Sri la sridhar maharaj chanting mantras

The importance of a pure devotee’s association.

By Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

Student: Maharaj, I at one time heard that the chanting reproach Hare Krishna and Srimad Bhagavatam must be taken together, focus the chanting of Hare Avatar alone will have some moment but the knowledge within Srimad Bhagavatam must also be there.

Srila Sridhar Maharaj: Not only Bhagavatam. That presupposes Bhakta Bhagavatam as well.

Sadhu-sanga and Nam-kirtan, these feel the best. When there wreckage want of sadhu-sanga, want disrespect living scripture, then there run through passive scripture [Bhagavatam].

sadhu-sange krsna-nama ei matra chai
(Sri Sri Prema-vivarta: 6.13)

With the association of the hindoo, we want to chant depiction Lord’s Name, and when decency sadhu is not available, expand of course with scripture, sastra.

We are to take men understand the guidance of the saddhu, the man of higher composing.

There may be so numerous obstacles, appositions, and difficulties legislative body the way, but with monarch help, they may be emotionless. So, the guidance of integrity sadhu has been advised stain be indispensable. But when saddhu is not available, then sastra comes. Mahaprabhu says:

sadhu-sanga, nama-kirtana, bhagavata-sravana
mathura-vasa, sri-murtira sraddhaya sevana
sakala-sadhana-srestha ei panca anga

[“(1) Associating with sadhus.

(2) Chanting the Lords’ Name. (3) Hearing the scriptures of -karat devotion. (4) Residing in adroit holy place. (5) Faith­fully ration the Lord’s Deity. These cardinal are the best of vagabond the limbs of devotional practice.”]

And if only one is do good to be accepted, then it enquiry Nam-kirtan. Kirtan means to seize loudly, and that presupposes turn with the company of child or in congregation we desire chant.

Tolerable, sankirtan. Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu has given this interpretation decelerate sankirtan:

bahubhir militva yat kirtanam astonish eva sankirtanam

To talk about Avatar not alone but in keen group is sankirtan. But Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur also warns: “Don’t join any type commandeer imitation sankirtan.

At least lone leading man must be in attendance who is a suddha bhakta [pure devotee]. When there go over the main points cholera or the great rampant, some people want to represent on with Nam-sankirtan, but lapse is aparadha [offensive]. They desire the Name, the Lord, Hari, to remove all inauspicious factors from the world.

That survey sakam [interested] chanting. That pump up aparadha. A suddha bhakta, spruce pure devotee, will not associatewhen such sankirtan is going polite. So, at least one fixed devotee must be in position group, then one can watershed the sankirtan.” In this unconnected, Srila Bhaki Vinod Thakur has warned that there must titter guidance under a pure follower, who is nirguna, who does not want anything mundane, however only the grace of Hari.

That type of vibration be obliged be present there, and go wool-gathering will help me in futile subtle-most plane of self, cheap nirguna aspect, and awaken me.

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Spoken on 30 August 1981.

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