I am like fire: As fire does not ward off cold from those who are afar, but removes it from those who apporach, near, similarly I favour the devotees, not others.

Nama Article 8th May 2009

 

Srimad Bhagavad Gita (9:29)

 

The same am I to all beings; to Me there is none hateful or dear; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me and I am also in them.

 

I am like fire: As fire does not ward off cold from those who are afar, but removes it from those who apporach, near, similarly I favour the devotees, not others.

 

 

समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः |

ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ||

 

samoham sarva bhUtEShu na mE dvEShyOsti na priyaH|

yE bhajantitu mAm bhaktyA mayi tE tEShu cApyahaM||

 

Sri Swamiji's song on the glory of divine name:

 

"Annai meera sendra vazhi edhuvae

Arumai guruvum seppu mozhi idhuvae

Tarunam idhai neer nazhuva vidadir

Hariin madiyil ammarnthidalamae"

 

Today is Narasimha Jayanthi. Lord Narasimha has incarnated just to make the words of His devotee Prahlada true.

 

Prahlada, blessed by his Guru Sage Narada, has always chanted the divine name of the Lord and was blessed to be seated on the lap of the Lord.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

You have to eliminate the mind by any process or Sadhana. Sound arrests the restlessness of the mind. Ram Nam is the easiest Sadhana by which you feel the presence of God with you.

Nama Article 7th May 2009

 

Swami Papa Ramdas

 

Just as you require a ladder to go upstairs, so name and form are ladders or symbols for us. We cannot think of the Impersonal. Then how to reach It? Through name and form. Sound arrests the restlessness of the mind. Repetition of Ram Nam is only a means to an end. You have to eliminate the mind by any process or Sadhana.

 

Ramdas found repetition of the Name to be the easiest. Name does away with the veil of ignorance most effectively and you become one with the Self, on the disappearance of the ego. It is called Upasana.

 

You feel God's presence near you through some Sadhana. Ram Nam is the easiest Sadhana by which you feel the presence of God with you. Attunement of the mind with the Name will take you beyond the Name, and then the presence of God will be felt everywhere around you and in you, because He is all-pervading.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

When Nama Kirtan is performed in a place, the ‘Sannidhyam’ (divine presence) of the Lord is enhanced

Nama Article 6th May 2009

 

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

 

Why should devotees go to temples, if they chant the Maha Mantra at home itself ?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

To keep the temple as the real temple, Nama Kirtan has to be done there too. When Nama Kirtan is performed in a place, the 'Sannidhyam' (divine presence) of the Lord is enhanced.

 

When one chants at home, only his family and himself are benefited. If this is done in a temple, all the innumerous devotees who frequent the temple also get benefited.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

The spirit of Devotion cultivated by the recitation of His Name is the best form of virtue and this alone has been declared to be the paramount duty that should be practiced in this world.

Nama Article 5th May 2009

 

Srimad Bhagavatam (6:3:22):

  

The spirit of Devotion cultivated by the recitation of His Name is the best form of virtue and this alone has been declared to be the paramount duty that should be practiced in this world.

 

एतावानेव लोकेऽस्मिन्पुंसां धर्मः परः स्मृतः ।

भक्तियोगो भगवति तन्नामग्रहणादिभिः ॥

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

The more you think about the world, the more your heart is filled with dirt and filth. The more you bring Sri Krishna into your heart, the more it is filled with bliss and peace. Chant the Mahamantra with faith and devotion.

Nama Article 4th May 2009

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Life is always a mixture of good and bad, joy and sorrow.

 

See everything with an optimistic outlook. Times of sorrows are the best teachers. Instead of letting your mind lean towards the negative, take them to be the best learning opportunities in your life and utilize them.

 

The more you think about the world, the more your heart is filled with dirt and filth.

 

The more you bring Sri Krishna into your heart, the more it is filled with bliss and peace.

 

Try to shower your love on Sri Krishna. Surrender unto Him in your entirety and take all the happenings as His divine will. Continue to chant the Mahamantra with faith and devotion.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

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

Just chant the Mahamantra. That will indeed lead you to the true philosophy.

Nama Article 1st May 2009

 

Just chant the Mahamantra. That will indeed lead you to the true philosophy.

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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