Prabhupada's orders

[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

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I am requesting all of my disciples that for this one lifetime you give all of your energy and service to Krishna. The spiritual force is eternal, so to give simply one lifetime to Krishna is not a very difficult thing. And yet if we are serious in executing the devotional principles, this one lifetime of service to Krishna will absolute and final solution to all the problems of life. Sincere devotional service in even one lifetime is sufficient to make one eligible to return to the Vaikuntha world permanently. Krishna Consciousness has got this power."
Srila Prabhupada letter to Madhudvisa, Sept. 7, 1969

[Ankan Pal]

Hari!

[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

Be attentive Srila Gour Govinda Swami
06/02/95 SB 9.16.1-6 BBSR

Gurudeva: Inattentiveness. Guru gave you mālā. Chant! I am giving you this mālā Chant sixteen malas of this mahamantra daily, offenselessly. That is guru's order. You should not deviate. Follow it as it is. And he speaks of nāmāparādha at the time of giving you mālā, initiating in harināma. What, why you cannot develop rati? We may not be committing other aparādhas but we are committing, invariably all of us commit this aparādha while chanting ‘Hare Kṛṣṇa’, our mind flickers, goes here and there, never concentrates. Yes. That is anavadhana—inattentiveness. Therefore we cannot develop rati in holy name. Understand? This is most important thing.

Baktivinoda Thakur has said: While chanting sixteen rounds in your mālā you should be very, very careful to attend, attend. Be attentive, to concentrate the beautiful form of Śyāmasundara. When you're. . .it is automatic and natural. When pure name comes out, immediately beautiful form of Śyāmasundara will appear before you because pure name is not different from Kṛṣṇa, abhinnatva nāma naminoh.

śrī-nāma smarile rūpa āise saṅge saṅge, as soon as you think of holy name, utter holy name, pure name, immediately beautiful form of Śyāmasundara will appear before you. Yes, that's a fact. Then you can see Kṛṣṇa always, get Kṛṣṇa. So? Do you follow me? (Are?) always with Kṛṣṇa, he always seeing Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa cannot hide Himself, yes, to such a person who chanting pure name and that is our goal. Must chant pure name, get Kṛṣṇa . Then develop nāma-prema, then you get prema.

[Ankan Pal]

Great!