Sometimes I use the example, when we are chanting japa, and how in the cause of japa our mind is causing us distubance- constantly distracting us- and that chanting with that materialistic mind is like chanting in a room with a television that is on. And you're walking up and down in the room, "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna (look at TV) Krsna Krsna Hare Hare (look at TV) Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare (blocks face) that's Maya! Hare Krsna..." the bad scenes! So in this way our mind is like such a television and all the scenes are there- if you know what I'm talking about...! And of course, on this television there is the favorite series- a favourite series which regularly plays and what is it called? "Starring Me!" Yes! Yes this series never ends; there are many episodes starring me and all my adventures are there. So this is our condition more or less. We are now struggling with our mind, what to do...Even if we are chanting imperfectly, even if we are chanting with limitations, the holy name is Krsna and Krsna is unlimitedy pure and therefore the holy name is so pure that even although we are impurely chanting, still the effect is so great that even the unlimited mountain of sinful reactions that is stored in our heart cannot overshadow the purity of the holy name...
(HH KKSwami, Sunday Feast, 04 October '09, Durban, SA)
