One can renounce the world and go to Mathura or Vrndavana, worship the land, the residents, chant Hare Krsna, purty much give up eating and sleeping, and of course never indulge any illicit activities. Sri Vrndavana dhama is the most exalted of Vaisnava dhamas. Sri Krsna is there, with us at every second.
Vrndavana magnifies 100x the good service, as well as reactions for sins. Neophytes are advised by Srila Prabhupada, therefore, to only visit for three days. One may reside there, if they are fully self-controlled, and can live a life of full concentration and determination in service. One is in a bad status if they engage in illicit activity there, or become familiar and offensive to others..
Absorbtion in bhajana, giving up eating and sleeping, is no business of imperfect devotees. Srila Prabhupada recommends instead a total concentration on sankirtan and such preaching activities. He, Srila Prabhupada, says that this is the benchmark, the specialty of our sampradya.
For myself who was always engaged in sankirtana and support activities, this is what i know and always want; to be with the pure devotees chanting Hare Krsna in all venues, for the benefit of the world. One develops a taste quickly, advances in spiritual life quickly, finds bliss and ecstasy easily.
Harinama sankirtan is like a very addictive medicine that one wants more of. My favorite is harinama snakirtan. One feels warm and high as a kite after a good kirtan.
Some devotees go to an extreme and collect hundreds of dollars and sell many books in a single day ! pamho ! That is extreme, not required for ordinary devotees, hard to maintain that pace, but more like a super mystic power, given them by God to do their service. One should get in where they fit in, do your best, neither over endeavoring nor being too slack.
Hare Krsna!
Vrndavana magnifies 100x the good service, as well as reactions for sins. Neophytes are advised by Srila Prabhupada, therefore, to only visit for three days. One may reside there, if they are fully self-controlled, and can live a life of full concentration and determination in service. One is in a bad status if they engage in illicit activity there, or become familiar and offensive to others..
Absorbtion in bhajana, giving up eating and sleeping, is no business of imperfect devotees. Srila Prabhupada recommends instead a total concentration on sankirtan and such preaching activities. He, Srila Prabhupada, says that this is the benchmark, the specialty of our sampradya.
For myself who was always engaged in sankirtana and support activities, this is what i know and always want; to be with the pure devotees chanting Hare Krsna in all venues, for the benefit of the world. One develops a taste quickly, advances in spiritual life quickly, finds bliss and ecstasy easily.
Harinama sankirtan is like a very addictive medicine that one wants more of. My favorite is harinama snakirtan. One feels warm and high as a kite after a good kirtan.
Some devotees go to an extreme and collect hundreds of dollars and sell many books in a single day ! pamho ! That is extreme, not required for ordinary devotees, hard to maintain that pace, but more like a super mystic power, given them by God to do their service. One should get in where they fit in, do your best, neither over endeavoring nor being too slack.
Hare Krsna!
Hare Krsna!
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