Holy Name Meditations

Gita 05.23 – Tolerance is not passive, but dynamic

Gita 02.61 – Use existing mind control to give control to the supreme controller

Gita 02.69 – Overcome inner resistance by choosing a higher definition of success

Gita 02.15 – Nothing is worth being distracted from Krishna

Gita 02.55 – The holy name takes our quest for happiness beyond the mind to the soul

Gita 03.16 – Absorption in higher things that connects us with the highest reality brings the highest happiness

Gita 6.28 – Let the consciousness rise towards Krishna by the staircase of divine sound

Gita 6.36 – To conquer the mind, use existing mind control in chanting

Gita 18.37 – Long-term commitment & short-term sacrifice guarantee succes

Gita 5.24 – The Holy Name is Krishna manifest outwards to take us inwards

Gita 18.56 – Meditate on the accessibility of bhakti, not its difficulty

Gita 08.13 – Cherish remembrance of Krishna to relish the fruit of meditation

Gita 09.19 – Krishna manifests all around us to give us the chance to choose him

Gita 15.12 – Let the holy name illumine the heart with wisdom and devotion

Gita 10.17 – The nectar of Krishna consciousness awaits those who persevere with faith and intelligence

Gita 16.16 – See through materialism’s facade to focus on the supreme non-material reality

Gita 18.21 – Go beyond immediate perceptions to relish the holy name

Gita 03.12 – Consciousness is our contribution to the cosmic cycle and satisfaction will be our return

Gita 18.62 – Transcend problems by surrender to attain the supreme peace

SB 10.47.28 – The holy name is the essence of Krishna’s confidential message of love

Gita 14.18 – The holy name takes us out of the shackle of the modes

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 15 – Krishna is ever-watching and ever-willing to help

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 14 – Krishna brings completeness to our existence and our longing for happiness

Govinda Damodara Stotra 1 – When all other shelters fall, Krishna’s shelter remains tall

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 12 – Our goal cannot liberate us as long as our desires are bound

Vishnu Sahasra Nama 13 – The Lord’s shelter never dwindles

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 10-11 – The holy name links us to the Supersoul’s purity and guidance

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 8-9 Krishna is the essence of material existence

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 5-7 Chanting helps us realize that Krishna is never far away from us

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 4 Connecting with the controller of time brings life back in control amidst times of chaos

Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 1-3 Realize how the Lord is never far away from us by chanting

SB 01.07.05 – Chanting frees us from the illusion that makes unnecessities seem necessities

Gita 03.16 – Without the sacrifice of chanting, our life becomes worthless and joyless

Gita 05.23 – The disease of material attachments can’t be cured just by knowing the disease or knowing even the cure – we need to take the medicine of the holy name

Gita 15.09 – To avoid the mind’s slavery, beg for Krishna’s service through chanting

Gita 06.27 – The pacification of the mind comes by the purification of the passion

Vedanta Sutra 04.04.23 – The liberation of the soul (anavrttih) happens through the uncovering (anavrttih) of its consciousness

Gita 02.52 – To decrease distraction, increase conviction through education

SB 10.01.07 – Let there be a symbiosis between the outer call of the tongue and the inner call of the heart

SB 10.02.26 – Krishna is the supreme reality – let not temporary realities distract us from him

Lakshmi Narasimha Karuna Rasa Stotra 8 – Beware of the fruit that promises happiness but delivers misery

Lakshmi-Narasimha Karuna-rasa-stotra 7: Counter the poison coming from the fangs of the sense objects with the nectar of devotion

Gita 10.25 – Chanting involves sacrficing that which is most dear to us for the one who is the most dear to us

Chitrakavitvani 2 – Chanting doesn’t make us give up what we naturally like to do – it enables us to do it better and do it for the best purpose

Gita 05.21 – Shut off the outer world to go deep into the inner world and relish happiness unending

Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – The holy name offers a pathway to find good fortune within misfortune

Gita 16.14 – Chanting infuses even the ishvara-bhava with dasya-bhava, thus dovetailing the controlling mentality

SB 07.09.39 – The mind’s madness can be controlled by seeking Krishna’s help through the readymade template of the holy name

Venkatesh Stotram 5 – Contemplate Krishna’s personal and reciprocal nature to bring depth and devotion into the mantra meditation

Gita 14.11 The holy name not only brightens the innner landscape as does the mode of goodness but also beautifies it

Gita 05.24 Meditation is the way to the inner world – cherish the inner world to relish meditation

The holy name is a soft comforter and a hard protector (Mukunda Mala Stotra 2)

