Let us cling to His glorious Name with all love and faith, and let Him do what He pleases with us.

Nama Article 8th April  2015

Swami Papa Ramdas

Let us cling to His glorious Name with all love and faith, and let Him do what He pleases with us. Ours is to realise our immortality

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

When one is afflicted with sorrow, if he persists in prayers and not question the Lord as to why He is putting him into grief, when the difficult times pass, the Lord is pleased and rewards him with a special gift of His grace.

You should not only accept from the bottom of your heart the situation that the Lord keeps you in but also be grateful to Him for that because it is verily the Lord's blessing!

When there is true love, even adversities appear to be blessings

To forget God's Name is adversity; ever to think of His Name is prosperity.

At that stage you realise you do dhyana without any effort on your part, that dhyana is your real nature. Till then, effort is necessary

The common question that arises in everyone is 'What is essential to attain God – Grace or effort?'

In the other paths, you take some effort and then wait for God's grace. In Bhakti, you depend only on the grace of God and nothing else. That makes Bhakti an easier way to attain the end-state

To remain in the Holy Feet of the Guru as a 'nobody' (zero); to remain like a doll in his hand. This is the only effort that can be taken by us

Likewise, God takes hold of his devotee and removes all the hurdles in his/her way.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Lord Vishnu’s holy name grants devotion for the lotus feet of the spiritual master

Nama Article 7th April  2015

Lord Vishnu's holy name grants devotion for the lotus feet of the spiritual master

Veda Vyasa

विष्णोर्नामैव पुंसाः शमलमपहरत्पुण्यमुत्पादयच्च

ब्रह्मादिस्थानभोगाद्विरतिमथ गुरोः श्रीपदद्वन्द्वभक्तिम् ।

तत्त्वज्ञानं च विष्णोरिह मृतिजननभ्रान्तिबीजं च दग्ध्वा

संपूर्णानन्दबोधे महति च पुरुषं स्थापयित्वा निवृत्तम् ॥

Lord Vishnu's holy name removes sin, establishes piety, makes one disinterested in the attempt to gain an exalted post like that of Lord Brahma, grants devotion for the lotus feet of the spiritual master, brings transcendental knowledge of Lord Vishnu, burns the seed of repeated birth and death, and places the saintly devotee in complete awareness of perfect transcendental bliss.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

O' mind, you do not recite the Divine Names, Where else is the refuge of support for us?

Nama Article 6th April  2015

அருணகிரிநாதர் அருளிச் செய்த கந்தர் அலங்காரம்

படிக்கின் றிலைபழ நித்திரு நாமம் படிப்பவர்தாள்

முடிக்கின் றிலைமுரு காவென் கிலைமுசி யாமலிட்டு

மிடிக்கின் றிலைபர மாநந்த மேற்கொள விம்மிவிம்மி

நடிக்கின் றிலைநெஞ்ச மேதஞ்ச மேது நமக்கினியே.

O' mind, you do not recite the Divine Names of ThirumurugapperumAn who abides in Pazhani;

You do not pay homage to the sacred feet of devotees, who recite the sacred names of the Lord of Pazhani;

You do not call upon the Supreme Being of the world 'MurugA';

You do not become a poor person merely by giving food to those who ask for alms so that they will not become weak because of hunger;

You do not sob and dance in ecstasy to be blessed with eternal bliss.

Where else is the refuge of support for us?

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

कृष्णश् चैतन्यरसविग्रहः - Name of Krishna and Krishna Himself are identical

Nama Article 4h April  2015

Padma Purana - Veda Vyasa

नाम चिन्तामणिः कृष्णश्

चैतन्यरसविग्रहः ।

पूर्णः शुद्धो नित्यमुक्तो

ऽभिन्नत्वान्नामनामिनोः ॥

The holy name of Krishna is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Krishna Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Krishna's name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Krishna Himself. Since Krishna's name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with maya. Krishna's name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of Krishna and Krishna Himself are identical

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.

If you Chant God's Name, meditation of His form is automatically achieved. And if you meditate on His form, Chanting His Names automatically happens.

