Harinama Training
(Instructions for Chanting the Holy Name)
HARINAMA IS CINTAMANI – THE HOLY NAME FULLFILS ALL YOUR DESIRES, BOTH MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL
Folding his hands in respect, with choked up throat and tears in his eyes, Haridasa began to speak. First, he gave a general description of the name: “The holy name is cintamani, the object that gives everything one desires. To the materialists it gives dharma, artha, kama and moksha, and to the nonfruitive devotees it gives pure, unalloyed love of Krishna. The name is unlimited, beginningless, fully conscious, and inseparable from the chief consciousness, Krishna. Whatever is in Krishna is in the holy name, for the two are nondifferent. The name is eternally free from material contamination and spiritually situated in a state of pure goodness (suddha-sattva) like Krishna.”
Footnotes by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura: “A cintamani jewel can give anything. To persons who have material desires the cintamani jewel of Krishna’s name gives material piety, wealth, sense pleasures, and impersonal liberation. To persons who have no material desires the cintamani jewel of Krishna’s name give pure love for Lord Krishna.“
From “Harinama cintamani”, ch. 2 by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur
What’s in the Course?
Dear Spirit Soul! Welcome to the Online Training Course for chanting laksha nama or 64 rounds of Harinama daily. The course is designed to be studied carefully in three parts: a) reading all the content on the website, b) opening all the links and studying the content provided there, c) the exam questions and exam itself.
Important Note for Students:
Welcome!
Dear spirit soul! Thank you for your interest in chanting 64 rounds of this great mantra for deliverance, Hare Krishna maha-mantra. This web-page is designed for systematic step by step training of our new candidates.
Study & Exam
Go through each section, one by one, and check all the links provided. You should take written notes because there will be an exam after your study is done. Here are some of the exam questions.
Your questions
Questions are allowed only after you carefully go through all the content provided. For basic questions, you should study Bhagavad gita as it is thoroughly. Guru’s mercy flows to the extent you try your best to follow (practice) his instructions.
3 months
Every student receives blessings by HDG Dharmavira Prabhu to chant 64 rounds. Time management: organize your life in such a way so you can spend more time chanting. If the students don’t start chanting 64 rounds within 3 months, it is understood that they are not serious.
4 am
We are here to help, but you also have to be determined and dedicated, otherwise the process won’t work for you. Blessings is only 50 percent, rest is up to you. Students should rise no later than 4 am to be able to attain their chanting goals.
How to keep mind under control
“From whatever and wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self.” [Bhagavad-gita 6.26]
“The practical practice of yoga is that mind is always disturbed. It is going sometimes this way, sometimes that way. So we have to drag the mind only to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is yoga practice, real practice. Mind is going from here, from Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to so many. Because that has been my practice since time immemorial. So many lives I have passed in that way. Now I have taken a new line of my life. So in the beginning there will be difficulties, but that difficulties can be overcome. Here it is, the suggestion, yato yato niścalati manaś cancalam asthiram. Because mind is very much agitating, cancalam, and asthiram, not fixed up, therefore it goes from one kind of thought to another kind of thought.
Sometimes you might have experienced that you are doing some work. All of a sudden you remember. Some forty years before or thirty years before, some years before, some incident took place, and you at once remember. Although there is no cause, but it comes. A subconscious state is there, and we are getting. That means the mind is always being agitated. Due to agitation the things which are stored in the subconscious state, they come out. Just like if you agitate a lake or a pond, all the mud from within, it comes. But we have to settle down. Then the mud will settle down. So this yoga process is a process of settling down the mind.”
