There is no knowledge or vow, meditation or acquisition which is equal to Divine Name

Nama Article 2nd May 2009

 

Adipurana

 

There is no knowledge or vow, meditation or acquisition which is equal to Name.

 

Neither renunciation nor control of mind, nor any virtue or the goal thereof can stand comparison with the Name.

 

It is the Divine Name which brings the greatest solace and enables one to attain the highest stage of spirituality.

 

The Name is supreme Devotion and the highest understanding; it is the supreme joy and the highest consciousness.

 

The Name is the origin of a Jiva and his Lord; it is the highest object of worship and our supreme preceptor.

 

न नामसदृशं ज्ञानं न नामसदृशं व्रतम्।

न नामसदृशं ध्यानं न नामसदृशं फलम्।।

 

न नामसदृशस्त्यागो न नामसदृशः शमः।

न नामसदृशं पुण्यं न नामसदृशी गतिः।।

 

नामैव परमा मुक्तिर्नामैव परमा गतिः।

नामैव परमा शान्तिर्नामैव परमा स्थितिः।।

 

नामैव परमा भक्तिर्नामैव परमा मतिः।

नामैव परमा प्रीतिर्नामैव परमा स्मृतिः।।

 

नामैव कारणं जन्तोः नामैव प्रभुरेव च ।

नामैव परमाराध्यो नामैव परमो गुरुः ।

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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