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Date: 17 July 2024  Speaker:  HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj Topic: Meditation on Chanting (Vyasa Puja) HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj: Hare Krishna! Your meditative chanting will be the best homage on this auspicious day. Do your best chanting of your entire life.  Vrindavan is my home. This is Prabhupada's home too. Prabhupada used to say that chanting means talking to the Lord on the telephone. Here in Vrindavan Dham, chanting today on Devshayani Ekadasi is like calling Krishna.  I was born on Devshayani Ekadasi. Ekadasi is also a festival. When we call Radha Krishna, it becomes a local call. You all can chant by watching Gopal Guru Goswami's commentary on Hare Krishna Mahamantra. This will help you in your meditation.  “May my interest in Harinam increase.” This is what we pray to Lord Krishna. Chanting is also a prayer.  Hare: O Radhe!  Nij seva yogya maa kuru: Make me worthy of your service. Gopal Guru Goswami tells us that such emotions should arise in us.  Swa sevam aadesham: Order me to serve you. He gave us the meaning of every word in his commentary.  Recite your pastimes to me or remind me of your Pastimes.  Every name is meaningful. Every name is Radha Krishna. Gopal Guru Goswami is revealing the meaning of the names in this commentary.  Give me a glimpse of those pastimes. First there will be hearing and then there will be Darshana.  Go on, such thoughts should come to our mind.  This is desirable and expected to raise these kinds of thoughts in your mind. Be absorbed. We should pray that you engage me in your service.  Keep chanting.

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