If I'm talking to someone who's explaining to me something extremely valuable, like last night, I stayed a little later at Prabhupāda's room with some godbrothers, and one of them was speaking about some history that was very interesting. At the same time, a thought came into my mind: I wonder how late it is. But I resisted looking at my watch, because if I just went like this, how long does that take? Approximately..

Audience : Half a second.

Half a second, my interlocutor would have then said, 'Oh, you have to go.' And it's that break of attention from listening to somebody that can suddenly change the relationship.

So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura mentions in his teachings on chanting The Holy Name of the Lord, the most important ingredient is giving attention. And there is a way at a certain point when we have become fascinated with the sound of The Holy Name, "mad-guṇa-śruti-mātreṇa mayi sarva-guhāśaye

mano-gatir avicchinnā yathā gaṅgāmbhaso ’mbudhau," Kapila Dev says (SB 3.29.11) the mind will be carried along, just like the Ganges is carried and carries everything with it. And it doesn't stop for anything or anybody. It just goes 'mano-gatir avicchinnā,' no stoppage.

But in the beginning, it takes a long time to stay the mind's tendencies to look at problems and try to solve them. And we do it even when we sleep. At least I do. I wake up like, 'Oh, what am I going to do about this or that?' But in the time of meditation on The Holy Name, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, "Find the ways and means to completely focus your mind." And he suggests various ways and gives the directive that, "Find the ways that work for you."

------------------------------------------------------------

To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/

------------------------------------------------------------

Add to your wisdom literature collection:

https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)

https://thefourquestionsbook.com/

------------------------------------------------------------

Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/

Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868

For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark

For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark

------------------------------------------------------------

#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose