It is interesting how in both Eastern and Western spirituality great renounced persons would often perform their prayer and worship in the caves of the mountains. It is in the spirit of simplicity and renunciation—simplicity in that it’s completely natural, it is provided by God Himself. There is no need to…
When we are chanting the holy names in congregation, if the leader of the kirtan sings one melody and everybody in the group decides to sing in whatever melody they like best, the resulting sound won’t be so melodious. Therefore, whether we like the melody or don’t like the melody…
The mind is meant to reflect into the world through our senses the love of God. But now our mind is so dirty and dusty with so many attachments and so many polluted ideas that the truth of
We should take the name of God as a medicine. The guru is like a doctor who is giving us this medicine. Medicine must be taken regularly in order to have proper effect. Even if we have good medicine if we do not take it regularly, according to the prescription, we will experience minimal effects. We sometime use a mala or a rosary to chant; it regulates our chanting.