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Feb 8, 2010

To chant Holy name Purely

i called out my mother ""MAMMMA" & she responded "YES"
I called out my father "" PAPPAA" & he looked at me & said "HMMM"

I called out my sisters name " DIPTIIIII" & she turned back "Brother telll me "
I called out my friends name " AMANNN" & he replied with a smile "HARIBOL "

I called out to my teacher "SIR excuse me" & he said "YAAA"

i was lost on the street & i asked the stranger anxiously "Sir can you please help me i am LOST" & he said "YA What is the problem ?""

BUT when i chant & call out " KRISHNA " for 2 hours everyday I donot get any feeling , any experience of internal happiness , any experience that Krishna is there & he has heard you >>??

WHY ????????????????????

The simple reason is i have not established any relationship with HIM
i still act as a stranger to KRISHNA
unless there is some kind of relationship why would one care to respond.?
Thats why a comment by a stranger is not taken seriously compared to those by a near or dear one!?

Therefore first one has to develop or revive his relationship with KRISHNA
That is called as ABHIDEYA

So what is the relationship with KRISHNA ?
It is revealed by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu ie " Jivera swaroop hoya Krishnera nitya DAS"
The constitutional position of every living entity is to serve KRISHNA .

So one is servant of Krishna
one has understand here that Krishna is not similar to the masters that we experience & see in this world He is most SWEET master of all.

So What services does one do to revive his eternal relationship
it is revealed in BG 9.34
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yājī māḿ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam
ātmānaḿ mat-parāyaṇaḥ

TRANSLATION

Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.

-----one has to think of Krishna but to think first one should hear
so hearing his pastimes , instruction in various scriptures like Gita & Bhagavatam,name etc one shall develop a favourable attraction to serve such a master like if one hears about certain company say microsoft & hears that one gets more pay & good work etc he definately starts trying to get into microsoft
Similarly by favourably hearing from Bhagavat person or pure devotee one can develop a desire to serve KRISHNA .
---- chanting Hare krishna is another way to keep remembering Krishna Actually though Chanting purely is the Goal & it is also the Medium
just like sugarcane juice is the medicine for jaundice & the goal is to taste its sweetness to know whether jaundice is gone

----become devotee of the Lord , offer obeisances & worship him
there are certain principles of Bhakti yoga ie sadhana bhakti which when one performs under the expert guidance of Guru it develops a desire to attain Krishna
as explained in 12.9
atha cittaḿ samādhātuḿ
na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram
abhyāsa-yogena tato
mām icchāptuḿ dhanañjaya

TRANSLATION

My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me.

Abstract from purport : http://vedabase.net/bg/12/9/en
To practice the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga one should, under the guidance of an expert spiritual master, follow certain principles: one should rise early in the morning, take bath, enter the temple and offer prayers and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, then collect flowers to offer to the Deity, cook foodstuffs to offer to the Deity, take prasādam, and so on. There are various rules and regulations which one should follow. And one should constantly hear Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from pure devotees. This practice can help anyone rise to the level of love of God, and then he is sure of his progress into the spiritual kingdom of God. This practice of bhakti-yoga, under the rules and regulations, with the direction of a spiritual master, will surely bring one to the stage of love of God.

Bhagavatam defines five activities, by doing so
one would "Never forget Krishna & always remember Krishna".
They are :-
1) Sincerely chanting Krishnas name.
2) Hearing Bhagavatam ie the transcendental pastimes of Lord Krishna.
3) Associating with & serving sincere devotees .
4) Careful & graceful Diety worship.
5)
Visiting Holy places like Vrindavan & Mayapur.

So one has to do the above activities to revive the lost relationship
& how much time shall it take ??
well it depends on the sincerity & seriousness of the practioner.

Krishna is pleased by ones sincerity
we can only give Krishna our LOVE everything else he can manifest from his sweet will.
But our Love for him is kept in voluntary option.
We have to voluntarily Love Krishna then the sweetness of Krishna will manifest in our heart & we shall become really happy
our soul shall taste the spiritual pleasure that it was longing for SO LONGGGGGG......

(jīv) kṛṣṇa-dās, e biśwās,
korle to' ār duḥkho nāi
(kṛṣṇa)
bolbe jabe, pulak ha'be
jhorbe āńkhi, boli tāi

If you just understand that the spirit soul is the eternal servant of Krsna, you will never have any more sorrows. Chant Hare Krsna and your eyes will fill with tears and your body will feel transcendental shivering. Chant, chant "Radha-Krsna!"
Everyone chant!

Abstract from Song written by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur

I simply long to get back to Krishna
i shall simply serve him by following the principles in Bhakti yoga
& patiently wait for Krishnas mercy

-Vrajendra kumar das.

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