Question: How did it happen that we lost our connection to the Supreme Soul? Answer: It happened due to envy. In this world there are six things that are known as our six enemies. One of those is envy. Envy is our enemy. It is our original enemy because we became envious of God in the spiritual world. We wanted to be number one, to be the enjoyer,...
More3. Meditation technique
GAURANGA. And of course, four syllables GAU-RA-AN-GA. Let’s practice saying it because some of you were not here last night. First, I will say the mantra then everyone can repeat. Alright, everybody ready? GAU-RA-AN-GA. GAU-RA-AN-GA. Very good. A technique is a deep breathing technique. Just breathing correctly is very, very beneficial. We should...
More4. Kirtan-meditation
Ok, now, our other two mantras that we are going to learn and use are on the second mantra card, the red card. These are the mantras: HARIBOL NITAI-GAUR, NITAI-GAUR HARIBOL and GOPALA GOVINDA RAMA MADANA-MOHANA. Again, we will practice saying this to get our pronunciation correct, to get familiar with the mantras. As before, I will say, then you repeat....
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So we have been listening now, for the last hour and a half or so, to mantras. Of course, arranged with music to make it very attractive to our material ears. However mantras are attractive in and of themselves. This is been declared by all the great acharyas, or spiritual teachers, so I offer my respects to all our great spiritual masters. Actually,...
More2. Gauranga meditation
So we are going to do a meditation now. So far we’ve been listening, which is also purifying. But, number one, we are not always in an environment where we can listen to the mantras. So, number one, we can produce the mantras ourselves. We have been given vocal cords and a mind, very advanced technology! We can hear the mantras, place them in our minds...
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