By practising like this from day to day, we shall be able to develop a nature in which there will be always peace, even when we are active in our daily routine. Remembrance of God in that state becomes the background to all external activity.

Nama Article 31st January 2012

 

Source: The Vision

 

Question: Can you help those of us who are caught in the whirlpool of work so much that we are not conscious of the presence of God?

 

Swami Papa Ramdas

 

We do not work the whole day long. There are some hours of leisure. Out of these hours, after spending some time for the necessities of life, outside the field of daily work, some period may be devoted exclusively for remembering God and getting the necessary communion and contact with Him.

 

By practising like this from day to day, we shall be able to develop a nature in which there will be always peace, even when we are active in our daily routine. Remembrance of God in that state becomes the background to all external activity.

 

Consciousness of God will then be always with us and we get the peace which passeth understanding. Otherwise we are caught in the whirlpool of work we are doing every day and lose ourselves in it so much so that we entirely forget God. We become only machines turning out a certain amount of work and exhausting ourselves. As a result the mind becomes restless, care-worn and unbalanced. So, during our leisure hours, we must devote some time to retire within ourselves and commune with the Divine by remembering Him through prayer and meditation. Gradually we feel so much joy in the work that we never feel fatigued. We now know that the work we are doing is a dedication to the Divine, because we become conscious that we are doing the work not by our will and power, but by the will and power of the Divine.

 

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

 

Catch hold of this divine Name and go on doing your work in the world.

 

Hanuman worked tirelessly for Rama. He also performed incessant Rama japa. We should also be like this.

 

Nothing we earn today would come with us to the final destination but only the Divine Name WILL

 

One should constantly repeat the names of God irrespective of any activity that he might be involved in

 

While you concentrate on your studies and prepare yourself for your future, you also need God's grace.

 

As long as you search for peace outside yourself, you will not attain it. To find the peace within you, please chant the Mahamantra always, thinking of Lord Krishna and surrendering to Him.

 

People perform actions for the sake of happiness; but they neither attain happiness nor succeed in ending their sorrow thereby

 

Lord Rama says, "Any accumulated wealth will dissolve in due time. Any position of power attained will come to an end. All the relations (children, wife) come to an end in death. There is nothing in this world that is permanent."

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Chanting the Divine names on occasions of joy and sorrow like marriages, festivals, death etc. make the ceremony complete and flawless.

Nama Article 30th January 2012

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Chanting the Divine names on occasions of joy and sorrow like marriages, festivals, death etc. make the ceremony complete and flawless.

 

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

 

The only atonement (Praayachitham) which alone is capable of nullifying all the errors completely

 

Sins of action, sins of the mind and sins of the tongue - are all eradicated........how?

 

The person who remembers The Lord is purified both externally and internally

 

The six reasons for the superiority of Namakirtan way for the salvation are as under:

 

Ritualistic sacrifices which has prescribed rules to follow do not match even the part of the benefit derived by Chanting the Divine names of the Lord

 

All rituals are corollaries of the these two basic rules – "Always remember Sri Krishna. Never forget him"

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Vibhishana who held faith He was Rama! Ravana who did not He was Yama!

Nama Article 29th January 2012

 

Source: http://namadwaar.org/guestbook/

 

Purandaradasa kirtan

 

Yamanelli kANanendhu hELabEda

YamanE Sri RAmanu sandhEgabEda (Yamanelli)

 

nambidha VibhishaNagE RAmanAdha!

nambadhiddha RAvaNagE yamanAdha! (Yamanelli)

 

nambidha ArjunagE mitranAdha!

nambadhiddha dhuryOdhanagE ChattruvAdha!

nambidha PrahlAdhanigE HariyAdha!

nambhadhiddha HiranyanagE uriyAdha! (Yamanelli)

 

nambidha UgrasEnagE bhrithyanAdha!

nambadhiddha KamsanigE mrythyuvAdha! (Yamanelli)

 

nambhi kOLLi bEga Sri KrishnadEvana!

Shanka ChakradhAri Sri Purnadara vittalana!

  

Translation:

 

Say not 'Where is Yama? He is not seen!'

Sri Rama is verily Yama! Have no doubt!!

 

To,

 

Vibhishana who held faith He was Rama!

Ravana who did not He was Yama!

 

Arjuna who held faith He was a friend!

DhuriyOdhana who did not He was enemy!

Prahlada who held faith He was Hari!

Hiranya(kashippu) who did not He was fire!

 

UgrasEna who held faith He was the servant!

Kamsa who did not He was verily the death!

 

Quick! Hold faith in Sri Krishna,

Purandara Vittala the holder of Conch and Wheel!

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

The only companion for our last journey is the Divine name.

Nama Article 27th January 2012

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

The only companion for our last journey is the Divine name.        

 

 

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

 

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

 

Hereafter, the Divine Name Rama is my only companion, nothing else.

 

Nothing we earn today would come with us to the final destination but only the Divine Name WILL

 

Lord Rama says, "Any accumulated wealth will dissolve in due time. Any position of power attained will come to an end. All the relations (children, wife) come to an end in death. There is nothing in this world that is permanent."

 

Death shows, never, any compassion, Be mindful and only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama

 

The God of Death has no compassion. One must always Chant the Divine name of the Lord Hari.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Real tolerance, real national integration and compassion can come about only through such Mahans who have attained Oneness with God.

Nama Article 26th January 2012

 

 

 

 

Happy Republic day

 

Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Who can be so compassionate? They (Mahans) come away leaving their wives, children and parents. They neither think of them nor do they worry about them. But, they take those who seek them as their family. They bear the burden of the families of their devotees. They worry over their problems and are concerned only about their welfare. They feel, 'it is not enough if I bless my devotee but should bless all those who help my devotee!' In Mahabharata, how did Krishna view each and every one? Any friend of Arjuna was his friend. Any enemy of Arjuna was his enemy. The deep love ('anbu'/'premai') that Krishna had for Arjuna was the reason behind this. It is this sort of love that Mahans have shown to all those who have sought them.

 

When these Mahans mingle with the devotees without any bias of Nationality, State, Caste, Religion or Language then we find that those who seek them, those who come to them also forget all about the country, the state, the caste, the language they belong. Therefore, real tolerance, real national integration and compassion can come about only through such Mahans who have attained Oneness with God.

 

The charitra of such Mahans are the proof for achieving national integration, tolerance and compassion. Moreover, from the lives of several Mahans we are able to understand their deep compassion. In these we find that they have gone beyond religion, caste, nationality, language, state and looking at Man only as Man, have blessed the people with the requisite 'arul' (Grace). Therefore, in the world when each and everyone attains such high state of spirituality there is no doubt whatsoever that National Integration, Compassion and Tolerance towards other faiths will come about.

 

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

 

Universal brotherhood will become reality only if we all understand that we are all Children of the same Paramathma – Almighty

 

Preamble of Namadwaar, Nama Dwaar - Purpose and Plan

 

By constantly chanting the divine Mahamantra and surrendering to the feet of Bhagavan, one can attain moksha by his grace. In this state, individual mind would be one with the Universal mind of the Lord.

 

Repetition of Name will create Love. Hari will be yours when you attain Love

 

That love, can sprout only by his grace. His grace descends when we chant the Mahamantra

 

Having compassion of the Lord as the foundation, the one which has no rules, the one which can eradicate the force of Kali, Namakirtanam is the only resort. I think again and again about this with in Myself

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

All that I know is simply to call out Your Divine Names and shed tears

Nama Article 23rd January 2012

 

Source: Vaishnava Samhita. Shri Brindavana Yatra. Vol II Book 4 Chp 13 Shloka 9 - 10

 

न वैराग्यं न मे ज्ञानं भक्तिनिष्ठा च मे न हे

नामानि कीर्तयन्नेवमुच्चैः क्रन्दामि केवलम्

त्वां विना न हे मे बन्धुः प्राणवल्लभ केशव

आगच्छ शीघ्रं गोविन्द प्रपन्नं किमुपेक्षसे

 

Na Vairaagyam Na Mae Gnyaanam Bhaktinishthaa Cha Mae Na He

Naamaani Keertayannevamucchaih Krandaami Kevalam

Tvaam Vinaa Na He Mae Bandhuh Praanavallabha Keshava

Aagaccha Sheeghram Govinda Prapannam Kimupekshase

 

I am not endowed with bhakti or gnana or vairagya. All that I know is simply to call out Your Divine Names and shed tears. Oh! Lord of my soul! Keshava! I have no kinsman other than You. Oh! Govinda! Please come soon. Why do You neglect me, who have taken shelter in You?

