Holy Name Meditations

SB 11.23.23 – Why stay captivated by the abode of misery instead of being attracted by the abode of ecstasy?

SB 11.23.22 – Focusing on our gifts makes us receptive towards the supreme gift

SB 11.23.21 – Devotion protects us from corruption by our own greed and victimization by others greed

SB 11.23.20 – Greed makes people monstrously insensitive and destroyes relationships

SB 11.23.19 – Let money be a tool to Krishna, not Krishna a tool to money

SB 11.23.18 – Don’t let money replace Krishna in the altar of our heart

SB 11.23.17 – Letting money become our default object of thought leads only to misery

SB 11.23.16 – Greed makes our thinking uni-dimensional

SB 11.23.14 – Obsession with artha doesn’t allow us to use it for dharma or even for kama

SB 11.23.13 – Renunciation is a gift that can come anytime Be ready to grab it

SB 5.11.16 – The mind is the foundational designation on avoiding which all other designations crumble

SB 5.11.17 – We can’t neglect the mind by being mind-conscious; we need to be conscious of a reality higher than the mind

SB 5.11.15 – Seek a drive that will end misery not one that will continue misery endlessly

SB 5.11.14 – Krishna is closer to us than the mind – seek his shelter to break free from the mind

SB 5.11.13 – The Lord is transcendental and self-revelatory – beg for his mercy by consistent meditation

SB 5.11.12 – See the mind’s notions as temporary and illusory – and stay fixed in our real and eternal identity

SB 5.11.11 – Don’t be caught in the million misconceptions of the mind, focus in meditation on the One who is beyond them all

SB 5.11.10 – To end acceptance of material identity and activity accept devotional identity and activity

SB 5.11.9 – The mind’s home territory is matter, so be patient in counterting its reluctance to contemplate spirit

SB 5.11.8 – Let the inner lamp burn with the flame of love, not the fire of lust

SB 5.11.7 Chanting is not a ritual but a route to rise to reality beyond the reach of the mind

SB 5.11.6 – To break free from the mind’s vicious embrace, embrace Krishna’s lotus feet manifesting as his holy names

SB 5.11.4 The holy name is the goad for controlling the elephant-like mind

SB 5.11.3 Focus on the sound that awakens us from the dream of material existence

SB 5.11.2 Let the hope for material improvement not distract us from the chance for spiritual advancement

SB 5.11.1 Working on purifying the mind requires going beyond the superficial to the substantial

SB 4.9.17 – When we relish the goodness of God, even the good of this world loses its appeal

SB 4.9.16 – The mind’s contradictory currents of emotions are purified and harmonized by devotional meditation

SB 4.9.15 – Bhakti-anukula jnana highlights the difference between us and the Lord and thereby increases our attraction to him

SB 4.9.14 – Connecting the object of our hearing with the object of our meditation enriches our appreciation

SB 4.9.13 – The experience of Krishna is the ultimate doubt destroyer – Let the holy name give us that experience

SB 4.9.12 – The higher taste of devotion frees us from captivation by material emotion

SB 4.9.11 – Devotional service in association enables us to transcend all misery

SB 4.9.10 – Devotional happiness is better than all other pleasures inside and outside material existence

SB 4.9.9 – Why give up the eternal for that which is available everywhere and is just the interaction of dead matter?

SB 4.9.8 Be krita-vida (wise) to see the Lord not just as arta-bandho (reliever of distress) but also as apavarga-sharanam (releaser from bondage)

SB 4.9.7 Devotion activates our awareness of Krishna’s latent presence within everything – even our hearts

SB 4.9.6 Sincerity attracts the Lord to manifest his presence within and without

SB 5.23.14 – Obsession with artha doesn’t allow us to use it for dharma or even for kama

SB 8.3.29 As even my intelligence is conquered by illusion, I can do nothing but simply take shelter

SB 8.3.28 The power to protect the surrendered and trap the unsurrendered both demonstrate the Lord’s glory

SB 8.3.27 The Lord is accessible by purity – and by sincerity

SB 8.3.26 The Lord is all around – we just need to become aware

SB 8.3.25 – Please rescue me from the ignorance that makes me mistake danger to be safety

SB 8.3.24 Don’t try to fit the Lord into our conceptual cupboard; just serve him

SB 8.3.21 Krishna being transcendental understands our difficulties and sees beyond to them to our devotional heart

SB 8.3.20 Give yourself the chance to relish the anand-samudra

SB 8.3.19 Speak the Lord’s glories not to remind him but to remind ourselves of them and to express our faith to him

SB 8.3.17 The Lord never tires in connecting with us; why should we tire in connecting with him?

