Japa Meditation: Immersion in the Holy Name

This book gathers much-needed examples of success in nama-bhajana, living examples of people who share their personal experiences of entering it with us. Their experiences are valuable not only because they can inspire faith in success, and not even because one can enrich one's sadhana by relying on them. After all, the path to a relationship with the Holy Name is unique for everyone. The experience, lovingly collected in this book, is important primarily because it can give a taste for the very attempts to establish these relationships and turn our japa from a heavy burden into an exciting game.

We came to Krishna consciousness for the living experience, the experience of spiritual bliss, and this experience primarily depends on our ability to establish a living relationship with the Holy Name. The Name is not a set of lifeless sounds, but Krishna Himself. How to turn the recitation of the mantra into a sacred service to the Name, nama-bhajana – this is what Dhanurdhara Swami's book "Japa Meditation" is about.

Dhanurdhara Swami generously shares with us his experience of an exciting game with the name of Krishna and persistently invites us to follow him in our attempts to find Krishna in sound. And anyone who reads this book will not be able to resist following his example and the example of other Vaishnavas whose experiences are collected here. And what more do we need?