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Feb 2024
56m 8s

1262: Mantra Meditation - Not Lip Deep, ...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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the power in hearing about lives of the great saints / the sun is setting, move along / the power in eating saffron filled gulab jamuns / Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati's vision / You cannot vibrate the holy name simply by moving the lips and tongue. The pure name of krishna is not lip deep, but heart deep / the sound descends from the transcendental world into the heart, then rises through the lips and tongue - that vibration is the holy name of Krishna / "Maintain your worldly obligations in whatever way you can, but make the eternal principle, devotion to Krishna, the true provision for your voyage through life" / we're wasting time trying to beautify a reflection

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