The Living Name

A collection of Bhajans& Kirtans from the New Braj Village Hari Katha festival 2011.

06.10.11 - Gurudev Krpa Bindu Diya - Sudevi

Some tracks to help inspire devotion to Krishna

Spiritual Spoken Word

Real Separation - Aindra Das

The example is given here by Srila Prabhupada of a tree. In the blazing sun a tree gives us shelter. We do not even have to ask the tree. All we have to do is be near the tree. Its not that you go under the tree and say, “Oh, please tree give me shade”. You do not have to ask. You get it, without asking. That’s the nature of a tree. But you have to take the shelter of the tree. The problem is, when it is cloudy day, we do not even look at the tree, right? we just walk by another tree and so many trees. But when the sun is blazing, then we look at the tree. We understand its value. So similarly, unfortunately, when there is not crisis in our lives, we chant yes, the holy name and so many names. “I am chanting so many names”. We come before the deities yes, yes so many deities and saying such a nice deity. But when there is crisis, Hare Krishna. We chant. When there is crisis and we come before the deities we are no longer just nice to again see Krishna. Krishna save me.

Krishna Is The Only Shelter

Living Name

Introduction

R1 What is Yojana

R3 Aligning the Mind - The first Hare

R11 How to chant with the intention to serve

R12 The Hidden Secrets of Bhakti

R13 The Meaning of the Mantra

R16 The Diamond-Throne Meditation

R18 What does it mean to chant in the mood of longing

R22  What does it mean to chant with surrender

R24 Chanting in the Holy Dhama

Festival of the Holy Name Global Pandemic Kirtan by HH Radhanath Swami on 29th Nov 2020

Therefore, one must have a very strict sadhana. One should moderate once life by having a very specific time every day to chant for two hours, to hear the Srimad Bhagvatam, ‘naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā’ it is essential to hear the Bhagvatam every day. It is essential to chant according to the vow we have made to our spiritual master every day, it is essential to invite sadhus to our home to serve them and humble ourselves before them. These are the principals of Grihastha ashram given in the scriptures and exemplified by all the great devotees of the Lord throughout history in that ashram. It is the duty of a Grihastha to regularly associate with devotees, it is the duty of a Grihastha to install the deity in his house and worship that deity and offer all food to that deity and make one’s house the holy place. So, we have these minimal devotional principals - to chant two hours every day, to hear the Bhagvatam every day, to offer all one’s food and worship the deity of the Lord within the house and to serve the sadhus and associate with devotees; these are four minimal principals that must be adhere to. And if you neglect those, then your mentality will become like a karmi. You may wear tilak on the outside but inside you will not have the proper spiritual principles to live by.

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Prayers of the Vaisnava Acaryas II - Sri Gurvastakam | 29 Nov 2020

Sacinandana Swami is a spiritual leader based in Germany. 

R13 The Meaning of the Mantra

Sacinandana Swami

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