Vedavyasapriya Swami

• Golokera premadhana Harinama sankirtana

Holy Name/Prema rasa is not something that begins and ends. It has been always present and will remain eternally. 
• My dear Lord, You are glorified by the selected verses uttered by great personalities. Such glorification of Your lotus feet is just like saffron particles. When the transcendental vibration from the mouths of great devotees carries the aroma of the saffron dust of Your lotus feet, the forgetful living entity gradually remembers his eternal relationship with You… SB 4.20.25• We must do contemplative reading of SrilaPrabhupada’s books to sustain good quality of chanting.
Sankirtan ( preaching ) is nourished by japa and japais nourished by Sravanam ( includes systematic study of Srila Prabhupada’s books ).
No sambandha No abhidheya.

_*Prabhupada Vani jabe nahi tumi sunila*_
_*Japa madhye dhyan tara kichula lagila*_
_*Dhyanmagna japa kare tomara uddhara*_
_*Tabe sankirtan kare sarvera uddhara*_• Japa in dham with realized souls, reading SrilaPrabhupada books cements, spur on and generates & sustains the urge and need to chant.
Bhagawatam the book, greatly facilitates the consistency, quantity, quality and intensity of the japa.
• Remind ourselves that the chanting should be exact like a genuine cry by the child for the mother.
As Srila Prabhupad also emphasises, what do you do after completing the rounds ?Do you continue devotional service after the rounds or get back into material activities ?
• tāra madhye sarva-śreṣṭha nāma-saṅkīrtana
niraparādhe nāma laile pāya prema-dhana ( CCAntya 4.71)

“Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant the holy name of the Lord. If one does so, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, one very easily obtains the most valuable love of Godhead.”•  Siksastakam:
1.    Sloka 1. All glories to the congregational chanting of the Holy name. By chanting the Holy name, our hearts will be cleansed and we will develop intense desire to share the holy name with others.

2.    Sloka 2. All Your potencies are invested in the holy name. When will I clear my offences so that I may develop taste for sharing the holy name with others?

3.    Sloka 3. When I become humble and tolerant and ready to offer respect to others without expectation of return, then only will I be able to give up my shyness about sharing the holy name with others by constant Sankirtan.

4.    Sloka 4. Only when I give up the desire for false prestige, honour and comfortable life will I get the strength to go out and share the holy name without discrimination.

5.    Sloka 5. If I truly realise my position as Your eternal servant, then I will become enthusiastic to serve You by sharing the holy name with others.

6.    Sloka 6.

CC Antya 20.37

“prema-dhana vinā vyartha daridra jīvana
‘dāsa’ kari’ vetana more deha prema-dhana”
“Without love of Godhead, My life is useless. Therefore I pray that You accept Me as Your servant and give Me the salary of ecstatic love of God.”
If I receive the gift of love of Godhead, then my determination to act as Your eternal servant will increase and increase, and I will with enthusiasm go out and share the holy name with others.
 
7.    Sloka 7. O, when will that day come?
 
8.    Sloka 8. When will I only want to serve Krishna aspiring for the mood of Srimati Radharani and her servants?• In BG 9.14 Lord Krsna says”Always chanting My glories, endeavoring to worship Me, these greatsoulsperpetually bow down to Me and worship Me with all their hearts”. What this means is that we should never give up chanting the holy names of Sri Krsna. This chanting of the holy name will take us back to Godhead.

• If we *endeavour* to chant properly then the holy name which is non-different from the Lord will shower His *mercy*. The mercy will come from the spiritual master externally and the Supersoul from within. The mercy is proportional to the endeavour – ye yathāmāṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham. At the same time, more inattentive japa that we will do, our taste will vanish. 
Japa will give us the purity, which will help us in sankirtan. Purity is the force; preaching is the essence.
Interestingly both of these come to us through our Spiritual master. Mantra that we chant – we received from maharaj and the instructions and empowerment to do sankirtan also comes from him. Hence it is said – yasya deve para bhaktir yata deve tatha gurau• 
*Sankirtan*
Srila Prabhupada has said (in NoD) that japa is mainly for our own benefit. Sankirtan is for benefit of everyone who hears the mantra. Sankirtana includes the chanting of the holy name congregationally, preaching the glories of the holy name, distributing the books glorifying the holy name. So Sankirtan = preaching, which is the essence of all activities as per Srila Prabhupada. So Japa will give us the purity, which will help us in sankirtan. Purity is the force,preaching is the essence.

Interestingly both of these come to us through our Spiritual master. Mantra that we chant – we received from maharaj and the instructions and empowerment to do sankirtan also comes from him. Hence it is said – yasya deve para bhaktir yata deve tatha gurau.• Japa is like the fuel and sankirtan is the vehicle that will take us back to godhead. The vehicle cannot move without the fuel and the fuel of japa is used to move the sankirtan vehicle.
Meditating on the acharya bhajans improves my chanting• SB Canto 4
Because of the presence of the Lord in the form of the transcendental vibration, the Vaikuṇṭha atmosphere is evoked. This atmosphere is without fear and anxiety.
SB 4.30.35, Translation and Purport: Whenever pure topics of the transcendental world are discussed, the members of the audience forget all kinds of material hankerings, at least for the time being. Not only that, but they are no longer envious of one another, nor do they suffer from anxiety or fear.
Vaikuṇṭha means “without anxiety,” and the material world means full of anxiety.

CC Antya 1.101

kṛṣṇa-nāmera mahimā śāstra-sādhu-mukhe jāni
nāmera mādhurī aiche kāhāṅ nāhi śuni

TRANSLATION
One has to learn about the beauty and transcendental position of the holy name of the Lord by hearing the revealed scriptures from the mouths of devotees. Nowhere else can we hear of the sweetness of the Lord’s holy name.