Wednesday, April 8, 2009

How to pray to the Lord...

Verse 1.7.23: Arjuna is actually glorifying Krishna. In SB, the common thing we see is the prayers of the devotees of the Lord. So how to pray
- First, tell Him that we are fallen and sinful, but still u r letting me come before you and have your darshan
- Second, glorify the Lord, using the standard prayers of the Acharyas. We have to use the Acharya's prayers (Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Kunti Maharani, Arjuna etc.). From Canto 1 to Canto 10 we see so many wonderful prayers by His devotees. Eg: Brahma Samhita Prayers, Kunti's Prayers
(Bhaktivinoda thakur prays to be the dog of the Lord. What is the quality - Faithfulness. Kunti Maharani prays that again and again you give me troubles. Then I take shelter of your lotus feet strongly, so I will always be under your shelter)
- Third, we should ask the Lord to protect us against Maya, give us strength to overcome our temptations (Srila Prabhupada used to continuously pray to be protected from Maya, and that is why we see he was always unaffected by Maya)

So, here also we see Arjuna praying to the Supreme Lord by glorifying Him. But actually today we see that even in India, people have no interest in listening to this philosophy.

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