It can be done if one repeats the Name fifteen or twenty thousand times each day

Nama Article 26^th May 2015

Source: Teachings of The Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

A disciple had written "I cannot calm my mind and concentrate" and so on. Mother became agitated at these words and said, "It can be done if one repeats the Name fifteen or twenty thousand times each day. I have seen it actually happen. Let him do that first and talk afterwards if it fails. One must put one's mind to it. But no one will do that. They only complain 'Why does nothing come of it?'"

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

When I remember Your Name Dina-bandhu (the friend of the fallen) I become encouraged

Nama Article 24^th May 2015

Source: Shri Padyavali - Sri Jagannatha Sena

दीनबन्धुरिति नाम ते स्मरन्

यादवेन्द्र पतितोऽहमुत्सहे ।

भक्तवत्सलतया त्वयि श्रुते

मामकं हृदयमाशु कम्पते ॥

O Lord Yadavendra, I am fallen. When I remember Your Name Dina-bandhu (the friend of the fallen) I become encouraged, and when I hear that You love Your devotees my heart trembles.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Do not give up Japa even if the mind is unwilling and unsteady. You must go on with the repetition.

Nama Article 22nd May 2015

Source: Teachings of The Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

Do not give up Japa even if the mind is unwilling and unsteady. You must go on with the repetition. And you will find that the mind is getting gradually steadier-like a flame in a windless corner. Any movement in the air disturbs the steady burning of the flame; even so the presence of any thought or desire makes the mind unsteady.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

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O Lord, just as a miser continually collects, counts and remembers his money, in the same way let us continually collect, count, and remember Your holy names

Nama Article 23rd May 2015

Source: Shri Padyavali - Sri Bhavananda

विचेयानि विचार्याणि

विचिन्त्यानि पुनः पुनः ।

कृपणस्य धनानीव

त्वन्नामानि भवन्तु नः ॥

O Lord, just as a miser continually collects, counts and remembers his money, in the same way let us continually collect, count, and remember Your holy names.

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

Develop divine love towards Him above anything else

As the lovers think of their beloved while eating, drinking or playing and as the misers think of their wealth, those who want to advance spiritually must think of the Lord in the same way. They must think of the Lord and Lord alone.

It is possible for everyone to see God.

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

Meditate God as a fish with out water leaves its life

It is not the count or time that matters. It is the intensity that matters.

So why not take to that alone and do it in an intense manner with complete faith, instead of confusing yourself with a multitude of practices?

Will the Lord appear to you at your sudden call? No. You must yearn for Him in your heart! It's enough If only you chant His name; At once your fetters will fall.

What We Think We Become

So, if one wants God, one's whole heart must be given to Him. The one sole objective of the devotee is to pray to Him, to take His Name and to dedicate his whole life to His service.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

The moment Your holy name is taken by the tongue it thoroughly shatters the tree of birth and death down to it’s roots

Nama Article 20^th May 2015

Source: Shri Padyavali - Sri Sridhara Swami

सदा सर्वत्रास्ते ननु विमलमाद्यं तव पदं

तथाप्येकं स्तोकं न हि भवतरोः पत्रमभिनत् ।

क्षणं जिह्वाग्रस्थं तव तु  भगवन्नाम निखिलं

समूलं सम्भारं कषति कतरत्सेव्यमनयोः ॥

O Lord, is Your impersonal spiritual effulgence not always present everywhere? Even so, it has not been able to break even a single small leaf from the tree of repeated birth and death. On the other hand, the moment Your holy name is taken by the tongue it thoroughly shatters the tree of birth and death down to it's roots. Of these two (the spiritual effulgence or the holy name), which should be served?

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

And when I think by remembering your Divine Names, Doth the karma that is so primal arise without Thee?

Nama Article 19^th May 2015

தாயுமானவர் பாடல்கள்

நினையும் நினைவும் நினையன்றி யில்லை நினைத்திடுங்கால்

வினையென் றொருமுதல் நின்னையல் லாது விளைவதுண்டோ

தனையுந் தெளிந்துன்னைச் சார்ந்தோர்க ளுள்ளச்செந் தாமரையாம்

மனையும்பொன் மன்றமும் நின்றாடுஞ் சோதி மணிவிளக்கே.

Songs of Thayumanavar

No thought I think That is not thought of Thee.

And when I think by remembering your Divine Names, Doth the karma that is so primal arise without Thee?

Oh! Thou, the Flame of the gem-set radiant lamp

That dances on the floor

Of the lotus of the heart

Of those who have realized their Self

And neared Thee

And dances in the golden arena, too!

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

Everything in one's life happens because of Prarabdha Karma. Keep Chanting the Divine Names of the Lord, which should be our sole goal.

Only the actions that are related to our body is bound by Prarabdham. There is no Prarabdham for mind. As a prudent person, it is only in our hands to control the mind.

If you think of God and attain the abode of God, there is no destiny.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

நாமத் தைக்கற் றுப்புகழ் கைக்குப் ...... புரிவாயே - after learning the significance of Your Divine names, You should kindly grant me the wisdom!

Nama Article 18th May 2015

அருணகிரிநாதர் அருளிய திருப்புகழ்

வானப் புக்குப் பற்றும ருத்துக் ...... கனல்மேவு

   மாயத் தெற்றிப் பொய்க்குடி லொக்கப் ...... பிறவாதே

ஞானச் சித்திச் சித்திர நித்தத் ...... தமிழாலுன்

   நாமத் தைக்கற் றுப்புகழ் கைக்குப் ...... புரிவாயே

கானக் கொச்சைச் சொற்குற விக்குக் ...... கடவோனே

   காதிக் கொற்றப் பொற்குல வெற்பைப் ...... பொரும்வேலா

தேனைத் தத்தச் சுற்றிய செச்சைத் ...... தொடையோனே

   தேவச் சொர்க்கச் சக்கிர வர்த்திப் ...... பெருமாளே.

A combination of cosmos, water, earth, desire, air and fire has built this mystic edifice called my body. I do not want to be born in this illusory dwelling.

To enable me to reach the pinnacle of Knowledge by praising You in beautiful and immortal Tamil language

after learning the significance of Your Divine names, You should kindly grant me the wisdom!

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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