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Can We Remember Pastimes While Chanting? #JayapatakaSwamiArchives

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Description: Transcript of a short multi-speaker discussion (Guru Maharaj, Asha Rashtra, Jaya Pataka Swami) about the practice of chanting. The speakers reference…

9 Oct 2023

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Transcript of a short multi-speaker discussion (Guru Maharaj, Asha Rashtra, Jaya Pataka Swami) about the practice of chanting. The speakers reference Srila Prabhupada’s instruction to ‘hear the mantra’ and debate whether one must remember Krishna/Chaitanya’s pastimes while chanting; consensus: remembering pastimes is acceptable but not required—listening to the mantra is primary.

Guru Maharaj, when we are chanting, do we have to think about Lord Chaitanya or Krishna's pastime? Does it help us to basically connect well with Krishna?
Asha Rashtra.
Srila Prabhupada said we should hear the mantra.
We chant. Think of Krishna's mantra, that's also alright.
We chant and think of Krishna's mantra. Mantra, that is also alright.
While chanting past lives, I Krishna, that's all right.
If you are chanting and you remember the past times of Krishna, that is all right.
But you don't have to try in our past lives to try to listen.
But you don't have to try to remember the past times. You should try to listen.
Pastimes all your life. It's all right.
But if you're chanting and the pastimes come to your mind, that is also right.