Hare krsna Devotees mi humble obeisances.
I wanted to ask for your help, I would like to memorize mantras of Vaishnava songs or some central verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
What would you recommend to start?
How much time should I spend per day to memorize?
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Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Very happy to note your enthusiasm in memorising shlokas and vaishnav songs.
Maybe you could begin with the aratis we sing in ISKCON throughout the day - mangalarati, darshan arati, guru puja, sandhya arati, tulsi arati, nrisimha arati.... for starters. Then you will get the hang of things and can move on to simple bhajans like Jaya Radha Madhava.
How much time you spend on it depends on you. If you consciously sit down to memorise, then it an actually delay the process. INstead, do it like how we hear a song and the words remain in our memory? Same way, put the arati (one per day) and continue with your routine work which doesnt require application of mind. You will learn much faster this way according to me.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
"Samsara" for the morning Arati is really beautiful.....