Let my recitation of your words inspire the redirection of my heart to you
svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva May speaking your words be my training, Knowing their sounds are potent and purifying. Let sacred recitation be my ladder, Drawing my heart [...]
Mantra meditation is like a workout that becomes a massage
Seekers sometimes ask: “I was told that mantra meditation will de-stress and relax me. But I find that meditation itself is a demanding exercise. What’s [...]
Purification transforms theoretical propositions into spiritual realizations
“Krishna is non-different from his holy name.” How can we realize such incomprehensible-seeming scriptural statements? By purification. As souls, we are capable of pure spiritual [...]
Don’t let the mind eat your head
The mind sometimes makes us do self-defeating, short-sighted, stupid things. How? By making us headless. The Bhagavad-gita (02.62) indicates that when the mind contemplates sense [...]
Those who don’t spare time for meditation squander time in frustration
“I just don’t have time.” This is how we often respond to suggestions that we commit ourselves to devotional practices such as mantra meditation. No [...]
Krishna is a trans-cosmic enjoyer; don’t reduce him to a cosmic constable
Some people think that the purpose of God’s existence is to protect them while they enjoy life. Krishna as God in his highest manifestation [...]