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    "title": "Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – Novmber 2, 2006",
    "url": "https://wavesofdevotion.com/2006/11/02/karttika-2006-japa-meditations-novmber-2-2006/",
    "datePublished": "2006-11-02",
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    "description": "Karttika 2006 Japa Meditations November 2, 2006 Govardhana What is japa realization? It is awareness of our present spiritual potential and recognizing the obstacles that stop us from going beyond…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
    "publisher": "Waves of Devotion"
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# Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – Novmber 2, 2006

**Karttika 2006**

*Japa*

Meditations

November 2, 2006
Govardhana

What is

*japa*

realization? It is awareness of our present spiritual potential and recognizing the obstacles that stop us from  going beyond that. It is the shape that mercy takes to lead us forward.

Today the obstacle was clearly the selfish heart.  I think too much of myself and not enough of others. The shape of the mercy was compassion, my prayer for compassion, and the understanding of why Srila Prabhupada gave us a mission. Dedication to helping others weans us away from self absorption and helps open the heart for

*nama bhajan*

.