Thus we are able to comprehend to a certain extent that there is no difference between the Name of the Lord and the Lord. Don’t we?

Nama Article 18th June 2011

 

Source: http://www.namadwaar.org/answers/questions.html

 

"How do you say that there is no difference between the Lord and His Name?"

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

"On looking at or touching the Lord in the Temple a person deems it to be an idol only, made up of stone or metal. He also thinks that there is a real God different from this. But does the same thought arise while uttering the Name of the Lord?"

 

"Would one wonder if he is uttering the Name of the Lord in the Temple or the Name of a Conscious God? Thus we are able to comprehend to a certain extent that there is no difference between the Name of the Lord and the Lord. Don't we?"

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Feeling that these Forms alone will not suffice for redemption of the world He also became the Divine Names such as 'Hari!' 'Siva!' and is ever alive in these Names.

 

It is verily the Name of the Supreme One - the one who creates, sustains and rests it in Himself

 

Name and the Named are but one

 

God, Guru, Srimad Bhagavatam and God's Divine Name --- all are one and the same.

 

The Divine Name of the Lord ('Bhagavan Nãma') has the power to redeem one and all.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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