Gita 09.14 Strive to show Krishna our desire to break the blockages of contaminations and he will do the magic

SB 01.05.38 The holy name offers us easy accessway to deeper, richer, sweeter Krishna consciousness

Gita 05.20 – The holy name connects us with spiritual reality and protects us from being overwhelmed by material reality

SB 01.05.36 – Chanting integrates the inner devotion and the outer service dimensions of devotional service

Gita 18.73 – Persistence on our part attracts Krishna’s mercy, unleashing the magic of the holy name

Gita 18.78 – Spiritual success is sure for the determined chanter

SB 01.05.35 – Knowledge will emerge from devotion – focus on chanting

SB 01.05.34 – The very action that causes bondage brings liberation when there is change of intention

SB 01.05.33 – Chanting appears ordinary but is extraordinary – see with the eyes of knowledge

SB 01.05.32 – The holy name is a potent medicine – focus on its potency not on its taste or on our guilt

SB 01.05.31 – Cultivate knowledge to stimulate devotion

SB 01.05.30 Look forward to the holy name’s daily parting gift of strength and taste

SB 01.05.29 – Use the power of goodness for self-propulsion in devotion

SB 01.05.28 – Gain confidence about chanting’s presently unverified potency by meditating on its verified potency

SB 01.05.27 – Taste for Krishna comes by using the gross and subtle bodies in his service and it helps us use those bodies for the perfect purpose

SB 01.05.27 – Persist prayerfully in mind control while the holy name does mind conversion

SB 01.05.26 – The holy name offers the same potent mercy as the mahaprasad of the Vaishnavas

SB 01.05.24 – Let the gravity of our speech and conduct show Krishna the intensity of our devotion

SB 01.05.23 – Everyone has to struggle through purification – let the example of the pure inspire us

SB 01.05.22 – All our abilities and acitivities are spiritualized when we endeavor to offer our heart

SB 01.05.21 – Remember the Lord’s compassion to inspire concentration in meditation

SB 01.05.20 – Take heart from Krishna’s closeness when the heart seems cold

SB 01.05.19 – We can’t avoid being haunted – so better to be haunted by the higher taste than the lowe taste

SB 01.05.18 – Using dharma to get that which one can get otherwise underutilizes dharma

SB 01.05.17 Unsuccessful para dharma is far superior to successful apara dharma

SB 01.05.16 – Progression can become a regression if there is no knowledge of destination

SB 01.05.15 Don’t use license to rationalize for staying at the material level

SB 01.05.14 Don’t let material sounds aggravate the mind’s oscillatory tendency – let spiritual sounds minimize it

SB 01.05.13 All good qualifications attain perfection when used for the supremely good purpose of glorifying the all-good Lord

SB 01.05.12 – Cultivate conscientious concentration by contemplating the valuelessness of everything else

SB 01.05.11 – Those who let the peripheral distract them from the central live at the periphery of life

SB 01.05.10 – Don’t let deceptive surface attraction distract from lasting attraction to the essence

SB 01.05.09 – Don’t let the variety and the quantity distract from the quality and the intensity of devotion

SB 01.05.08 – When the heart doesn’t find satisfaction Krishna nothing else brings satisfaction

SB 01.05.07 – Krishna is able and eager to guide us – we just need to express our desire for guidance

SB 01.05.06 – The Lord is detached yet masively active – Meditating on him makes us similarly effective

SB 01.05.05 – Remove the blocks that prevent Krishna’s wisdom from entering our head and his mercy from entering our heart

SB 01.05.02 – Don’t let the quest for physical and mental productivity deprive us of spiritual productivity

SB 01.05.03 – The materially magnificent can’t compensate for the spiritually deficient

SB 01.15.28 – Remembrance of Krishna removes inner disturbance even when outer disturbance remains

SB 01.15.27 – When material reality consumes us, philosophy provides the foundation for seeking shelter in spiritual reality

SB 01.15.25-26 – Our spirituality protects our humanity from degenerating into bestiality

SB 01.15.24 – Choosing faith can ensure that the very things which may drag us away from Krishna will impel us towards him

SB 01.15-22-23 – Krishna can integrate into his spiritual masteraplan disasters, even self-induced disasters – always choose faith, not doubt

SB 01.15.21 – Everything can be reduced to nothing in one moment – seek that which is the source of everything

SB 01.15.20 – Beyond all the wrongs of our life – material and spiritual – is the treasure of remembrance of Krishna

SB 01.15.19 – Humble remembrance of our excesses in our relationship with Krishna lets him break the wall between us

SB 01.15.18 – Krishna is an eminently personable God – approach him personally