Japa Affirmations: 20 Meditations to Deepen Your Chanting

by Mahatma Das

Japa Affirmations is the result my facilitating japa workshops and retreats worldwide for the past 15 years. I found that by taking the most important principles of the japa workshop and turning them into affirmations, devotees were immediately able to connect with the holy names on a deeper level of prayer, a deeper level of meaning, and on a level in which japa becomes more of a relationship than a process.The 20 affirmations in this book will put you in the optimal state of consciousness for good japa. By first entering the "chanter’s mood" before you begin your japa, the quality of your chanting automatically improves. Because chanting is not factually done by the lips, but by the heart, Japa Affirmations aims to connect you with the "heart" of japa.These affirmations are helping devotees overcome the wandering mind, distractions while chanting, boredom, lack of taste and other problems typically associated with bad japa. Devotees using this book are telling me that the affirmations are really helping them improve their japa.When you enter more deeply into your daily chanting you start to look forward to your morning japa, give it the priority it deserves, and reap the unique and amazing benefits that only good chanting can offer.Chanting is the essence of bhakti. We owe it to Krsna to improve our connection with him.

59 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 5, 2019

About the author

Mahatma Prabhu was born in Los Angeles, California in 1950. In 1969, at the age of 19, he first met Srila Prabhupada through The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and then later that year met Srila Prabhupada personally in Los Angeles. In January of 1970 he moved into the temple in Berkeley, California and shortly after received first and second initiation.

He went on to do a variety of services including book distribution, sankirtan leader, temple president, college preaching, congregational development, and various educational projects. This has culminated in the work he does today developing workshops, social media, online courses and books both for devotees as well as the general public through his company Sattva [www.thesattvaway.com]. He practically shows the many ways that Krishna consciousness offers solutions to today’s challenges and writes and teaches in a way that resonates with devotees and people in general by helping them see life as a spiritual practice

Mahatma Prabhu is well known in ISKCON for his recorded and live music, most notably his recording of Brahma Samhita, but also for his workshops on such essential topics as Japa, Forgiveness, Humility, Vows and Marriage.

He is now based in Alachua, Florida he lives with his wife Jahnava and daughter Syama Mandali, and travels around the world part of the year.

If you are interested in having him come to your center, or would like to help him in his service, you can contact him at mahat@aol.com

Reviews

[Anoop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommended!!

A really useful read for those who sincerely want to improve their quality of japa!
Thank you for producing this book.
Hare Krishna!!

[fer gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

ERA OTRO LIBRO DE MAHATMA DAS* “espiritual pero no religioso”

[Peter Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for japa warm up

Beautiful and amazing.

I read through it before japa to get into the right mood. I've met the author several times and he's 100% legit 🙂🙏

[Viktorija · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful, deep, calming book to improve your maha mantra meditation practice.