From the lecture on Bhagavad-gītā 6.21-27, New York, September 9, 1966
Training Stage
Learning to chant step by step, understanding the process, and applying it in your own life
Dharmavira Prabhu’s Chanting sample
Get an opportunity to hear suddha-nama and and learn to chant from an acarya who relishes the holy name. LEARN MORE
Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Japa sample
More opportunity for hearing suddha-nama, the most sublime vibration. LEARN MORE
Lessons on Chanting 64 rounds
Understand the nama-tattva and start practicing chanting, with instructions on how to chant, avoid offenses, and many more. LEARN MORE
Training Harinama Nectar of Instructions
Get the practical instructions about daily schedule, regulating habits of eating and sleeping, diet suitable for sadhana, and much more. LEARN MORE
Deepening Stage
Understanding the tattva-siddhanta from acaryas, clarifying misconceptions and finding out how others applied the knowledge in practice
Chanting 64 rounds Videos
Hear about the glories of the holy name from the mouth of a pure devotee. LEARN MORE
Testimonials
Hear the experience of many sadhakas how they practice chanting minimum 64 rounds. LEARN MORE
Live sessions
More on nama-tattva and practical instructions on how to implement it in daily life. LEARN MORE
Chanting under a Pure Devotee is Offenseless Chanting
Can’t stress enough
the importance of daily reporting rounds
The advantage of joining the WhatsApp group of Śrī Dhamavira Prabhu and daily reporting one’s rounds is that Dharmavira Prahbu offers all the rounds of each sādhaka to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu everyday at Śrī Rādhā-kunda Dhāma. This ensures that our daily sādhana reaches Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu through a self-realized spiritual master. Hence this is the only way for sādhaka to interact with the Lord in sādhanā bhakti.
Vaishnava Etiquette
set of rules for proper spiritual behavior when dealing with a divine Spiritual Master, Representative of Sri Krishna:
Aspirations of eternally liberated souls is quite different from ours: they naturally live to serve their spiritual master without any expectations in return. They know that so-called independence and freedom will never give them any happiness. Hence they aspire only for service and nothing else.
- Keep in mind at all times that Sri Guru is our only shelter in this world and our only chance to get Krishna’s mercy.
- Wait for the service to be given to you from Sri Guru and execute exactly as asked to the best of your ability. If you need to suggest something to Sri Guru, humbly ask for his permission first and act accordingly.
- Never ask Guru to do any service for you! On the contrary, offer yourself as a servant at his lotus feet.
- Never argue with Sri Guru (as if you knew better).
- Always remain like a fool before Sri Guru (so that you can humbly accept the transcendental knowledge from him).
- Guru’s chastisement is the ultimate tool for getting us into the right direction. He knows the exact ailments of each one of us.
- Catch hold of lotus feet of Guru and never let them go. Never leave a bona-fide Guru. That is very sinful and great offense. Bona-fide Guru takes responsibility of taking you into spiritual world, he sweats gallons and gallons of blood to get you there. But you should immediately leave the non bona-fide Guru.
- If you want to hear instructions from some other Guru, you should first seek permission from your Guru.
“Because you cannot give up your spiritual master. That is a great sin. Once accepted, the spiritual master takes responsibility for the disciple. And disciple also must be obedient to the spiritual master for life, for good. That is the relationship. So if one rejects spiritual master, he becomes a great sinner, most sinful.” [Srila Prabhupada in Lecture on SB 1.3.19, Los Angeles, September 24, 1972]
“Disciple has to do everything under the instruction of the spiritual master. That is his duty. Śiṣya. Śiṣya means who voluntarily accepts disciplinary measures from the spiritual master. He’s ruled by the spiritual master.” [Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s Appearance Day, Lecture, London, September 3, 1971]
“Even if in the performance of one’s devotional activities one has disobeyed the spiritual master, still one should not give him up, but should remain faithfully with him.” [Narahari Sarakara Thakura in Krishna Bhajanamrita, Verse 51]
“All sadhakas will be making aparadha until they get proper sadhu-sanga. Even if you chant mechanically but doing under guidance is sufficient.” [Sri Dharmavira Prabhu]
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Quotes on 64 rounds
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Additional Good Reads (recommended)
Pure chanting samples (audio files)
Essential to know about Japa
3 types of chanting and their benefits:
1) Shuddha Nam (pure chanting) will give Krishna Prema.
2) Namapradha (chanting with offenses) will give material success.
3) Namabhasa (without offenses but not pure) will give mukti but not Krishna Prema.
