What prayers?

[peter 0]

As a former Christian, we had certain prayers that were pretty much memorized. Others we just made up when we "prayed".

 

In this KC movement, where do I find prayers to say, perhaps one for morning, another for night.

[jagatpurush 0]

this is a prayer recited in the morning.

 

Sri Siksastakam

 

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the most recent incarnation of Krsna. He appeared 500 years ago in Bengal and in the form of Krsna's devotee in the mood of Srimati Radharani. He left only 8 slokas (verses) of his instructions in writing, and they describe the glories of the Holy Names of the Lord and the mood one must have to chant and to be a devotee.

 

 

 

cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha--davagni-nirvapanam

shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam

anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritaswadanam

sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam

 

Glory to the Sri-Krsna-Sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.

 

namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-shaktis

tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah

etadrishi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi

durdaivam idrisham ihajani nanuragaha

 

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krsna and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.

 

trinad api sunichena

taror api sahishnuna

amanina manadena

kirtaniyah sada harih

 

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

 

na dhanam na janam na sundarim

kavitam va jagad-isha kamaye

mama janmani janmanishvare

bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki twayi

 

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.

 

ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram

patitam mam vishame bhavambudhau

kripaya tava .-pankaja-

sthita-dhuli-sadrisham vichintaya

 

O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krsna), I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

 

nayanam galad-ashru-dharaya

vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira

pulakair nichitam vapuh kada

tava nama-grahane bhavishyati

 

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

 

yugayitam nimeshena

chakshusha pravrishayitam

shunyayitam jagat sarvam

govinda-virahena me

 

O Govinda! Feeling Your separations I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

 

ashlishya va .-ratam pinashtu mam

adarshanan marma-hatam karotu va

yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato

mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

 

I know no one but Krsna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.

 

All Glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!

 

After the Siksastakam prayer is Guru-puja. This is worship at the lotus feet of the spiritual master. The spiritual master of the Hare Krsna movement is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Without his selfless love for us, we would have never known the science of Krsna consciousness.

[mark 0]

Haribol

 

Is it ok to say the English version of the prayer, as I am struggling with sanskrit pronounciation ?

 

Mark

[imported_yasodanandana 0]

the practice of Krsna consciousness is entirely contained in the mahamantra

 

hare krishna

hare krishna

krishna krishna

hare hare

 

hare rama

harerama

rama rama

hare hare

 

if we execute well the recitation of mahamantra everything else become less essential...

 

so there's no problem in reciting translated prayers, in this way we'll remember the concepts and philosophy, thing that is most important

 

but such prayers,bing composed by the lord or pure saints, in sacred languages, with inside the lord's names are also mantras, spiritual vibrations who connect us directly with the absolute, sri krsna bhagavan..

 

so, if you want, not feeling forced, you can also recite sanskrit...

 

any decision you take, if you chant hare krsna on regular daily basis, is nice and safe

[jagatpurush 0]

Krishna is known as bhava-grahi (mood-accepting) Janardana. He accepts the mood of worship and not the vehicle of worship (eg language). So yes, Krishna will see your sincerity, not your Sanskrit scholarship.

[Guest guest]

yes Krishna speaks all languages!

any prayers you liek in english are fine - but Maha Mantra is best 'prayer' of all!