{"id":63325,"date":"2023-12-17T01:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T05:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=63325"},"modified":"2023-12-15T02:42:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T06:42:30","slug":"various-activities-related-to-the-arcana-are-very-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/various-activities-related-to-the-arcana-are-very-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Various Activities Related to the Arcana are Very Important"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Srila Prabhupada and Yamuna Devi Dasi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Samksepa-arcana-paddhati<\/span><\/h1>\n

The chanting of the holy names leads to total perfection, yet in one’s devotional life the various activities related to the arcana are very important.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the morning, after washing, the sadhaka should sit on an asana looking east. Touching the water in your patra-bench you invoke all the tirthas by chanting this mantra:<\/span><\/p>\n

gange ca yamune caiva<\/span><\/p>\n

godavari sarasvati<\/span><\/p>\n

narmade sindho kaveri<\/span><\/p>\n

jale ‘smin sannidhim kuru<\/span><\/p>\n

Sprinkling water on your head, then perform the acamana by chanting, om sri visnuh, om sri visnuh. Then you mark your body in twelve points with the gopicandana as you recite:<\/span><\/p>\n

lalate kesavam dhyayen<\/span><\/p>\n

narayanam athodare<\/span><\/p>\n

vaksah-sthale madhavam tu<\/span><\/p>\n

govindam kantha-kupake<\/span><\/p>\n

visnum ca daksine kuksau<\/span><\/p>\n

bahau ca madhusudanam<\/span><\/p>\n

trivikramam kandhare you<\/span><\/p>\n

vamanam vama-parsvake<\/span><\/p>\n

sridharam vama bahau tu<\/span><\/p>\n

hrsikesam ca kandhare<\/span><\/p>\n

prsthe tu padma-nabham ca<\/span><\/p>\n

katyam damodaram nyaset<\/span><\/p>\n

tat praksalana-toyam tu<\/span><\/p>\n

vasudevaya murdhani<\/span><\/p>\n

First do the guru-puja, meditating on your guru like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

pratah sriman-navadvipe<\/span><\/p>\n

dvi-netram dvi-bhujam gurum<\/span><\/p>\n

varabhaya-pradam santam<\/span><\/p>\n

smaret tan-nama-purvakam<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sits under a jeweled pavilion. On His right sits Nityananda Prabhu and on His left Gadadhara Pandita. Also standing on the right is Advaita Prabhu offering prayers with folded hands. Also standing on the left is Srivasa Pandita holding a parasol. Sri Gurudeva sits on an altar below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a section of the book \u201cBhajana Rahasya\u201d, by Bhaktivinode Thakura.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To buy the complete book, <\/span>click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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