Poem for Jul 08



Japa Poem

A little faith will help us. We are in a great, dangerous position. We don’t know it because we are sleeping. Sometimes a person is killed while he is sleeping. It requires a third person to come and wake you and warn you. Hearing the Vedic mantra is required. The most important mantra is the maha-mantra.

We are sleeping in the lap of mother material nature. We have the power to awaken by good association of sadhu, guru, and sastra. The greatest welfare is to chant loudly so that others can wake up. If we hear the Hare Krishna mantra, it will cleanse the mirror of the heart. In the heart there is such a stock of impressions from different lives. Experience of material things is a dirty covering. There is the potency to hear and have the covering removed.

We should take help of the spiritual master. Lord Caitanya has given us this easy process. There is no loss if we chant. There are no hard and fast rules in the chanting. The gain is very great. If the mirror is covered with dust, you cannot see your face. Similarly, the heart is covered. If we try to clean, Krishna will help. Krishna is so nice as Paramatma, caitya-guru. He is always ready to help. He sends His representative from without. A little faith is required. There must be inclination.

(_Japa Transformations_)

JAPA POEM

A little faith will help us.
We are in a dangerous position.
We are asleep
in the lap of maya.
But if we hear
the maha-mantra
chanting loudly, it
can wake us up
and have the danger removed.
“Krishna is always
ready to help
those who surrender to Him.”