3 types of japa: vacika japa, upamsu japa and manasa japa according to Srila Sanatana Goswami in his book “Hari-bhakti-vilasa”
17/155
narasimhetrividho japa-yajnah syat tasya bhedan nibodhata |
vacikas ca upamsus ca manasas ca tridha matah |
trayanam japa-yajnanam sreyan syad uttarottarah ||155||
“One should understand that japa is of 3 types – vacika japa, upamsu japa and manasa japa – each one being progressively better than the previous one.” This basically means that vacika japa is the least superior and manasa japa is the most superior.
17/156
yad ucca-nica-svaritaih spashta-sabdavad-aksharaih |
mantram uccarayed vyaktam japa-yajnah sa vacikah ||156||
“Vacika japa refers to chanting that is sometimes loud and sometimes soft with each syllable prounced very distinctly.” This kind of japa is the lowest chanting of japa of the three mentioned.
17/157
sanair uccarayen mantram ishad aushthau pracalayet |
kincic chabdam svayam vidyad upamsuh sa japah smritah ||157||
“Upamsu japa refers to chanting that is sometimes loud and sometimes soft and yet the syllables of the mantra may not be distinctly discerned.”
17/158
dhiya yad akshara-srenya varnad varnam padat padam |
sabdartha-cintanabhyasah sa ukto manaso japah ||158||
“Manasa japa refers to chanting japa while one mentally chants the mantra while meditating on its meaning.”
17/159
tatra ca yajnavalkyahupamshu-japa-yuktasya tasmac-chata-guno bhavet |
sahasro manasah prokto yasmad dhyana-samo hi sah ||159||
“Upamsu japa awards awards one hundred times more merit than vacika japa and manasa japa awards one a thousand times more merit because it is as good as meditation.”
17/ 163
kim canyatramanasah siddhi-kamais tu pushti-kamair upamshukah |
vaciko maranoccate prashasto japa iritah ||163||
“Those who desire to attain perfection should practice manasa japa […]”
Gauranga Mahaprabhu came to give us Shuddha Nam. Srila Prabhupada also gave us Shuddha Nam. Therefore he asked his disciples to chant the ten offenses against the holy names daily before japa.
From Jaiva Dharma, chapter 25, Prameya: Nāmābhāsa
It is said in the Prābhāsa-khaṇḍa that taking śrī nāma neglectfully also results in liberation from this material world.
madhura-madhuram etan maṅgalaṁ maṅgalānāṁ sakala-nigama-vallī sat-phalaṁ cit-svarūpam sakṛd api parigītaṁ śraddhayā helayā vā bhṛguvara nara-mātraṁ tārayet kṛṣṇa-nāma
“O best of the Bhṛgus, this nāma-brahma is more sweet than any sweet thing and the most auspicious of all that is auspicious. He is the delectable pure fruit of the flourishing śruti desire-creeper and appears as the embodiment of knowledge, delivering any human being who even once chants śrī kṛṣṇa-nāma either with respect or disrespect.” [Skanda Purana, Prabhasa-khanda]
Vijaya: What is the result of nāmābhāsa, and what will it not give?
Bābājī: Nāmābhāsa will give all kinds of enjoyment, happiness, liberation, and the eight kinds of perfections (siddhis), but it will not give kṛṣṇa-prema, which is the highest goal of human life. However, by giving up bad association, and by associating constantly with śuddha-bhaktas and following their instructions regularly, one may quickly become a madhyama Vaiṣṇava. Then even within a few days he can obtain śuddha-bhakti and kṛṣṇa-prema.
Vijaya: Prabhu, many who are vaiṣṇava-ābhāsa bear the outward signs of a Vaiṣṇava, and constantly perform nāmābhāsa. Even so, despite engaging in this way for a long time, they still do not receive prema. What is the reason for this?
