hare krsna dandvat parnam to all devotees. pamho... agtsp . ... i want to ask a question on behalf of my classmate....... can by chantting we can overcome lusty desire and self distructive habbit ??? n how?????? ys prince
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"Cheta Darpana Marjanam" ~ Chanting cleanses the dust from the mirror of the heart which a jiva accumulates in many lifetime.
How it works?
Mind is a reservior of thoughts and memories. Chanting involves three senses 1. Tongue 2. ear and 3. Mind. Now when we chant through our tongue ( Consider Hare Krishna mantra as Sun and tongue is the device reflecting the light from the Sun i.e. vibrating the mantra) then it goes into our ear ( which is like a magnifying glass) and then through ear it directly penetrates the Mind ( Consider Mind is like a paper where many things are written) . So just like when we hold a magnifying glass infront of paper and reflect the sunlight, what happens? the paper gradually get burnt. Similarly mantra meditation burns all the impure thoughts from our mind and it becomes crystal clear. So when our consciousness flows through mind it doesn't get directed by any impure desires but it sees Krishna in everything and everything in Krishna.
What chanting does to the chanter gradually is , the chanter perceives Krishna in everything and everything in Krishna. Now when one see everything in relation to God then where is the question of Lust comes. Because when one every moment aware of Krishna's supremacy and how everything belongs to him and also devolop a loving service attitude towards him then He can't enjoy enything separately. So in this way the desire to enjoy separately evaporates inturn lust,greed and other vices also evaporates.
And also below is the extract from Prabhupada's lecture How one once get Higher taste ( Chanting is highest Taste) ones automatically devolops distaste for other things.
Devotee: What is the way for controlling our desires?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra eṣaḥ (SB 11.2.42), paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate (BG 2.59), you have to give better engagement, then they will give up this inferior engagement. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate means if you get better engagement, then you can give up inferior engagement. You must have some engagement. Without engagements he will become mad. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to give better engagement. So when he's engaged in better type of activities, he forgets all this inferior... That is explained bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra eṣaḥ (SB 11.2.42), as soon as one become devotee, he naturally becomes reluctant. Just like these American and European boys and girls, they are little advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they have immediately given up all these inferior engagements of drinking and illicit sex and meat-eating. They have given up. This is the way. You give them better engagement and they'll give up this inferior engagement. That is the pushing of Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Yes Prabhu : Chanting is like root canal treatment of the teeth. By Chanting properly the filth of dirty desires is plumbed out like a plumber cleans a choked wash-basin. However the results may not be quick. You need to first read about the 10 aparadhas in chanting. Keep your mind fixed on not committing those aparadhas. Then you can chant a number of rounds of Pancha Tattva Mantra before actually starting to Chant the mahamantra. You will definitely not see miracles in the first few months of dedicated practice. But if you do not waste a day and commit atleast for 6 months ; you will not be able to recognize yourself even in a mirror..seriously!!!
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Hare Krishna Prabhuji. Pamho. AGSTP.
"Cheta Darpana Marjanam" ~ Chanting cleanses the dust from the mirror of the heart which a jiva accumulates in many lifetime.
How it works?
Mind is a reservior of thoughts and memories. Chanting involves three senses 1. Tongue 2. ear and 3. Mind. Now when we chant through our tongue ( Consider Hare Krishna mantra as Sun and tongue is the device reflecting the light from the Sun i.e. vibrating the mantra) then it goes into our ear ( which is like a magnifying glass) and then through ear it directly penetrates the Mind ( Consider Mind is like a paper where many things are written) . So just like when we hold a magnifying glass infront of paper and reflect the sunlight, what happens? the paper gradually get burnt. Similarly mantra meditation burns all the impure thoughts from our mind and it becomes crystal clear. So when our consciousness flows through mind it doesn't get directed by any impure desires but it sees Krishna in everything and everything in Krishna.
What chanting does to the chanter gradually is , the chanter perceives Krishna in everything and everything in Krishna. Now when one see everything in relation to God then where is the question of Lust comes. Because when one every moment aware of Krishna's supremacy and how everything belongs to him and also devolop a loving service attitude towards him then He can't enjoy enything separately. So in this way the desire to enjoy separately evaporates inturn lust,greed and other vices also evaporates.
And also below is the extract from Prabhupada's lecture How one once get Higher taste ( Chanting is highest Taste) ones automatically devolops distaste for other things.
Devotee: What is the way for controlling our desires?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra eṣaḥ (SB 11.2.42), paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate (BG 2.59), you have to give better engagement, then they will give up this inferior engagement. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate means if you get better engagement, then you can give up inferior engagement. You must have some engagement. Without engagements he will become mad. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to give better engagement. So when he's engaged in better type of activities, he forgets all this inferior... That is explained bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra eṣaḥ (SB 11.2.42), as soon as one become devotee, he naturally becomes reluctant. Just like these American and European boys and girls, they are little advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they have immediately given up all these inferior engagements of drinking and illicit sex and meat-eating. They have given up. This is the way. You give them better engagement and they'll give up this inferior engagement. That is the pushing of Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Yas,
Yes Prabhu : Chanting is like root canal treatment of the teeth. By Chanting properly the filth of dirty desires is plumbed out like a plumber cleans a choked wash-basin. However the results may not be quick. You need to first read about the 10 aparadhas in chanting. Keep your mind fixed on not committing those aparadhas. Then you can chant a number of rounds of Pancha Tattva Mantra before actually starting to Chant the mahamantra. You will definitely not see miracles in the first few months of dedicated practice. But if you do not waste a day and commit atleast for 6 months ; you will not be able to recognize yourself even in a mirror..seriously!!!
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