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Question: I am an aspiring devotee. What is the best way to prevent the mind from thinking of the past and the future when chanting the holy names.

Jayapataka Swami: You seem to be an initiated devotee, but you are saying you are an aspiring devotee. I guess that is your humility. As far as chanting, we have to chant with full concentration. You have to hear the chanting. So you keep bringing the mind back to the...

Question: What is the significance of dantetrinadhori – holding a straw between the teeth?

Guru Maharaj: That is a sign of humility. To hold the straw in our teeth. That we are submitting ourselves very humbly to the lotus feet of the Lord. So, this holding of straw in the teeth, that way we are saying that we remain humble and surrendered. Hare Krishna!...
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