So the Lord's form is attained only by the deserving but his Name is attained even by the undeserving.

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 Năma') has the power to redeem one and all.

God's Name is superior than God's form

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?

Each Name has a form. Each Form has a name

Manusmriti stressing that the Word is the origin of all Forms

Hence mantras are not only mere combination of words or descriptions of God but they are God themselves.

All these forms of worship are rendered futile unless accompanied by the 'sound' aspect in the form of Mantras. If we were to worship the Supreme Brahman in the form of sound chanting the Divine Names of Lord alone is enough.

So that the utterance of a group of letters, which is the mantra, produces, by the process of permutation and combination of these letters, a new form of energy which gets infused into our system

The omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient Lord understands his worship and out of sheer mercy makes the 'jeeva' realize Him through the idol.

But there is no period of beginning for the Divine Names of "Rama" and "Krishna" and they will never ever disappear.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

They will not drown in the great uncrossable sea-of-birth-death-and-rebirth; if only they recite the Divine Name of ThirumurugapperumAn

Nama Article 3rd April  2015

அருணகிரிநாதர் அருளிச் செய்த கந்தர் அலங்காரம்

முடியாப் பிறவிக் கடலிற் புகார்முழு துங்கெடுக்கு

மிடியாற் படியில் விதனப் படார்வெற்றி வேற்பெருமாள்

அடியார்க்கு நல்ல பெருமாள் அவுணர் குலமடங்கப்

பொடியாக் கியபெரு மாள்திரு நாமம் புகல்பவரே.

Arunagirinathar's Kandar Alangaram

They will not drown in the great uncrossable sea-of-birth-death-and-rebirth; nor will they suffer in this world from the debilitating disease of poverty, if only they recite the Divine Name of ThirumurugapperumAn of victorious lance; He is the Lord, who confers beneficial goodness on those who worship Him, and He is the Lord who annihilated the clan of demons to dust.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Repeating His name will make your mind steadfast like the flame of a lamp protected from wind.

Nama Article 2nd April  2015

Source: Gospel of Holy Mother Sarada Devi

KOALPARA 4th June 1919

Disciple: Mother, shall I keep count while I do Japa?

Mother: If you count while you do Japa, your attention will be drawn to the counting. Do Japa without counting.

Disciple: Why doesn't my mind get absorbed while doing Japa?

Mother: You will succeed through practice. Don't give up your practice of Japa, even if your mind doesn't become steady. Do your spiritual practice ardently. Repeating His name will make your mind steadfast like the flame of a lamp protected from wind. Wind makes a flame unsteady. Similarly, desires prevent the mind from becoming concentrated.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

If our loved one is dying and we desire any good to him there is nothing better than uttering the Name of the Lord. Nothing else can do any good

Nama Article 1^st April  2015

Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji on 17th November, 2002

In Tamizh there is a lyric that says, 'At the time of death all my relatives and friends will be around me. Even I may feel bound by all my relatives and worry over their welfare after my death. But, if I think of Tirumal at the time of death I will certainly attain Vaikunta (the abode of Lord Vishnu).' If we desire to do any good, any favour to the dying at home we should sit near him and chant,

"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare!"

Even if the dying are unable to utter the Nãma their mind would be in it. The Name of the Lord would fall in their ears. Is that not so? The dying would hear the Name of the Lord and reach Tirumãl's Lotus Feet. Chanting the Name of the Lord is only highest 'upakãra' (help) 'nanmai' (good) that we can render to the dying. Hearing Rama Nãma (the Name Rama) bestows the highest position ('gati'). If our loved one is dying and we desire any good to him there is nothing better than uttering the Name of the Lord. Nothing else can do any good.

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

ப்ராணாவஸ்தையில் இருக்கிறவர்களிடம் பக்கத்தில் உட்கார்ந்துகொண்டு 'சிவ சிவ சிவ சிவ'என்றோ 'ராம ராம ராம ராம'என்றோ உரக்கச் சொல்ல வேண்டும். உரக்கச் சொல்லவேண்டியது அவசியம்.

The best way to help a person attain salvation on his death bed is to Chant the Mahamantra loudly in his ears.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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