The Impact Of The Holy Names

Hare Krsna everyone. I have just read in the Bhagavad Gita 12.8 purport the following:

"A devotee does not live on the material plane — he lives in Kṛṣṇa. The holy name of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent; therefore when a devotee chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa and His internal potency are dancing on the tongue of the devotee."

Here is stated the importance of being always engaged on chanting. It's very true that we have this feeling sometimes, that we live in Krsna, that when we chant with attention the Lord comes and dances in our tongues. That's the instruction precribed by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati, that when we chant with our hearts and not just the lips we can really relish a relationship with Krsna through the Holy Names.
I know you all may say that chanting with the heart is something very far to achieve and also it's for some devotees who can really dedicate to chanting but we are these devotees - everytime we read about the Lord, everytime we talk and share our realisations with others here.....we water our seed of devotion and it grows inside us, making us stronger to face our obstacles and be good chanters.

Yesterday listening to my Gurudev's lecture on a Japa retreat in San Diego, he said that just by reading an article by Mahatma Prabhu called Courtesy Japa, he started thinking more about this topic and now he gives Japa retreats - he teaches others how to chant better and it all started from reading - that's the impact that Nama prabhu has on us.

Srila Prabhupada used to say that when you talk about a topic and share it for 30 minutes it's the same as reading for 6 hours...so when we share our realisations, talk to others about Krsna - we really learn the philosophy more and more and the impact is tremendous in our spiritual lives. So share with us what impact the chanting of nice Japa has been having on you, so we can be delighted by your relationship with Krsna.

Hare Krsna.

your servant,

Aruna dd