Hare Krishna Devotees,
Sorry to ask this simple doubt.My question is what is meant by prayer in KC,apart from Chanting & slokas.
1.When we want to develop a relationship with Krishna,can we talk to him as a friend and share all of our emotions ,feelings ,joy ,worry & problems with him ?
2.Is it ok to pray to Krishna ,to solve our material problems ,provide guidance ,control our soul in right path?
Forgive me if my query sounds silly ,but its just this question is in my head for long.
Hare Krishna
Replies
Hare Krishna, Thank you very much Divya Mataji ,Maral Mataji , Saurabh Phrabu & Priya Mataji for your kind replies.
Humble obeisances & all glories to SP :-).
Wish you Vaishnavas a Happy New Year filled with KC,may Krishna bless you all.
Am happy and encouraged by the answers and eager to re-establish my friendship with Krishna ,to intimate level.
And Maral Mata ,few years back ,when I was a devotee of Durga ,and that time ,I used to write letters in a note book ,just like said ,addressing her as my Mother.I would certainly start writing Love Letters and of course petitions :-) to Our Sweet Krishna.
Thanks to the Vaishnavas again for the answers.
Hare Krishna, humble obeisances AGTSP!
The relation between Krishna and His devotees are the most intimate. So it makes sense to share our problems and feelings with Him, ultimately He's a person. Just like when a child is upset or is facing some problems he share with his mother and asks her to help. Similarly we can do the same, afterall Krsna is our Supreme father. This is a practical experience. When you really try to communicate Krsna and share your problems and request for a solution it really works and also such sort of acts makes our relation with Krsna more intimate. And ofcourse you can pray to Krsna to guide us on the right path and thats called surrender. We pray to Krsna "My Lord, I surrender unto Your lotus feet, pls always guide me on the right path, the path which will ultimately lead me to You" And you can get many prayers on Iskcon desire tree itself, there are groups where padma mataji share wonderful prayers to glorify KC, so you can easily access them.
And Maral mataji, thank you very much for sharing that secret, writing letter to Krsna :D
I'll surely try. Thank you!
Your servant
Hare Krishna Maral Mataji,
exactly which BTS book are you referring to? "The Beggar I"?
yas
no, not a beggar. It was in the reality the seminar and later that whole seminar was transformed into text form. There are many dialogs also along with Devotees in the auditorium.
I read it in Russian few years back. And it might be there in my PC. I have to see the exact title of that. Then You can search for that on net in English, Prabhuji. It was seminar about types of prayers.
Your servant,
sooo nice question! Thank You so much Krishna Sakhya Prabhu!
firstly here You can find nice books of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharaja. http://www.btswami.com/books/
If You try Your best You can find these books on net for free download also. In his books Maharaj writes about different types of prayers...
I read one of that few years back and will write whatever i remembered.
He says that we should talk to Krishna always. Or even we can write to Him a letter opening our heart. And after doing that play a role of Krishna and write the answer of the letter to Yourself.
As for example i will write letter to Krishna:
My dear Lord Gopinath, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to You and to Your Devotees!
Today when i chanted my mind went away and i was too sleepy. In order to remove my sleep i started to walk but sometimes found myself sleepy even doing that. How in pitiful condition i am!?
Please my dear Lord, please i hold Your Lotus Feet and beg You, please help to chant Your Holy Names attentively! If i do not do that than it means i am doing anything. On the contrary if i chant attentively i won't be able to offense Devotees and do other offenses to the Holy Names.
Your insignificant servant, ....
---------------------------------------------
Now let's write the answer:
My dear maral, yes, I saw how you chanted but I also know that you tried your best.
And also know that I always eager to help you to serve to Me and to My beloved Devotees. But sometimes you do not sleep on time and because of that you sleep while chanting. Please, try to sleep on time.
Again I am saying that I am very much eager to help to You to serve to Me.
Your ever well wisher, Lord
----------------
:DD :D
i am not speculating it. I got it from the books of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharaja.
Such like prayers and heart opening talks help us to understand deeper and deeper the personality of Krishna.
Your servant,