Holy Name Meditations

Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention

Gita 11.29 – The natural is not always desirable

Gita 07.01 – Focus not on evicting temptation – focus on inviting Krishna

Bhagavatam 1.8.21 – Kunti meditates on increasingly intimate manifestations of the Lord

Gita 11.40 – Appreciate that the omnipresent is present in sacred sound

Let verses be intellectual templates for meditating on Krishna

Don’t let the mind drag you away from the tasty to the tasteless

Gita 18.34 – Determination in devotion with material expectation makes devotion unsteady

The success of calling Krishna is in the call itself – Govinda damodara stotra

Treasure the intelligence that enables us to value the treasure of devotion

Gita 06.07 – To attain peace, focus on conquering the inner enemy, not dealing with outer enemies

Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – Realizing that detachment is freedom, not deprivation, is blessing

The Lord is the destroyer of the distress of the distressed

Animate meditation with the warmth of recognition – Govinda Damodara Stotra 15

Cherish Krishna as our supreme spiritual master (krishnam vande jagad-guru)

Gita 13.23 – Contemplate Krishnas proximity to bring intensity to devotion

Venkatesh Stotra 5 – Krishna’s availability for others doesn’t make him unavailable to us

CC M 21.136 – Savor the sweetness that supersedes superlatives

Naam Ramayana 19 – Remember the experiences of the transcending potency of the Lord’s remembrance

Naam Ramayana 18 – Purity of intention makes even an impure-seeming offering pure

Naam Ramayana 17 – Losing a battle within the world of illusion doesn’t matter if we win the battle against ilusion per se

Naam Ramayana 16 – Neither age nor species is a barrier for bhakti

Naam Ramayana 15 – Seek the blessings of the blessed

Naam Ramayana 14 – Respond to adversity with integrity

Naam Ramayana 13 – The Lord’s mercy doesn’t leave anyone out

Naam Ramayana 12 – Devotion is the inner buffer to outer storms

Naam Ramayana 11 – Imbue devotion with desire to relish divine symbiosis

Naam Ramayana 10 – The Lord destroys arrogance and bestows transcendence

Naam Ramayana 9 – Offer the Lord the garland of our heart’s love

Naam Ramayana 8 – Let the Lord enter and enchant our heart

Naam Ramayana 7 – Seek delight in not one’s own glory, but the Lord’s glory

Naam Ramayana 6 – Let the Lord touch and transform our stone-like heart

Naam Ramayana 5 – Call the Lord to destroy the demons who disrupt the inner yajna

Naam Ramayana 4 – Make the Lord your dearest treasure

Naam Ramayana 3 – The illuminator of the universe’s illuminator illuminates our heart

Naam Ramayana 2 – The transcendental becomes accessible as the name

Naam Ramayana 1 – Seek not be conquerors of the mind, but lovers of the Lord

Gauranga Shata Nama 25 – Join the living tradition of divine glorification

Gauranga Shata Nama 24 – The Lord is the life-treasure of his devotees

Gauranga Shata Nama 23 – The Lord blesses everyone across the varnashrama spectrum

Gauranga Shata Nama 22 – Relish the dhama in recollection and association

Gauranga Shata Nama 21 – The Lord forgives and engages everyone

Gauranga Shata Nama 20 – Relish the topmost devotion in the sublimest dance

Gauranga Shata Nama 19 – The Lord releases the voidists from the void

Gauranga Shata Nama 18 – The Lord reveals and raises to the zenith

Gauranga Shata Nama 17 – The Lord’s love-filled heart conquers a jnana-hardened heart

Gauranga Shata Nama 16 – The moving Lord meets the non-moving Lord

Gauranga Shata Nama 15 – The Lord of devotion manifests the summit of renunciation

Gauranga Shata Nama 14 – The world’s challenges are meant to strengthen our devotion

Gauranga Shata Nama 13 – The divine dancer becomes the fearsome lion

Gauranga Shata Nama 12 – The omnipotent Lord reverses the river of desire

Gauranga Shata Nama 11 – Offer the heart to our supreme pati

Gauranga Shata Nama 10 – The more we offer ourselves, the more the Lord reveals and charms us

Gauranga Shata Nama 9 – The world of love is revealed through reciprocations with intimate associates

Gauranga Shata Nama 8 – Let the ocean of devotion rescue us from the ocean of tribulation

Gauranga Shata Nama 7 – The follower of dharma becomes the relisher of the para dharma

Gauranga Shata Nama 6 – Let him take away our pride or he will

Gauranga Shata Nama 5 – The Lord is the blesser and the blessing

Gauranga Shata Nama 4 – Those who delude the Lord get deluded by him

Gauranga Shata Nama 3 – His mischief charms his mother’s heart and our heart too

Gauranga Shata Nama 2 – The supreme dancer comes to make our heart dance

Gauranga Shata Nama 1 – Relish the nectar shared by the moon of Mayapur

Mukunda Mala Stotra 3 – Remembrance of Krishna is life’s greatest treasure

Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Drinking poison when nectar is available is tragic

Gita 02.49 – Take shelter of the intelligence to ultimately take shelter of the source of intelligence

Gita 07.26 – Seek reassurance in Krishna’s prescience and competence

Gita 07.29 – Devotion prevents our head-on collision with misery

Gita 02.69 – The darkness will not end if we don’t end our dark desires

Gita 14.14 – Our mental condition is consequential, as is the meditation for improving it

Gita 14.10 – Don’t be captivated by the dramatics in the theater of embodied consciousness

Gita 14.11 – Let knowledge illumine the door of the senses to welcome the holy name

Gita 05.12 – Choice of connection with Krishna is not casual but consequential

Gita 18.58 – Talents are usable but not essential for attaining Krishna’s shelter

Gita 11.40 – Relish the symbiosis of Krishna’s omnipresence and his sonic presence

Gita 11.39 – Access the all-pervading one through sacred sound

Gita 11.38 – The source and the goal of all knowledge is known by devotion

Gita 11.37 – Contemplate the Lord’s glory to comprehend his amazing accessibility

Gita 11.36 – Cherish the godly side within to relish God within

Gita 03.08 – To engage the world, first engage the heart in Krishna

Gita 07.13 – Let spiritual desire take us from the surface to the substance

Gita 18.40 – The universality of the malady underscores the necessity of the remedy

Gita 18.62 – Let every mantra offer our heart’s surrender to Krishna

Gita 07.27 – Don’t let inconsequential dualities become consequential

Gita 14.05 – See the modes-induced feelings as alien, not our own

Gita 18.36 – Practice provides pleasure

Gita 05.29 – Knowing Krishna’s greatness and kindness grants profound peace

Gita 18.35 – Use in meditation the capacity to separate contemplation from situation seen in worry

Gita 10.01 – The tirelessly loving Lord mercifully manifests as the easily accessible holy name

Gita 08.06 – Change your contempation during meditation to change your destination after destruction

Gita 07.04 – Deconstruct the world to concentrate on Krishna

Gita 07.05 – Devotion helps us fulfill the purpose the world

Gita 09.34 – Offering is the way of receiving

Gita 18.57 – The shelter of divine intelligence reveals bhakti’s freshness

Gita 12.09 – Transform outer exposure to Krishna into inner experience of Krishna

Gita 12.08 – Let the holy name direct our inner world to Krishna

Gita 18.61 – Give control to Krishna to gain control of the mind

Gita 14.27 – To maximize happiness, seek it in Krishna

Gita 03.40 – Don’t mistake inner misleading propaganda with reality

Gita 02.70 – Protect consciousness not by closedness but by fullness

Gita 18.46 – Worship first to make work worship