For them Lord Krishna has established what is called the Bhagavata Dharma. This is a path of perfect dedication and surrender to the will and power of the Divine

Nama Article 30^th June 2015

Swami Papa Ramdas 

Devotee: What is the ideal Grihastha-life that will lead to the final goal?

Papa: Before the advent of Sri Krishna there were in vogue four stages for the realisation of God: Brahmacharya, Garhasthya, Vanaprastha and, last of all, Sannyasa. Only after passing through the first three stages was a man deemed fit to attain liberation by renouncing the worldly life altogether. Of course, even during the Vanaprastha stage he goes to the forest, but he is not completely detached from the worldly life. Ultimately, he breaks all his ties binding him to worldly relations and possessions, and then reaches the final state of absolute renunciation called Sanyasa.

What about those who cannot renounce and who are made to live in the world till the last? For them Lord Krishna has established what is called the Bhagavata Dharma. This is a path of perfect dedication and surrender to the will and power of the Divine. To attain to this state, He has pointed out the path of Bhakti as the means. The ideal Grihastha-life, consists in living according to this Bhagavata Dharma of selfdedication, of complete surrender to the will of God. 

The life of the great Maharashtrian saint, Eknath Maharaj, was the ideal one of a householder according to the Bhagavata Dharma. He was a householder to the very last and had not to renounce the worldly life. He says in one of his teachings that the life of a Grihastha must be entirely dedicated to God. Dedication does not mean renunciation. As regards the so-called responsibility of looking after his family, he must only feel that he is doing everything as an agent of God. 

As Sri Ramakrishna has said, 'Give the power of attorney to God and live in the world feeling that you are merely a servant obeying His commands, that everything belongs to Him.' Serve people in the house in His name and then it is that we live the true Grihastha's life. The functions or duties of a Grihastha are described in the Upanishads as follows:

'First of all you must treat your parents as the very forms of God. Whenever Athithis, guests, come to you, you must treat them with all love and hospitality, looking upon them as God Himself. You must consider your Guru as God and worship Him.'

So Grihasthas must serve Sadhus and saints with all reverence. Whatever service they do, must be done in all humility, love and devotion. Living the Grihastha-life with this attitude, will lead to continuous remembrance of God and the ultimate realisation of Him.

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 Supreme Personality of Godhead, when someone desires to chant Your holy name, sins tremble in fear, the glory of material illusion faints unconscious

Nama Article 28^th June 2015

Source: Shri Padyavali  

वेपन्ते दुरितानि मोहमहिमा सम्मोहमालम्बते

सातङ्कं नखरजनीं कलयति श𸮰चित्रगुप्तः कृती ।

सानन्दं मधुपर्कसम्भृतिविधौ वेधाः करोत्युद्यमं

वक्तुं नाम्नि तवेश्वराभिलषिते ब्रूमः किमन्यत्परम् ॥

O Supreme Personality of Godhead, when someone desires to chant Your holy name, sins tremble in fear, the glory of material illusion faints unconscious, Yamaraja's scribe Citragupta becomes happy and gazes at the chanter's toenails with awe and reverence, and Lord Brahma prepares madhu-parka to worship him. O Lord, what more can we say than this?

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

By uttering His Name unconsciously even once, a man is undoubtedly liberated from all sins, which fly like wolves frightened by lion

Nama Article 26^th June 2015

Source: Sahasranama Bhashya by Adi Sankara

अवशेनापि यन्नाम्नि कीर्तिते सर्वपातकैः।

पुमान्विमुच्यते सद्यः सिंहत्रस्तैर्मृगैरिव।।

By uttering His Name unconsciously even once, a man is undoubtedly liberated from all sins, which fly like wolves frightened by lion.

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

Is chanting while doing work considered as meaningful chanting ? 

Nama Chanted unknowingly also wipes out all of one's sins

Don't stop chanting for any reason. The rest of the things will be taken care of automatically.

Therefore, just as we bathe, wear clothes, eat food, etc. whether our mind is involved in it or not, so too, should we do a certain amount of Năma japa, părayana, kirtana, vandanam every day

Mechanical chanting is the only starting point we can attempt. It matures to love by grace.

Mechanical chanting is the starting phase. It will soon graduate to mental chanting and soon this mental one-pointed chanting will lead to the source of the chant, which is the truth.

Those who chant the Mahamantra even once in this Kali Yuga are assured of 'Moksha' (liberation)

It is impossible for anyone to do continuous Dhyana, Yoga or Brahma-Vichara or to observe austerities like fasting or vigil. But the Name can be chanted continuously even if it is mechanical.

Nama Kirtan, whether done knowingly or unknowingly, certainly has to give its effect

Japa even once uttered has its own good effect, whether the individual is aware or not.

The same scriptures also state that one should follow the words of the Guru without any doubts or questions and act accordingly.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Repetition of the Ram-mantram, meditation on the attributes of God, and surrender of all your actions to the Lord, is the way

Nama Article 25^th June 2015

Swami Papa Ramdas

Repetition of the Ram-mantram, meditation on the attributes of God, and surrender of all your actions to the Lord, is the way.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare 

When one sits down for Japa, God’s Name will continue rising up from the mind naturally and not with effort

Nama Article 24^th June 2015

Source: Teachings of The Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

Why should not one have concentration and mediation if the mind is pure? Why should not one have God-vision? 

When one sits down for Japa, God's Name will continue rising up from the mind naturally and not with effort. 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Even in this sinful Kaliyuga, a worldly man, though guilty of all sins, becomes pure by meditating upon Govinda

Nama Article 22nd June 2015

कलावत्रापि दोषाढये विषयासक्तमानसः।

कृत्वापि सकलं पापं गोविन्दं संस्मरञ्शुचिः।।

Even in this sinful Kaliyuga, a worldly man, though guilty of all sins, becomes pure by meditating upon Govinda.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

If you don't call upon God — indeed many people never even remember Him — what does it matter to Him?

Nama Article 21st June 2015

Source: Teachings of The Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

"If you don't call upon God — indeed many people never even remember Him — what does it matter to Him? It is your own misfortune. Such is the Maya of God, He keeps them ignorant of Him saying, 'They are happy enough, let them be so!'"

"Whatever you yearn for, that you will get."

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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