Sound Bhakti

Tamarind trees, they can grow to a very large size and live for a long time. And this Imlitala tree has been here since the time of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who used to come here from Akrūra-ghāt, and he would sit and chant his japa. So nice to know that the founder of the Gauḍīya Sampradāya chants japa. It's a good indication of what's important because he would sit here from early morning time until the late morning, early afternoon, chanting japa under the Imlitala tree. So, you can keep that idea in your mind when you chant japa. Because " tvayy ambujākṣākhila-sattva-dhāmni samādhinā veśita-cetasaiketvat-pāda-potena mahat-kṛtena kurvanti govatsa-padaṁ bhavābdhim (10.2.30)", the demigods praying to Lord Krishna within the womb say we should develop a samadhi on Kṛṣṇa. Why? Because He's the source of everything. And if you give your attention to Kṛṣṇa, "ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṁ su-labhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ (BG 8.14)", Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā, it is a very easy,