Twenty Million Holy Names for Peace!

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>"Bhaktisiddhartha Dasanudas"

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>Twenty Million Holy Names for Peace! >Wed, 7 Aug 2002 16:18:33

-1000 > >Twenty Million Holy Names for Peace > >By Bhaktisiddhartha > Dasanudas

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>web-based version of this letter with hyperlinks > >Dear Vrindavan, > >We live

in an unsettling time. The whole world is in very urgent >difficulty. Violence,

discontent, saber-rattling diplomacy, 'war and >rumors of war,' fundamentalist

religious intolerance, terrorism, >economic collapse, environmental damage-our

list of troubles increases. >The situation worsens every day. According to

Vedic astrological >predictions, things will get much worse before they get

better. > >As I have elaborately discussed in my essay Invitation to BLISS! > ,

there is only one real solution to >this problem: the path of Anandamaya, or the

Esoteric Teaching of >Bhakti-yoga. And the main practice of Bhakti-yoga is

offenseless >chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord. > >Therefore, requesting

the kind blessings of guru, Krsna, and the >devotees, I have undertaken a very

solemn vow to chant at least twenty >million (20,000,000) Holy Names of the

Lord-starting on September 11, >2002, and finishing on March 10, 2003-with the

intention of producing >peace in the world. > >Bhakti at chanting camp in

Kauai, 2001Last year I took six months off >and camped in the woods on the

south shore of Kauai. I spent most of my >time chanting the Hare Krsna

maha-mantra, studying the scriptures and >writing. This was such a wonderful

experience that I have decided to >repeat it this year-with the addition of

making a formal vow to perform >a specific sadhana: chanting twenty million

Holy Names for peace. > >I calculate that I can complete this vow in six months

by chanting 64 >rounds a day: > >* 16 Names = 1 Mantra > >* 108 Mantras = 1

Round > >* 16 Rounds = 27,648 Names > >* 64 Rounds = 110,592 Names > >*

1,000,000 Names / 64 Rounds = 9 Days > >* 20,000,000 Names / 64 Rounds = 180

Days > >* September 11, 2002 + 180 days = March 10, 2003 > >This is actually

not such a difficult vow; chanting 64 rounds requires >about 8 hours of

concentrated chanting to complete. But in our fallen >state, Western

bhakti-yogis find it difficult to chant even the minimum >recommended 16

rounds. So another purpose of this vow is to encourage my >friends to increase

their chanting. > > >Get involved > > >If you like this idea, that's great. I

really appreciate your moral >support and blessings. I'm depending totally on

Krsna, so I don't really >need anyone else's help to accomplish my purpose. But

if you want to >help, here's how you can get involved: > > >Make your own vow >

> >Bhakti-yogis are recommended to chant at least 16 rounds of the >maha-mantra

daily. This takes about two hours. Make your own vow to >chant 16, 8, 4 or even

2 rounds a day, first thing in the morning, and >join in my vow to chant for

peace. See what a difference this practice >makes in your life and in the

world! > > >Make a donation > > >I am a penniless renunciant. I have no income

beyond what people donate >through sales of my spiritual books and CDs. You can

support this >program by purchasing books or CDs from the I Love Yoga > website,

or making a cash donation from >this special web page. I >will report in future

mailings exactly how much I receive, and what I >spend it on. > > >Host me > >

>Bhaktisiddhartha DasanudasIf you live in the Hawaiian Islands, you can >host

me for a specific period of time. I require only a secluded place >to pitch my

tent, and access to water. If you wish to supply food, >that's nice too. I'll

be happy to share my insights into spiritual life, >and help out with kirtan

and bhajan. But most of the time I'll be >chanting, so I will need my privacy.

If that sounds cool, email >