Bābājī: There is one secret here. The vaiṣṇava-ābhāsa-sādhaka is qualified to receive pure devotion, but he does not have pure, one-pointed bhakti. It may be that he is associating with a person whom he thinks to be a sādhu, but who is actually a Māyāvādī and not a śuddha-bhakta. Due to this undesirable association, the sādhaka will follow the Māyāvādī’s apasiddhāntika instructions, and as a result, whatever bhakty-ābhāsa he had will vanish, and he will gradually fall down into the category of vaiñṇava-aparādhī. In that condition, it is quite difficult – indeed practically impossible – for him to succeed in his practice. Yet, if his previous sukṛti is strong, it will remove him from that bad association and place him in the association of saintly persons; and from that sat-saṅga he can obtain pure Vaiñṇavism again.
Vijaya: Prabhu, I understand that the result of nāmāparādha is very dangerous, but is there any good result derived from the names that are uttered offensively?
Bābājī: Śrī nāma will give whatever result the nāma-aparādhī desires while he is chanting the names, but it will not award kṛṣṇa-prema. At the same time, the offender has to suffer the result of his offenses against śrī nāma. One who commits offenses to śrī nāma, and who takes the name with a wicked mentality will receive the following results: In the beginning, the nāmaaparādhī takes śrī nāma with a wicked mentality, but after some time he occasionally chants nāma free from wickedness. This chanting of the name without a crooked mentality causes him to accumulate sukṛti. Slowly, slowly, as that sukṛti increases, its influence enables him to receive the association of saintly people who are chanting śuddha-nāma. The influence of sat-saṅga induces the nāma-aparādhī to chant śrī nāma constantly, which frees him from nāmāparādhas. Even people who had a great desire for liberation have gradually become hari-bhaktas by taking shelter of this process.
From Jaiva Dharma, chapter 25, Prameya: Nāmābhāsa, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Chanting TIPS
Few precious instructions as taught by Dharmavira Prabhu:
Allow the Divine Couple to dance on your tongue as They want, at Their own pace. This means, sometimes you will chant faster, sometimes slower, sometimes loud, sometimes soft, so many ways. The point is: we are chanting for the pleasure of the Divine Couple, not ours. Therefore we allow Them to guide our chanting. As you practice, you will get more and more realizations on chanting and you will see which works best for you.
When you chant, please keep this mood: O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krsna), I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet. (Śikṣāṣṭaka, eight verses of instruction by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Verse 5)
Be aware that every time you chant, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is watching you! Means He is so attracted to your chanting the holy name, because chanting of the holy name is His life and soul. He is so pleased by chanting! Therefore it is the topmost service to Him!
Chanting with or without taste?
As you chant more and more, especially mentally, you will notice that your mind continues to chant on its own even after you stopped consciously chanting and counting on beads.
When you chant with taste, you relish the name and you don’t want to stop. You forget about everything. There is only the Name and the present moment. The Taste for the holy name automatically eliminates inattention during chanting.
Both the taste and realizations about the holy name are the causeless mercy of Sri Guru and Gauranga. Our only “merit” is the desire to chant at all costs and under any circumstances while carefully avoiding 10 offenses against the holy name.
Why should we not desire or pray for getting the taste for the holy name? Because it becomes motivated chanting if we do so: we want to enjoy the taste of the holy name. The only motive for chanting should be following the order of the spiritual master to chant the holy name and giving pleasure to the Divine Couple.
Inspiring Quotes on Chanting by Aniruddha das Adikary
“Whether hari-nāma is uttered properly or improperly, when the right time comes it completely purifies the conscience of the sādhaka (practitioner). This is an established doctrine. Just like fire always burns an object it touches, whether contacted consciously or not. Every object always acts as per its inherent nature, whether people have faith in it’s influence or not.”
“Why did Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu instruct all His associates and followers that He would only honor prasāda in the house of that devotee who chants sixty-four rounds (one lakh harinama) daily? Was He not aware that it is not possible for most householders to fully absorb themselves in harinama while chanting sixty-four rounds? He knew that at least by chanting one lakh, some śuddha-nāma (pure holy name) will be chanted intermittently, and later, gradually as taste for harinama develops, they will eventually start chanting śuddha-nāma only.”
“With Śrīla Gurudeva as my witness, I GUARANTEE that anyone who chants one lakh (64 rounds) daily, whether absorbed or distracted, will certainly develop a taste for chanting and doing bhakti. Do not worry.”
