Taking darshan and Prayers to the Lord....

Verse 1.11.6 (Yugal Kishore Pr):
* The residents of Dvaraka are now praising the Lord. They are telling that all the demigods, Brahma are worshipping you Krishna.
* In Vedas, they glorify You, eternally singing His glories.
* Actually, prayer is a very very powerful substance. We go to temple so that Krishna can see us. We go to temple for purification. Once we go there, we realize who we are.
- first say, how fallen we are
- second, thank you Krishna, despite being fallen, still You gave me Your mercy
- third, glorify Krishna and then ask for some boon in the form for unmotivated uninterrupted service, taste for the holy name, different spiritual benedictions we ask then we make a lot of progress.
* If we do not compose our own prayers, then we should recite the Acharya's prayers.
* Most beautiful form of Krishna's body is face, and in that smile is most beautiful. If we meditate on Krishna's eyebrows, then lust is gone. Genuinely pray like the residents of Dvaraka are praying.
* SB explains that if we take darshan this way, we get rid of lust, then the other things also go away.
* There are 3 types of prayers
- asking for perfection, can be done only by pure devotees
- explaining our pitiable condition and praying for the mercy and service of the Lord
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* Hare Krishna Maha mantra is the best prayer for chanting, also chant Siksastakam prayers everyday. Because it has from the conditioned stage to the liberated stage.
* Bhaktivinoda thakur and Narottama das prayers, we have to read.