Questions And Answers: Day-to-day Life / Health

How to get up at 3.30 am regularly?
Questioner: Devotee
Date: 2022-08-22
Jayapatākā Swami: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
I think the secret of getting up early is going to bed early.
Also, not eating too much at night,
eat light food.
If you eat heavy, then you sleep heavy.
So light food like poha or mūḍi
or something light.
And eat early.
I eat my dinner at 6 pm.
And then by the time I take rest it is digested.
So then I can get up for maṅgala-ārati every day.
Getting up at 3.30am is a bit early.
The brāhma-muhūrta starts one and a half hours before sunrise.
It is recommended that we should get up in the brāhma-muhūrta.
And that is a little later maybe. I don’t know what time the sun rises in Gujarat?
(approximately 6 am).
So 4.30am should be alright, take a bath.
Maṅgala-ārati starts at 4.30 am in Māyāpur.
What time does it start in Gujarat.
(4.30 am or something).
Anyway, the process is go to bed early and not eat too heavy.
And chant.
Category: [Day-to-day Life / Food], [Day-to-day Life / Health], [Sādhanā], [Sādhanā / Maṅgala-ārati], [Sādhanā / Time Management]
I am more conscious of my health and body than being Kṛṣṇa consciousness. How to balance it out?
Questioner: Devotee
Date: 2024-04-27
Jayapatākā Swami: I once had a high fever.
My body was all painful.
But I was listening to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s lectures.
I felt so much happiness.
I realized I am not the body!
So you can take care of your body but always remember that ultimately you are not the body, you are the spirit soul.
Category: [Day-to-day Life / Health]
I have some problems related to the body and the mind. Should I chant the Narasiṁha-kavaca and pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva separately, or just go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa ?
Questioner: Hemāṇga Haladhara dāsa
Date: 2022-09-10
Jayapatākā Swami: Śrīla Prabhupāda said chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
And you can occasionally pray to Lord Prahlāda Narasiṁha,
but as a regular practice chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Category: [Day-to-day Life / Health], [Emotions / Stress/Anxiety], [Sādhanā / Chanting (Japa)]
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