“If an ordinary grhastha like me can attain Krsna simply by chanting His holy name, why can’t you?”
“Chant hari-nāma in any way you are able to – purely or impurely; with or without improper pronunciation; there is no loss. Krsna observes your mood and intent.”
“There is actually no difference in chanting the holy name and meeting Krsna. But one who does not chant at least one lakh everyday, attentively and audibly cannot realise this.”
“Dear devotees, falling at your feet, I repeatedly beg all of you to CHANT 64 ROUNDS (1 lakh harinama) attentively daily. Śrī Gaurahari has promised that He will always reside with those who chant one lakh harinama daily. How can Kali Mahārāja enter a place where Śrī Gaurahari resides?”
“At the outset, a practitioner may take 8 to 10 hours to complete sixty-four rounds. This makes him disconcerted and he gives up chanting altogether. There is no need to get bewildered by this. By consistent practice, you will be able to complete them in 3-4 hours. I am sure out of a twenty-four hour day, anyone can spare three or four hours for chanting.”
“Pious credit accumulated over millions of lifetimes is destroyed to its root instantly by offending a saintly personality. Such an offender can never chant harinama properly.”
– Aniruddha das Adhikary, Nama acarya
There is NO other way
harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā
‘In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.’ [Adi 17.21] (Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa 38.126)
Srila Prabhupada’s Quotes about Chanting 64 rounds
Plethora of quotes by Srila Prabhupada who wanted everyone to chant 64 rounds or more!
“The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement prescribes sixteen rounds daily because people in the Western countries cannot concentrate for long periods while chanting on beads. Therefore the minimum number of rounds is prescribed. However, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura used to say that unless one chants at least sixty-four rounds of japa (one hundred thousand names), he is considered fallen (patita). According to his calculation, practically every one of us is fallen, but because we are trying to serve the Supreme Lord with all seriousness and without duplicity, we can expect the mercy of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is famous as patita-pāvana, the deliverer of the fallen.” [Nectar of Instruction 5]
FOR MORE QUOTES BY SRILA PRABHUPADA ON CHANTING 64 ROUNDS CLICK HERE and HERE
Gaurkishor das babaji Biography – free e-book download – a MUST Read!
GURU SPEAKS: Announcement. Today I am again sharing the biography of Gaura Kishor das Babaji on what is the true standard of Krishna consciousness. Please read this at least 100 times until it comes part of your life then and only then your way to Goloka is guaranteed. Don’t read like a novel but make notes in your spiritual dairy. This is just not a book but set of instructions for us to follow on our spiritual journey. My mindset is similar to Gaura Kishor dasa Babaji. If sadhakas don’t follow, I will leave all of them and just engage in bhajan. Announcement. Reminder to read Srila Gaura Kishor Babaji autobiography thoroughly and making notes of important instructions. Hare Krishna.
This compilation originally appeared in 1919 in a monthly periodical, Sajjanatosani, published in the Bengali language. A series of articles under the heading Amara prabhura katha were written and published under the guidance of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the sole disciple of Srila Gaurakisora dasa babaji. In 1934 the disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura composed the serial articles and other narrations they directly heard from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in biography form entitled Paramaguru Sri Gaurakisora.
What is tīrtha (holy place)?
“But actually tīrtha means tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni. Where there is saintly person, that is tīrtha. Not to go ten thousand miles and simply take a dip in the water and come back.” [Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.46, Los Angeles, December 24, 1973]
“Tīrtha, tīrtha, a saintly person is called tīrtha.” [Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.16, Los Angeles, August 19, 1972]
Is it appropriate to approach śrī guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga with a return ticket in hand?
From Śrīla Prabhupādera Upadeśāmṛta, a compilation of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda’s instructions, in question-and-answer form
Question: Is it appropriate to approach śrī guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga with a return ticket in hand?
