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    "url": "https://wavesofdevotion.com/2006/10/07/karttika-2006-japa-meditations-october-7-2006/",
    "datePublished": "2006-10-07",
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    "description": "Karttika 2006 Japa Meditations October 7, 2006 Govardhana Is Krishna there in His holy name even when chanted without devotion? Yes, but as a stranger. A stranger can stand before…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
    "publisher": "Waves of Devotion"
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# Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 7, 2006

**Karttika 2006 **

*Japa*

Meditations

October 7, 2006
Govardhana

Is Krishna there in His holy name even when chanted without devotion? Yes, but as a stranger. A stranger can stand before us, but not reveal themselves if  we have no love or relationship with them. Similarly, if we chant without

*bhakti*

, without relationship or love, Sri Krishna’s essence, the beauty of His person, His very heart will not be revealed even when standing directly before us in His name. Chanting, therefore, begins by giving our heart to the Supreme in His most accessible manifestation, Sri Guru. I chant searching for Srila Prabhupada, to gauge my surrender and pray for it to deepen so that the heart of the holy name is revealed.