Chanting Quantity of Nāma-Japa? 9 Oct 201710 Oct 2017 QUESTION: Why is nama-japa so highly stressed for bhaktas - even for the most beginning yogis? ISKCON (and most of its branches, I suppose) places this stress on doing a…
Chanting… Is “Preaching” Kīrtan 20 Mar 201720 Mar 2017 Yes it can be. But also it can be a big lie. You can say that all your fundraising is for spreading kīrtan - and that's nice, but at the end…
Chanting… Do I Need Initiation to Chant Hare Krishna? And other Dīkṣā / Śikṣā questions… 20 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 Q: Does the maha-mantra by itself unfold Jnana or would you have to get some Jnana to chant the mantra effectively? If you have no impediments, then the mantra alone will…
Chanting A Totally Different Approach to Counting Mantras 26 Dec 2016 Most of the time we try to chant a certain number of "rounds" (mālā of 108 beads) in a day. Most of the time most all of those "rounds" are rubbish, and we…
Chanting… Meditation and Imagination (nāma-bhajan) 8 Oct 20168 Oct 2016 Q: There are many tips and instructions, such as "just hear the mantra" and "listen to yourself chant sincerely", as well as "the name reveals everything – but to let it…
Chanting… Should I Meditate? 7 Oct 2016 After a class on Chapter Six of the Gita (which is all about meditation), someone asked... Q: Besides a few poor attemps, I haven’t really started meditating. I am kind of…
Chanting… Why Should it be Hard To Fall in Love??? 1 Oct 20161 Oct 2016 Here is a really good question someone kindly sent me recently: Why should we have to work so hard to get love / bhakti ? So much service and so many rules and still Krishna…
Brahman… The Real Subject of Gayatri 5 Jul 20165 Jul 2016 What is a "Gāyatrī"? The Veda is mostly poetry, meant to be sung. Chandaḥ — the metrics of poetic rhythm — is therefore one of the six essential…
108… Trainwrecks & Transcendence Now Available (Paperback) 14 May 201614 May 2016 https://www.createspace.com/6251033 <-- you can get the paperback here, now. If you are going to see me in May, it'll be cheaper to buy it directly from me. If you want…