{"id":134,"date":"2008-08-11T14:58:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T14:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2008-08-12T06:18:33","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T06:18:33","slug":"chapter-12-let-us-chant-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/a-z-of-mahamantra\/chapter-12-let-us-chant-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 12 :Let us chant with love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Call of Love<\/p><\/div>\n

Two Types of Chanting<\/h2>\n

Anyway, whether we are offensive or non-offensive, it is our bounden duty to serve bhakti devi<\/em> by chanting with love and respect. If we are inoffensive, we shall attain prem <\/em>and if we are offensive, we shall obliterate our offenses and after that, gain prem<\/em>. Srimat Jiva Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has instructed us to chant with love. He has said –<\/p>\n

“We can chant the Holy Name in two manners –<\/p>\n

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  1. just chant<\/li>\n
  2. chant lovingly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If we \u2018just chant’ – that is, chant simply without any emotion, and if we are inoffensive we shall attain the divine abode. However if we chant with love we can get close to Sri Bhagav\u00e2n <\/em>and gain His sev\u00e2.<\/em><\/p>\n

    The Gopis<\/em> had met the Sri Krishna in Kurukshetra. Then He had extolled their love by saying –<\/p>\n

    \u2018Dear Vraja-beauties, living beings become immortal because of their devotion unto me. Your love forces me to come near you’ – (S.B.10.81.31)”<\/p>\n

    – (Krama-Sandarbha purport to S.B.6.2.20)<\/p>\n

    These divine words prove that love is the best way to drag Sri Krishna to us. Similarly if we chant lovingly the Holy Name will surely manifest Sri Krishna before us.<\/p>\n

    How to chant with love?<\/h2>\n

    If we exclusively love the Holy Name then we should call out the Mah\u00e2mantra <\/em>with intense longing. With how much passion should we call out our beloved Harin\u00e2m<\/em>? Srila San\u00e2tan Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has given a wonderful example (B.B.2.3.167) –<\/p>\n

    “With how much longing the thirsty ch\u00e2taks<\/em> call out when it does not sight any cloud during the monsoon, with how much passion the chakrav\u00e2ki <\/em>laments out of separation from her lover at night – a devotee, suffering in the pangs of viraha,<\/em> and with an agitated soul, should loudly and thirstily call out his Beloved”.<\/p>\n

    If we understand the meaning of the Mah\u00e2mantra<\/em>, relish it and then chant the Holy Name, we shall very soon gain the blessings of Sri N\u00e2m-prabhu and start loving Him.<\/p>\n

    (to be continued)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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