SB 8.3.16 We need purification to approach the Lord, but he can approach us through revelation even when we are impure

SB 8.3.15 Use philosophical contemplation to discover the connection of everything with Krishna

SB 8.3.14 The unreal appears real because of the real; so be attracted to the real, not the unreal

SB 8.3.13 Nothing that happens is outside the Lord’s plan. Pray to comprehend our part in it.

SB 8.3.12 The innumerable forms of the Lord manifest his infinite love for us

SB 8.3.11 To let Krishna give us transcendental happiness, we need to direct our consciousness towards transcendence

SB 8.3.10 Praying for revelation is far better than playing with speculation

SB 8.3.9 Let Krishna do his ascharya karma in the heart

SB 8.3.8 The Lord’s coming to us is far more extraordinary than our going to him

SB 8.3.7 By glorifying those who are close to the Lord our heart goes closer to the Lord

SB 8.3.6 Let us not mistake our ignorance of meaning to be the absence of meaning

SB 8.3.5 Let the darkness around become the impetus to seek the undiminishing light

SB 8.3.4 Philosphical contemplation on the Lord’s position stabilizes our inner position

SB 8.3.3 Krishna being immanent and transcendent is eminently capable of helping us

SB 8.3.2 Philosophical absorption in the Lords glories is not meant only for study time or preaching time

SB 7.9.50 The resolution to engage in devotional service with the implicit prayer for aid in keeping that resolution is the conclusive prayer

SB 7.9.49 Go beyond the irreligious and the religious to the transcendental Lord

SB 7.9.48 Devotion is not about disconnecting ourselves from the world but about reconnecting everything including ourselves with its source

SB 7.9.47 The vision of devotion reveals how the Lord pervades everything and yet transceds everything

SB 7.9.44 A devotee is neither materially nor spiritually selfish but works to continue the tradition of compassion

SB 7.9.43 The test of spiritual advancement is the change in our understanding of who is missing what

SB 7.9.42 The Lord can do anything and He does do anything for his devotees

SB 7.9.41 Devotional realism starts with initial pessimism and leads to supreme optimism

SB 7.9.40 We are besieged by our inimical senses and need Krishna’s help to break free

SB 7.9.39 – Krishna alone can help us check the misdirected energy of the mind

SB 7.9.38 Krishna never forsakes us in our battle against adharma

SB 7.9.37 – When the modes of passion and ignorance attack, appeal to the Lord to appear to rescue us

7.9.36 – The sweet fruit of austerity makes all the trouble more than worthwhile

SB 7.9.35 – Purification must precede illumination

SB 7.9.34 Accepting the futility of searching with the senses starts of our real search

SB 7.9.33 The intellectual search for first principles takes us to the cause of all causes

SB 7.9.33 Contemplating Krishnas greatness stimulates and spiritualizes our neediness

SB 7.9.31 By meditating how everything belongs to Krishna we can unburden ourselves of the illusion of being the protector and focus on offering our heart to Krishna

SB 7.9.30 By seeing Krishna where he is manifest we can learn to see him everywhere

SB 7.9.29 By offering credit to others we empty ourselves of ourselves so that Krishna can fill us

SB 7.9.28 Be grateful for the guru’s interrupting our journey to misery

7.9.27 The Lord reciprocates with our service – not our designation

SB 7.9.26 Conscious meditation on our blessings deepens our appreciation for the Lord

SB 7.9.25 Analysis alone is not enough to overcome illusion

SB 7.9.23 The illusion of power sets us up for the agony of powerlessness

SB 7.9.24 The education and conviction that brings about redirection

SB 7.9.22 How we are being crushed by the wheel of time and how we can break free

SB 7.9.20 As all material inquisitiveness ends in Krishna let us put aside the inquisitiveness and focus on Krishna

SB 7.9.21 Only by kindling spiritual desires can we stop the mind from generating material desires

SB 7.9.19 Let the apparent protectors not distract me from the actual protector

SB 7.9.18 The Lord’s pastimes are not for entertainment but for being entered into

SB 7.9.17 The whole business of material desirables and undesirables is undesirable; I desire only your service

SB 7.9.16 A healthy fear of material existence engenders a healthy longing for Krishna

SB 7.9.15 See beyond the adversity at the surface of reality to the love at its substance

SB 7.9.14 Remember the Holy Name to get deliverance from the Hiranyakashipus within

SB 7.9.13 – The Lord appears for our protection and his pleasure