My question is why not just listen to Prabhupada chanting for 2 Hours? Japa done right?
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My question is why not just listen to Prabhupada chanting for 2 Hours? Japa done right?
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Why not just listen to Prabhupada chanting for 2 Hours?
This is excellent idea. I sometimes listen to Srila Prabhupada chanting, it inspires me. The pure vibrations of Maha mantra from a pure devotee is very effective in improving our concentration during our chanting.
Japa done right?
Wrong. Only hearing is done. By definition japa includes engaging toungue, ears and mind in the service of Harinam Prabhu
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i like your fake humility.
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This type of real arrogance is not welcome.
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Nice Bharat. I thought you had some brains
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Anyone is free to think whatever they want. But insulting someone without cause will lead to bad karma and misery materially, it will lead to fall down spiritually and will lead to people being banned in these forums socially. All blasphemers of Srila Prahupada, Panchatattva, Harinam Prabhu and devotees will be banned. It is just a matter of time.
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i am offended by what you said. I will leave this forum its full of arrogant gurus like you (wannabes) esp gayatri and radha rasama. Just wanna be guru's. This forum is moslty a preaching platfrom for gurus (like YOU). You are probably the most ignorant devotee here Bharat I have to say. You just a little man who reads books. With no life. I am outta here to associate with real devotees who have reall bhakti and not trying to be a guru (for EGO) on an online forum
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Appreciate your decision to leave
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Glad someone said it. I honestly it is a troll account...
It is excellent if you hear the mp3 mahamantra by prabhupada. We often take this process of putting an electric chanting box in kitchens while cooking because uttering the mahamantra may pollute the prasadam with our saliva and doing the mahmantra in mind can be difficult while cooking. But remember only listening the mahamantra is not the instruction anywhere. Below is the instruction given by mahaprabhu as given in caitanya bhagwata
hare kåñëa hare kåñëa kåñëa kåñëa hare hare
hare räma hare räma räma räma hare hare
prabhu bale kahiläì ei mahämantra
ihä jap’ giyä sabe kariyä nirbandha
Çréman Mahäprabhu said:
I have spoken this mahämantra for all of you. Now you decide a fixed number of names to chant, and chant regularly.
You see a direct instruction to chant the mahamantra.
Çré Caitanya-bhägavata (Ädi-khaëòa 14.139–143) states:
ataeva kali-yuge näma-yajïa sära
ära kona dharma kaile nähi haya pära
In Kali-yuga, the essence of sacrifice (yajïa) is to chant the holy names. Following any other religious process will not take anyone across the ocean of material existence.
The process of chanting-hearing helps us to remember the name so we should always endeavour to chant and hear more and more and shouldn't abandon any of the two practices so that we can remember the name all times.
ki çayane, ki bhojane, kibä jägaraëe
ahar-niça cinta kåñëa, balaha vadane
Çré Caitanya-bhägavata (Madhya-khaëòa 28.28)
While sleeping, eating or awake, at all times remember Kåñëa and chant His name. <-- See chant his name while remembering him (listening helps in the process0)
Devote all your senses in the service of krishna...that is the instruction of our acaryas
Çré Caitanya-bhägavata (Madhya-khaëòa 23.74–78) also states:
prabhu bole,—kåñëa-bhakti hauk sabära
kåñëa-näma guëa vai nä baliha ära
Çréman Mahäprabhu said: May all attain kåñëa-bhakti. Do not utter anything except Kåñëa’s names and qualities.
So the factual use of our vaani(voice) is to chant only.
I hope now you get it that simply hearing won't do. We have to and must chant the mahamantra. Even caitanya mahaprabhu always used to chant the mantra. Another great example is Haridas thakur who used to chant 300000 names daily and similarly our texts are filled with countless instructions that order us to chant the mahamantra aloud audiciously.
I hope my answer helps.
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I dont think thats right, Hearing Only is ok. Its one of the 9 devotional practices.
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