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    "description": "Karttika 2006 Japa Meditations October 15, 2006 Radha-Kunda Attended Maha Nidhi Swami’s class on bhajan rahasya-two questions and a side point: Question: How is japa also seva? Maharaja: Seva means…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
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# Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 15, 2006

**Karttika 2006**

*Japa*

Meditations

 October 15, 2006
Radha-Kunda

Attended Maha Nidhi Swami’s class on

*bhajan rahasya*

-two questions and a side point:

 Question: How is

*japa*

also

*seva*

?
Maharaja: Seva means to please the object of love. Krishna is most pleased by

*prema*

(love). The more

*prema*

in the name the more

*seva*

in the

*japa*

.

 Question: Which chanting is best, loud

*japa*

or silent

*japa*

?
Maharaja: That

*japa*

that gurudeva teaches us, for gurudeva knows best how to please Krishna.

 As I am leaving a devotee, a good young

*sadhaka*

, asks how is my health.

 “It’s good. Why do you ask?”

 “I was sick this morning,” he replied. “ I couldn’t chant, but I had a realization. Better I develop faith in the holy name now. How will I develop it later when I am old and health becomes a problem?”

 His realization struck me. “Thank you,” I replied. “It’s something I needed to hear.”