Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The object of congregational prayers and Bhajans is to develop broadness of vision.....It is the spirit of brotherhood that takes the aspirant nearer God

Nama Article 11th September 2008
 

Swami Papa Ramdas

 

The object of congregational prayers and Bhajans is to develop broadness of vision and expand the heart so that it may embrace all people as members of a common family. It is the spirit of brotherhood that takes the aspirant nearer God. So long as a human being is obsessed by egoism, thus making him feel that he is an individual separate from the world existence, he lives, as it were, in a mental prison shutting out the light, power, and joy of the Divine.

 

When devotees sing the Name and glories of God together or sit in a prayerful attitude and in meditation of the Supreme Being, they should transcend the physical limitations and rise to the divine ecstasy which dissolves all distinctions and grants them the knowledge of their identity with the Highest.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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