{"id":21826,"date":"2015-11-23T10:36:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T09:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=21826"},"modified":"2015-11-23T10:36:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T09:36:03","slug":"watering-the-roots-of-bhakti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=21826","title":{"rendered":"Watering the Roots of Bhakti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-c2uTP5hdC5Q\/VlLc86LwIeI\/AAAAAAAAWyM\/r2nGGhEuisI\/s0\/2015-11-23_10-31-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/234261602&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Gra4zIVc430\/VlLdHT9my1I\/AAAAAAAAWyU\/7l7KO8OzuvE\/s0\/2015-11-23_10-32-12.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/><strong>By Bhayahari das<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> ISKCON of DC: This week we discuss a number of essential practices of bhakti yoga, including the care of the sacred plant, Tulsi devi. Srila Prabhupada: I am very glad to learn that Srimati Tulasi-devi has favored you so much.  If you actually grow this Tulasi plant, and I am sure you will do it, then you must know it for certain that your devotion for Krsna is testified.  I was very much anxious to introduce this worship of Tulasi plant  amongst our Society members, but it has not become successful till now, therefore, when I hear that you have got this opportunity, my pleasure does not have any bounds. Tulasi leaf is very, very dear to Visnu.  All Visnu-tattva Deities require profusely Tulasi leaves.  Lord Visnu likes garland of Tulasi leaves.  Tulasi leaves mixed with sandalwood pulp and placed on the lotus feet of the Lord is the topmost worship.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21828,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826\/revisions\/21828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}