If someone forgets the Beloved Lord, even for an instant, what sort of devotion is that?

Nama Article 22nd November 2013

 

Sri Guru Granth Sahib

 

जे वेला वखतु वीचारीऐ ता कितु वेला भगति होइ ॥
अनदिनु नामे रतिआ सचे सची सोइ ॥
इकु तिलु पिआरा विसरै भगति किनेही होइ ॥
मनु तनु सीतलु साच सिउ सासु न बिरथा कोइ ॥
मेरे मन हरि का नामु धिआइ ॥
साची भगति ता थीऐ जा हरि वसै मनि आइ ॥

Consider the time and the moment-when should we worship the Lord?

Night and day, one who is attuned to the Name of the True Lord is true.

If someone forgets the Beloved Lord, even for an instant, what sort of devotion is that?

One whose mind and body are cooled and soothed by the True Lord-no breath of his is wasted. ||

O my mind, meditate on the Name of the Lord.

True devotional worship is performed when the Lord comes to dwell in the mind. ||

 

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

If you want God alone, why do you accept the existence of anything else ?

 

As your heart beats as you sleep, dream or being awake let your tongue always Chant the Divine Names of Hari.

 

If you become that anxious on forgetting to chant the Divine Name even for a second, then you are blessed.

 

One should constantly repeat the names of God irrespective of any activity that he might be involved in

 

We should Chant and remember the Divine Name every breath we intake and we need not try to do anything else.

 

kalakshebo na kartavyah, kshenamaayuh kshane kshane, yamasya karuna naasti, kartavyam hari kirtanam.

 

Every moment of your life should be taken as His gift.  Be rest assured that every incident that happens is by His grace and happens for your well-being.

 

Guru Nanak felt that it would be improper to postpone Nama Smarana or remembering the Name of the Lord, even by a single breath

 

The thought that seize out one's mind for life long period would surely, strongly surface during the last breath

 

That unshakable faith in Rama Nama remained with him till his last breath.

 

The human body is a rare boon to embodied souls and that too is very transient (momentary, short-lived, temporary)

 

Your last breath should ensure that this is your last birth

 

The thought that seize out one's mind for life long period would surely, strongly surface during the last breath. Likewise we ourselves can have a test to determine whether it's possible to have an active remembrance of the lord when our soul departs the body.

 

This exercise should go on continually until doing japa has become as natural as breathing.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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