Answer: Never. Those who have come to the matha with a return ticket in hand do not wholeheartedly desire to attain Śrī Bhagavān. Would one who truly loves Śrī Bhagavān ever want to go away after coming to His lotus feet? Once one’s self-conception (abhimāna) of being the servant of Śrī Bhagavān has awakened, how can one leave that direct service to His lotus feet and again busy oneself in serving māyā?
Those who have attained divine knowledge (divya-jñāna) do not and cannot ever come to serve their most cherished Lord (iṣṭadeva) with the intention of returning back. But if someone considers himself to be the master or the doer; if he has other near and dear ones who are dependent on him; if he gives importance to his relation with things or persons other than the Supreme Lord; or if he identifies with the
illusory designations of this materialworld like ‘husband’, ‘father’, ‘scholar’, ‘fool’, ‘affluent’ or ‘poverty stricken’ instead of realizing his true identity as the servant of śrī guru; then he abandons serving the Supreme worshipful Lord and, intoxicated with the ego of being the servant of his wife, son, daughter or the like, he faces anxiety and distress in his life.
This is why the scriptures have used the word abhi-gamana (approaching with full surrender) instead of the word gamana alone (simply going to him) in their instructions on approaching śrī gurudeva, who is the non-different manifestation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The word abhigamana implies that there is no question of return – that is, one takes complete shelter. As it is said in Śruti, “tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigaccet – to learn that transcendental knowledge, one must approach śrī guru with full surrender” (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12).
Who is our only well-wisher
– Why should we leave all bad association and stay with Guru –
by Dharmavira das, May 29 2022
“You can be here physically in Radhakund but mentally you are somewhere else. There are 5 bodies. There is the gross body, that’s who we think we are, whom we can see, then there’s the vital body, 3rd body we have is the mind, 4th body is intelligence. 5th body is the soul. More powerful than the physical body is the vital body. Then above that is mental body. When we sleep, the physical body is lying on the bed, but the mental body is still in operation. When you dream, you see everything as real. Who is seeing that? You are! With your mental body. The mental body is stronger than your physical body or vital body. But people don’t know that, they only know their physical body. When we go out, we meet people, people who are generally materialistic, our mental body interacts with their mental bodies. So, by that bad association, their negative thoughts pollutes us, unless you are a pure devotee, then you can purify them. When they come in your association, you can purify them.
But if they come to you and you’re not a pure devotee, then you can get contaminated with their association.That why it is said that you have to have sadhu sanga with pure devotees because from them only pure thoughts of Krsna are emanating. So, in their presence, you will feel the pure spiritual energy and you want to be more Krsna conscious. Materialists, they are not thinking I am the soul, they think I am physical body – it is all negative thoughts. In their association, their negative thoughts pollute you – that is why sometimes you feel your mind id disturbed, or when you are chanting and {suddenly} you don’t feel like chanting. You are not aware that by being in their presence, you are taking all the negative energy, negative vibration. Because you are still a conditioned soul, you are still taking all the negative energy, it is coming into you. That will disturb you. That’s why association with husband, wife, mother, father, children – they’re not sadhus, their association is detrimental for the progress of one who wants to go back to Godhead.”
Additional Good Reads
Sweetness of the Holy Name
COMMENTS BY DHARMAVIRA PRABHU:
Expanding on sweetness of the holy name by HDG Dharmavira das Prabhu
Question: I am chanting for so long this mantra and not I am not experiencing sweetness. Why?
Answer: Only syllable is coming from your mouth. The names remain very far.
Question: How to chant the pure name of Sri Krishna?
Answer: You have to get mercy of Sri Krishna. He will send you guru who has seen Him directly. He is Guru.
Question: I am initiated by Srila Prabhupada but I still not experiencing sweetness.
Answer: Initiation is meaningless without following guru’s instructions. Srila Prabhupada said you are not my disciple if you dont follow my instructions. Also don’t be fooled by so called elected gurus. Srila Prabhupada never appointed any of his disciples to become Guru. Guru is self-effulgent person. You will recognize him by his activities. Srila Prabhupada was not a appointed Guru.
Nothing except the Holy Name
Holy Name the most important aspect of bhakti