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our 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 

When the Guru gives you ‘upadesa’ of the Divine Name, He bestows His ‘tapas’ along with it.

Nama Article 22nd January 2012

 

 

Jan 13-22: "Traditional Treasures" - a unique tribute to our rich traditions by GOD India Trust  at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. Daily : 6:30-8:30 pm.

 

Don't miss the live webcast in http://namadwaar.org/home.php on all days.

 

Today Sri Swamiji's Kirtans "Madhura gitam" by Sri Pradeep Janakiraman and Sow Sangeetha Janakiraman

 

 

"When the Guru gives you 'upadesa' of the Divine Name, He bestows His 'tapas' along with it."

 

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

 

Mahamantra can be chanted anytime, anywhere and by anyone. However it gives multi-fold benefits if chanted after initiation from a Guru.

 

Sri Swamiji said "I have sown a particular seed in you. But you are interested in growing your own plant. Therefore the progress will not be as expected"

 

For the un-initiated, it is important to be initiated. However, you do not need to wait until you get initiated by a proper Guru

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Most compassionate Divine name makes one forget the poisonous worldly pleasures and bestows the nectar-like happiness in the feet of the Lord

Nama Article 21st January 2012

 

 

Jan 13-22: "Traditional Treasures" - a unique tribute to our rich traditions by GOD India Trust  at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. Daily : 6:30-8:30 pm.

 

Don't miss the live webcast in http://namadwaar.org/home.php on all days. Today lecture on Dwaraka and River Saraswathi by Sri D K Hari

Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

If one chants the Divine names desirous of attaining worldly pleasures, which are harmful to him and if the all knowing Name of the Lord fulfils his desire, how can we call the Name compassionate at all? Will a loving father ever give some food that his child cannot digest or is poisonous?

 

Instead, the most compassionate Divine name makes one forget the poisonous worldly pleasures and bestows the nectar-like happiness in the feet of the Lord. 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

The intention of continued chanting of the Divine names is to take one to the state of total selfless, unconditional LOVE

Nama Article 20th January 2012

 

Jan 13-22: "Traditional Treasures" - a unique tribute to our rich traditions by GOD India Trust  at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. Daily : 6:30-8:30 pm.

Don't miss the live webcast in http://namadwaar.org/home.php on all days.  Today lecture on Astrology by Smt Gayathri Devi Vasudev

 

Just as the dawn dispels the darkness and rids one of fear from thieves and ghosts, the chanting of the Divine Names also rids one of all sins and bestows liberation as soon as it is chanted.  But that is not the intention of chanting the Divine names.

 

Once the sun is up and shining in all its glory, it serves as the very base/support for all life and its sustenance. Similarly, the intention of continued chanting of the Divine names is to take one to the state of total selfless, unconditional LOVE.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Bhãgavatam has the capability to bestow the high state to the sentient and insentient things! The Lord's Divine Name can purify everything.

Nama Article 18th January 2012

 

Jan 13-22: "Traditional Treasures" - a unique tribute to our rich traditions by GOD India Trust  at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. Daily : 6:30-8:30 pm.

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Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

There once lived a devotee by name Poondãnam. He used to read the Bhãgavatam daily. The Bhãgavatam contains details of the Vaikunta. One day while reading this he deeply earned to see Vaikunta. 'Oh, Vaikunta is said to very beautiful. Wouldn't the Lord show me this beautiful Vaikunta?' As soon as the Bhakta yearned to see the Vaikunta, Bhagavan decided to fulfill his desire. Poondanam went into a trance and saw Vaikunta. There, in Vaikunta two beautiful looking persons prostrated to him. He wondered, 'I am new to Vaikunta but here some are prostrating to me?'

 

He asked them, "Who are you?"

 

The two replied, "Swami! It is through you that we have attained Vaikunta!"

Poondanam, "What? Have I helped you attain Vaikunta? I have come here only now. Please explain."

 

They explained, "You read the Bhagavatam daily. We are the two plantain trees in front of your home. (The sound of the Bhagavatam fell on us. And, we have attained this state!)"

 

Poondanam came out of the Samãdhi state and found the two plantain trees fallen down!

 

Bhãgavatam has the capability to bestow the high state to the sentient and insentient things! The Lord's Divine Name can purify everything. Due to Lord's grace one attains to a Sadguru and he begins to utter Bhagavan Nãma (Divine Name of the Lord) with 'prema' (love)!

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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