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Caturmasya 2020 trying to chant 120 rounds daily for Caturmasya !

To me Aindra Prabhu is the best example of observing Caturmasya strictly ,I know because I saw him observe it i was with him not for full Catumasya but for mostly a month of Kartika or some other times when he observed Catumasya ,during Radhastami or Janamstami .He would mostly take Havisana ,unspiced Kirtri with not even a drop of ghee or oil or salt ,so after we would come from chanting in the temple room all evening and i mean all evening then he cooked the Havisana and offered it to his Giriraja silas and Salagrama silas he also offered a nice feast for his Thakuras but not take anything for himself and he would tell me go the next room and give this Maha to the Kirtaniyas (they lived in rooms next to his for many years, a few times I also stayed in these rooms) ,He would chant 64 rounds back then last time I saw Aindra Prabhu around Gaura Purnima in 2010 he told me I have been told you now never fail to chant 64 rounds daily that is nice.I am doing 120 rounds daily, he was thus prompting me to get to his level indirectly by saying I am at this level and you should get there too .So I still have to take chanting more serious and hopefully by the mercy of Aindra Prabhu and my Gurudeva and especially Jagananth das Babaji because he encouraged devotees to daily chant 200.000 names around 120 rounds .I will really have to let go of maya to reach 120 rounds daily .Guess who else chanted 120 rounds daily Jagannath Prabhu and Madhava Prabhu the initiated names of Jagai Madhai ..I guess it is caturmasya and I have nothing better to do anyway I might as well at least try the impossible which is to chant 120 rounds daily during Caturmasya ,and so what if I fail at least I will have chanted more than my 64 rounds, will that not count for something .Srila Prabhupada said work now and Samadhi later , I guess he really meant what he said I have already spend my whole life distributing Srila Prabhupadas books ,so why not try to push a little harder ...please all vaisnavas bless me because I feel lazy to do this , 64 rounds seems plenty .I just have to spend not much time talking to devotees on Social media and focus on my rounds .I do not feel like a big devotee.But so did Srila Krsna Kavriraja also who said I am more sinful than Jagai and Madhai , and lower than worm in stool , that is a lot of humility I guess you need to have to chant this much .So let me just try and if I fail there is no loss or diminution as we have seen in the case of Bhakti Caru Swami recently we all have to die sooner or later ,Properly sooner than we think ,we can not hang around in this rotten material world , so why not take shelter of Sri Nama Prabhu ,it sound so easy ,it is not you have to be very sincere.My Gurudeva Srila Narayan Maharaja would always chant not only 64 rounds but 120 and much more , you always see him chanting and study sastra and then give lecture that was his whole life .So my Gurudeva and Aindra Prabhu are such good examples of Bhakti ..let me try to follow their lotusfoot steps .
Billedet indeholder sandsynligvis: 1 person, står, tekst, der siger ""You can die any time. When you chant your 16 rounds you should think this is my last chance to for of Radha and Krishna. And to round you should think is my last chance to try to please Radha and Krishna. And when you come to the last mantra of the last round, chant in that They are con~ vinced, and the last "Hare", Krishna all these mantras, let me call Radharani like my last breath. And then we should chant another 16 rounds in that same mood. ~Sripad Aindra Prabhu"

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Comment by Paramananda das on July 6, 2020 at 9:40pm

Billedet indeholder sandsynligvis: 1 person, står, tekst, der siger ""You can die any time. When you chant your 16 rounds you should think this is my last chance to for of Radha and Krishna. And to round you should think is my last chance to try to please Radha and Krishna. And when you come to the last mantra of the last round, chant in that They are con~ vinced, and the last "Hare", Krishna all these mantras, let me call Radharani like my last breath. And then we should chant another 16 rounds in that same mood. ~Sripad Aindra Prabhu"

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