Take this Process Seriously

Our present position is very precarious. We are caught up in the cycle of birth and death suffering like anything in the threefold miseries: miseries caused by the mind and body, miseries caused by other living beings, and miseries caused by natural disasters. Unless we take to the process of spiritual emancipation very seriously we will remain captivated in this hellish, nightmarish situation. Therefore we should take the awakening of our dormant Krishna consciousness as the primary goal of life in order to become liberated from this material prison and return back to our original home in the spiritual sky.

Bhagavad-Gita Lecture-Burgas, Bulgaria-27 August 2017

Sankarshan Das Bhagavad-Gita Lecture-Burgas, Bulgaria

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Question: Meditating on Guru During Japa?

Hare Krishna.
Dear Gurudeva and Guru Mataji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

When I chant inattentive japa, I find it difficult to meditate on Sri Krishna. My question is: Is meditating on the Spiritual Master the same as meditating on Sri Krishna when one chants japa? When I chant japa I like to remember the spiritual master's words and instructions.

Thank you very much!

Your happy servant,
Javiera

Answer: Remembering Guru is Very Good

Srila Prabhupada says that while worshipping Krishna is good, worshipping the devotee of Krishna is better. So your idea of worshipping the spiritual master is a first class idea. So if while chanting japa your mind spontaneously remembers your Guru Maharaja and his instructions that is very nice. But then because your Guru Maharaja has ordered you to fix your mind on Krishna’s holy names you should again bring your mind back to absorption in Krishna’s unlimitedly sweet holy names. This is how you will very much please your Guru Maharaja.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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