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 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 Silent Japa? 29 Feb 201629 Feb 2016 QUESTION: What is the Vaishnava feeling on silent maha mantra mediation? I read that Prabhupada said that loud and silent Japa were both "good" as long as they were sincere. I will…
Chanting… How Do You Know What God Wants??? 23 Aug 201523 Aug 2015 When I decided to join the Hare Krishna's my parents, of course, tried to dissuade me. One of the more memorable arguments my dad offered went something like this, "You…
Chanting Mantra Japa is Fun! 22 Aug 2015 Mantra-japa (meditation on a mantra) is fun, relaxing, and easy - particularly in bhakti-yoga, where the mantra describes the object of our love. Don't look at mantra chanting as a chore, or a task, or a challenge.…
Chanting Japa Tips 4 – Helpful Stuff 11 Jul 2015 The main thing is to want to chant Hare Krishna. Doing the chanting is extremely easy, it's just words, anyone can say them or think of them. Wanting to chant is the…
Chanting Why do you WANT to Chant Hare Krishna? (Japa Tips 3) 6 Jul 20152 Aug 2015 Chanting Hare Krishna attentively is extremely easy, but wanting to chant Hare Krishna attentively is in fact very difficult. As my tired heart protests the impending hour-and-something I will be sitting down…
Chanting Japa Tips 2: Be COGNIZANT 28 Jun 2015 Nāma-japa is meditation on a mantra composed of Krishna's name. We should therefore consider ourselves "meditators," and we should be aware that we are supposed to be practicing our nāma-mantra meditation…