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    "title": "Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 14, 2006",
    "url": "https://wavesofdevotion.com/2006/10/14/karttika-2006-japa-meditations-october-14-2006/",
    "datePublished": "2006-10-14",
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    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Karttika 2006 Japa Meditations October 14, 2006 Govardhana Ocean Chanting Drowning—water everywhere, nothing else. Ocean chanting, the holy name everywhere, nothing else. I pray to drown in the ocean of…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
    "publisher": "Waves of Devotion"
}
```

# Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 14, 2006

**Karttika 2006**

*Japa*

Meditations

October 14, 2006
Govardhana

*Ocean Chanting*

Drowning—water everywhere, nothing else. Ocean chanting, the holy name everywhere, nothing else. I pray to drown in the ocean of

*nama kirtan*

. It takes concentration and mercy. My prayers finally reach Sri Caitanya. I think of Srivas Angan and  the nocturnal

*kirtans*

. I imagine my

*japa*

as the name in that

*kirtan*

. I listen attentively and imagine I am drowning, the holy name everywhere, nothing else.