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    "title": "Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 13, 2006",
    "url": "https://wavesofdevotion.com/2006/10/13/karttika-2006-japa-meditations-october-13-2006/",
    "datePublished": "2006-10-13",
    "dateModified": "2006-10-13",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Karttika 2006 Japa Meditations October 13, 2006 Govardhana I want entrance - absorption - into the holy name. What is that door that leads to such immersion? It is attraction…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
    "publisher": "Waves of Devotion"
}
```

# Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 13, 2006

**Karttika 2006**

*Japa*

Meditations

October 13, 2006
Govardhana

I want entrance - absorption -  into the holy name. What is that door that leads to such immersion? It is attraction to Sri Krishna. I thus search for my taste -  the particular manifestation of the Lord that today will somehow evoke my natural love and open my heart to Sri Nama. I begin my

*japa*

. I pray to Sri Guru and the Vaisnavas and, gradually, in my chanting progressively reach the lotus feet of Sri Rupa Gosvami. I think of his

*samadhi*

at Radha Damodara, his

*bhajan kutir*

at Ter Kadamba, I sing his song (

*sri rupa manjari pada*

) and meditate on the special mercy he received from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The heart opens. A slight taste comes. I gain entrance – absorption - into the holy name knowing it is only mercy.