19970429 Japa Workshop

Lecture Code: 19970429

Japa Workshop Lecture By

His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja

In Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA

vande 'ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca

  sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam

sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam

sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca

So I encountered a couple of problems here we have a few mixers, when Prabhupada was in Mayapur I was in a room and someone chanting in the hallway “Hare Krishna pNiksa Niksa Hare Hare Niksa Niksa Hare Hare Niksa Niksa Niksa” Prabhupada called the devotee and asked what mantra are you chanting and he said Hare Krishna what is this Niksa Niksa so we don’t have that bad here but some people Krishna is becoming Nikshna I don’t know how I am trying to fully comprehend I think people “Hare Niksa Hare Krishna” I don’t know how it comes Nikshna but there are a few here I don’t want to embarrass anybody they are a few people you are niksing not Krishining. Hare Krishna sometimes we have to start each word “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare” and somehow if you don’t start Krishna and somehow it comes as Nikshna it is Nikshna movement its Hare Krishna so be careful not to nixit it also there are one or two people they are not pronouncing the s’s I don’t know if they could pronounce but they are going instead of Hare Krishna they are Hare Kritna Hare Kritna Kritna Kritna Hare Hare Hare Kritna Hare Kritna Kritna Kritna Hare Hare so we should try to pronounce as Krishna maybe some people cannot I think you can pronounce s. So Hare Krishna should be purely pronounced, it seems everybody is chanting the whole mantra I am not going to, the Mataji’s have come here to chant little louder I can’t lean very close it is not very appropriate please help me, Mataji jans were articulating very nicely some people are chanting very fast on their beads “da da da” means they are moving the beads a lot but they are chanting Hare Krishna Hare Krishna ummm usually you could slow down a little bit on the fingers and speed up a little bit on the tongue otherwise generally very good every one very clear alright I will finish off after 5 minutes I will come back here again start timing

(jaya) śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Prabhupada Ki Jai. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare (audience chanting) 617 Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 626, 633 Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 640, 649, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,  Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare,709, 715 Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 725 Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 738, 748, 754, those you have finished count on your fingers 8 minutes I did not find any major problems 815, although some people they seem to be chanting slowly but finishing more quick then there chanting makes me doubt weather, sometimes you can take out your beads and just see how you are moving, according to the shastras each finger the middle finger and the thumb when you chant this Is for all perfection of religion if you do it with the first finger it is for cursing someone so we always keep, we don’t touch the bead with the first finger, the little finger is for getting mystic power you see someone chanting with the little finger we know they want to get siddhis, usually we are chanting with the thumb and the middle finger Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare when we feel the bead we don’t have ugh spin it just feel it gently let it roll on your fingers feel alright

(jaya) śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

Prabhupaada Ki Jai. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare (audience chanting) 8 minutes anybody is still chanting, alright I will let everyone chant japa normally tomorrow will be very busy for the pranapratishta from 5 in the morning all the yajnas start so it won’t be possible to do tomorrow, day after tomorrow onwards we will do another Japa workshop thank you very much, last time I checked everybody there were no more nixis everyone was saying Krishna, everyone was saying nice so one thing we should remember that Krishna appears to us as his holy name and the holy name is Krishna and he is very merciful and we pray to Nama Prabhu to our master the holy name please forgive us for any offenses in a very humble state of mind we should always beg for forgiveness and beg for more taste in chanting, some devotees who are chanting could put more feeling in the chanting, more, this is one of the most important thing we do we spend about almost two hours a day chanting Japa so the more we also put our heart into it our concentration so naturally the reciprocation from Krishna will be more some people are just chanting it seems they are very a little Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, haa Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, I don’t know how much taste they get for that chanting but I think if they are try to preach to little Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare a little intense you don’t have to there is no hard or fast rule but seems you get little more taste if you put little push yourself little bit, if you push too much Hare Hare Nixsh then it is no good if you go to say Hare Krishna Hare Krishna (slow) yawn ooh then also you know it is not very deep meditation it could be absorption in the vibration of the holy name of Krishna so any way thank you very much please forgive me if I have made any offenses I have to beg the holy name for I have no qualification but trying to serve the vaishnavas, Hare Krishna Prabhupada ki Jai Hare Krishna Japa ki Jai.   

Transcribed By Parameshwar Prem Das

Transcribed on: 6-Aug-2020

Proof Reading By: Amrita Padma Devi Dasi

On 04/10/2020