Capitalize on this Golden Opportunity

Take full advantage of the golden opportunity that the human form of life offers you. You have been rotating endlessly in the cycle of birth and death since time immemorial. Sometimes you were a king. Sometimes you were a pauper. Sometimes you were a demigod. Sometimes you were a germ. If you continue to do what you've always done, namely dedicate your life to sense gratification, you will continue to get what you've always gotten, another material body in the 8,400,000 types of species. Why not try something different for a change and dedicate just one lifetime in the service of the Lord? Then when you regain your original spiritual form, you can judge by the result whether or not you think being a liberated soul is a better lifestyle than being a conditioned soul caught up in the cycle of birth and death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Blissful Devotees of Lord Krishna

Blissful Devotees of Lord Krishna

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Soften a Hard Heart?

Srila Gurudeva, I would humbly like to inquire about the following :

What does it mean to have be hard-hearted in the context of Krishna consciousness? What is the significance of softening one's heart? And how does one achieve it?

Hoping this mail finds both Your Grace and Srimati Gurumata in the best of health.

Yours sincerely,
Insignificant servant,
Shyama Priya devi dasi

Answer: Carefully Chant Hare Krishna Daily

Your nice questions are answered as follows:

tad aśma-sāraṁ hṛdayaṁ batedaṁ
yad gṛhyamāṇair hari-nāma-dheyaiḥ
na vikriyetātha yadā vikāro
netre jalaṁ gātra-ruheṣu harṣaḥ

"Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in spite of one's chanting the holy name of the Lord with concentration, does not change when ecstasy takes place, tears fill the eyes and the hairs stand on end."
--Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.24

So hard-hearted is the heart of someone who does not melt with ecstasy while chanting the holy names, while soft-hearted is the heart which does melt with ecstasy while chanting Hare Krishna. The way to achieve a soft heart is to carefully chant these sweet names every day:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

In this way the hardened steel heart will gradually become like molten gold as one learn to relish the experience of directly associating with Lord Sri Krishna in pure love.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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