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Japa Mala - Chanting the holy name

The Holy Name is the Most Valuable Possession I Have 
Without the holy name I would practically have no spiritual life, no real happiness, no intimacy with Krishna, no peace of mind, and no ability to control my senses. My entire relationship with Krishna, the most important relationship in my life, is revealed through His holy name. Without the holy name I would be lost, miserable, spiritually weak and destitute. Yet sometimes I treat this most valuable relation

The 4 step japa mala technique

I had the chance to attend a japa retreat held in upstate New York last spring. It was one of the first retreats to be held in North America as part of an initiative from Iskcon's SSPT.

One thing I learned was a method of japa that originates from Bhurijana Prabhu. Yajna Purusha Prabhu, one of the instructors at the retreat, taught us the method. I have found this to be the best instruction I have come across to date in japa..and for that matter Krishna consciousness

The nations of the world, irrespective of race and religion, can only be truly united in love and harmony by following the path of prema-bhakti (love of God) as laid down by Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Love (prema) is even greater than the concept of non-violence. love or prema is a positive action; it is the effort to do good towards others. In reality, all talk about non-violence is in fact quite superficial, for in this life none can exist without harming another. True non-violence is

Sometimes our devotees say that I have been exploited or
that I have been overused, but there is no question of spiritual exploitation,
Whatever service one has done stays to one’s eternal spiritual credit,
otherwise the whole Bhagavad-Gita would become false.Freedom by surrender

-By H.H.Gopal Krishan Goswami Maharaj

We should never forget that our business is to engage in devotional service 24 hours a day. Prabhupada used to say that when the devotee goes to sleep, he dreams about Krishna. This way the devotee is always engaged in the process of devotional service.

(His Holiness Gopal Krsna Goswami, Freedom by Surrender)

This is in continuation of the previous offering transcribing the Srimad Bhagavatam class delivered by HG Devakinandan prabhuji, on 29th April 2011 in Abudhabi on the following verse from Kunti Mata’s prayers SB 1.8.27 

namo 'kincana-vittaaya / nivrtta-guna-vrttaye 
aatmaaraamaaya shaantaaya / kaivalya-pataye namah

The following is a humble effort to transcribe the Srimad Bhagavatam class delivered by HG Devakinandan prabhuji, our beloved God brother from Singapore on 29th April 2011, in Abudhabi on the following verse from Kunti Mata’s prayers SB 1.8.27

namo 'kincana-vittaaya / nivrtta-guna-vrttaye 
aatmaaraamaaya shaantaaya / kaivalya-pataye namah

Without awareness of any relationship, love for Bhagavan cannot be experienced. It is the knowledge of relationships that gives birth to love. Even in our day to day lives, whenever someone desires to know our identity, we rattle off a string of relationships such as: 'I am the child of that mother or father,' 'I am the mother or father of that child,' 'I am the husband or wife of that person,' etc. Carrying with us the concept that our identity is comprised of such mundane types of relations