and if he eats impure food he becomes impure. Even though a person undertakes other forms of purification, if he eats impure food he remains impure. Therefore one must always be careful to partake only of pure food at all times. “By performance of yajña one’s eatables become sanctified, and by eating sanctified foodstuffs one’s very existence becomes purified; by the purification of existence finer tissues in the memory become sanctified, and when memory is sanctified one can think of the path of liberation, and all these combined together lead to Ka consciousness, the great necessity of present-day society” (Bg. 3.11, purport).
Consideration of Purity and Impurity (uddhi-vicra)
“The self can be cleansed by bathing, charity, austerity, age, personal strength, purificatory rituals, prescribed duties, and, above all, by remembrance of Me. The brhmaa and other twice-born men should be duly purified before performing their specific activities.
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Chant the Maha Mantra:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
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Purification of Consciousness (citta-uddhi)
One’s consciousness is purified first by Vaiava initiation, by which one receives Vaiava mantras for
worshiping the Lord; then it is purified by one’s performing daily sdhana and practicing Vaiava cra (proper
Vaiava behavior). Purification of consciousness is very much interrelated with physical purification. The Viusmti
lists the purifying agents for the contaminated body and mind as spiritual knowledge, austerity, certain
prescribed activities (such as chanting Gyatr at the sandhys), fire, certain eatables (such as pañca-gavya),
earth, water, cow dung, air, the sun, time, and cooked grains.
Among these, the foods are very important. If a person eats pure food he becomes pure, and if he eats
impure food he becomes impure. Even though a person undertakes other forms of purification, if he eats
impure food he remains impure. Therefore one must always be careful to partake only of pure food at all
times.
“By performance of yajña one’s eatables become sanctified, and by eating sanctified foodstuffs one’s very
existence becomes purified; by the purification of existence finer tissues in the memory become sanctified,
and when memory is sanctified one can think of the path of liberation, and all these combined together
lead to Ka consciousness, the great necessity of present-day society” (Bg. 3.11, purport).
Consideration of Purity and Impurity (uddhi-vicra)
“The self can be cleansed by bathing, charity, austerity, age, personal strength, purificatory rituals,
prescribed duties, and, above all, by remembrance of Me. The brhmaa and other twice-born men should be
duly purified before performing their specific activities.