Saturday, September 25, 2010

Radhanath Swami on Attention

Attention manifests our consciousness. Attentive chanting means to put everything else out of our consciousness, and to use our consciousness to attend to God alone. Thus, attentive chanting of the holy names of God is the most powerful and effective way of surrendering to the Lord; because in doing so, we surrender to him the very essence of our life - our consciousness.

25 comments:

  1. Giving attention means giving respect to the Holy names - wonderful explaination by Radhanath swami

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  2. wonderful!! only means of surrender - attentive chanting.

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  3. This is a unique definition of surrender. And its so true. It takes a saint to reveal essential truths.

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  4. Chanting looks so simply, but it can potentially help us offer our very lives!

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  5. Wonderful statement. Thank you very much Radhanath swami maharaj for guiding us on the right way/mood of chanting.

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  6. Thank you Radhanath Swami maharaja for inspiring me to improve my japa meditation

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  7. Wow! Radhanath Swami has defined attention in relation to our consciousness. Thus being Krishna Conscious means being attentive of Krishna.

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  8. It is a very beautiful & inspiring post by Radhanath Swami which will go a long way in helping all spiritual seekers to strengthen their focus on God when they call out for Him, through prayers or chanting.

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  9. This so wonderfully takes care of the 11th offense to the holy name. A practical way for avoiding it. Thank you. Consciousness, our essence of life!

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  10. truly attentive chanting is the essence of spiritual life

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  11. So true! Maharaj always gives us great inspiration and reasons for attentive chanting through his thoughts.

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  12. Thank you Radhanath Swami. Indeed it is the most powerful and effective way to surrender our consciousness to Krishna by attentive chanting of holy names.

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  13. I long for the day when I can divert my full consciousness and attention as instructed by Maharaj while chanting the holy names of Lord

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  14. WOnderful blog - thanks to Radhanath swami

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  15. Thanks for reminding us on this most important aspect of chanting the holy names of God......

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  16. I had heard about surrendering so many different things. But this was the best - surrendering our consciousness - by attentive chanting

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  17. Attention manifests our consciousness,”- very profound statement

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  18. Radhanath Swami gets totally absorbed in the transcendental sound vibrations of the Holy Names whenever he is chanting. It reflects the attention & importance he gives to the chanting process.

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  19. What Radhanath Swami is saying is true, though not easy to follow.

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  20. Thank you very much Radhanath Swami Maharaj for explaining beautifully on the mood of chanting.

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  21. To chant with attention is our most important service. Here Radhanath Swami is reminding us of its importance, though most of the times it is not easy and we have to struggle very hard to focus.

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  22. Chant Hare Krishna & Be Happy - that's what Radhanath Swami does. And that's what we need to do ourselves!

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  23. Radhanath Swami has very aptly put this subtle correlation between attention and surrender

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  24. This is a real surrender which Radhanath Swami has explained to us. By this surrender only we can get the ultimate goal in our lives ie. Service to please the Lord.

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