Best way to fight Maya

Dear Gurudev and Devotees,

Nityananda ! Gauranga ! Hare Krishna !

Jai Gurudev ! Jai Guru Prampara !

Recently while seeing one of Swamiji's video I realized one of the best ways to fight maya. He said that one his guru's guru i.e Bhaktisiddhanth Saraswati Thakur had a few people coming to him with the problem of lack of concentration during chanting. They were advised that the best way to control the mind is to continuously hit it with a broom till it does not shut up. This broom is chanting. The more we chant Nityananda, Gauranga andthe Hare Krishna mahamantra the more we are hitting the mind with the broom to control it. Usually it is not easy to chant throughout the day for beginners like me thus after finishing our minimum rounds in the morning we should do kriya which is equally as strong as chanting. In Kriyas we say Ni while inhaling and taai while exhaling thus completing the chanting of the word Nitaai. Similarly while inhaling we should say Gau and exhaling we should say ra thus completing the chanting of the word Gaura. Thus in two cycles of our breadths we complete chanting of Nitaai and Gaura. This along withour chanting in the morning is a very powerful way to control the mind from the attack of Maya.

Servant of Gurudev and Devotees,
Mihir.

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