The Sublime Glories of Sri Vrindavan Dham

Sri Vrindavan Dham is a very special place to engage in hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord. Here in this location where every square inch is permeated with the nectarean flavor of the Lord's transcendental pastimes all devotional activities take on deeper and richer dimensions of sweetness. Everything becomes enhanced.

Sitting here in my quarters writing "Thought for the Day" I am thinking how fortunate I am to be staying in the exact location of the Lord's loving pastimes with His most intimate devotees. Every particle of dust in this most holy abode is more valuable than than all the wealth of the entire universe multiplied billions, trillions, and quadrillions of times. Srila Prabhupada expounds the glories of Sri Vrindavan Dham as follows:

Vrindavan-dham is nondifferent from the Lord because the name, fame, form and place where the Lord manifests Himself are all identical with the Lord as absolute knowledge. Therefore Vrindavan-dham is as worshipable as the Lord.

There is nothing more wonderful than to wake up every morning and realize, "I'm in Vrindavan!" This is the epitome of all places of residence throughout the entire totality of existence.

Sri Vrindavan Dham

Were it not for this urgent mission of awakening the dormant Krishna consciousness within the hearts of all, I could simply remain comfortably here in this abode which is non-different from the spiritual world. But because of this mission to bless everyone with the topmost spiritual perfection I am always traveling and spreading this sublime Krishna consciousness all over the world.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Offensive Chanting or No Chanting?..

Which is better chanting with offense or not chanting at all?

Thank you very much.

Your humble servant,

Ameeta

Answer: The Way to Offenseless Chanting is...

There are three stages of chanting:

1. Offensive stage
2. Clearing stage
3. Offenseless stage

One must reach the offenseless stage in order to be delivered from the cycle of birth and death. If one does not chant at all they will be nowhere spiritually and will remain entangled in the cycle of birth and death.

Srila Prabhupada explains, "As one practices chanting this sound vibration, one passes through three stages of development: the offensive stage, the clearing stage and the transcendental stage."

So it is natural that in the beginning our chanting will be offensive. This should not stop us from chanting. We should simply make our best effort to clear off our offenses as soon as possible. In short, it is millions of time better to chant offensively, than it is to not chant at all because offensive chanting is followed by the clearing stage, which is then followed by the offenseless stage, at which point we attain spiritual perfection.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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