Don't even look at one who just eats and sleeps without uttering the Name of the Lord

Nama Article - 11th April 2007

Excerpts from the discourse of Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

'Yoganidrãn … rahitãm. 'Dhik! Dhik! Dhik! yetã narãn'

Don't even look at one who just eats and sleeps without uttering the Name of the Lord. 'Dhik! Dhik! Yetã narãn.'

Bhagavãn has given you all the faculties. The Lord has blessed you with eyes, ears, mouth, hands, legs, etc. Should you not utter the Divine Name? Would you get the human birth again? Human birth is a great blessing, indeed! Is it easily attained? The python keeps swallowing the prey (say an ox or some other animal). It takes two or three days to swallow the prey completely. If I am of 45 years of age now it means that Yama the python has swallowed 45 years of my lifetime. Just sometime is left. But I cannot get back the time gone by. I may think, 'well! I will do my japa, dhyana tomorrow.' But is my life assured for the morrow? So, every day, every hour, every moment is precious. Therefore, who is the wicked? Not the one who snatches away your property but 'Time'. The time lost cannot be gained back. Death awaits you. If you say that you would do japa, dhyana after death in the 'loka' that you might attain - well! You cannot do japa or dhyana there. Whichever place you attain - heaven or hell - you will have to undergo the enjoyment bestowed or the punishments meted out there. And, once they are undergone you will be pushed out. If you fail to make use of the freedom ('swatantra') here you will not be able to achieve the required goal. (Chant the Lord's Name).