Source: Pagal Harnath on the Divine Name
No foe whatever can put you to trouble in this invulnerable fort of Hari's Name.
He who resides in this fort can live ever happy and unconcerned.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: Pagal Harnath on the Divine Name
The result of austerities is something super natural, while that of Name is Prema.
Another superiority of Name is, that in practicing austerities many super natural powers come in, by which individuals are infatuated and becoming oblivious of their ownselves and of the life of lives and get intoxicated with pride.
But there is no such risk in Name, where with the acquisition of power, Prema develops and renders individuals humble and gentle.
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Only in the company of Sadhus is 'premai' experienced in one's heart.
That love, can sprout only by his grace. His grace descends when we chant the Mahamantra
Mechanical chanting is the only starting point we can attempt. It matures to love by grace.
What is there in this world that devotion to the Lord cannot do?
Repetition of Name will create Love. Hari will be yours when you attain Love
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
'Mamadai inri karunai manni' - Be affectionate towards all. No one and nothing should fear you. Leave alone an animal or a bird; even a man should not fear you. We find some persons always in 'piping hot' temper! We do not go near him at all. Just a look at him keeps us away! He need not even show his bad temper to us outwardly. What is the reason for this? The vibration that radiates from him. If we become 'shãntam' (quiet due to inner peace), calm/peaceful vibrations emanate from us. Then, even animals and birds do not dread us. This is seen in Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's life. When he performed Nãmasankirtan, even wild animals like lion and tiger joined him! Many such 'charitrãs' can be narrated.
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
I request to you please tell me your valuable advice for finding the peace in my life.
His very image filled with divine wisdom, power, love, joy and peace
The man of prayer will be at peace with himself, and with the whole world
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
The formal offerings to the Deity are of little worth, unless the mind be bent in devotion. How beautiful does Raidas express himself on this point!
Sant Raidas
राम मैं पूजा कहा चढ़ाऊँ । फल अरु फूल अनूप न पाऊँ ॥टेक॥
थन तर दूध जो बछरू जुठारी । पुहुप भँवर जल मीन बिगारी ॥१॥
मलयागिर बेधियो भुअंगा । विष अमृत दोउ एक संगा ॥२॥
मन ही पूजा मन ही धूप । मन ही सेऊँ सहज सरूप ॥३॥
पूजा अरचा न जानूँ तेरी । कह रैदास कवन गति मोरी ॥४॥
Sant Raidas by Swami Sivananda
What shall I offer Thee for worship, O Rama? - Fruits and flowers are rare, I find not.
The milk in the cow's udder is defiled by the calf tasting.
The 'Bhramara' hath contaminated the flower, and the fish the water.
The serpent entwines the sandal tree: - Poison and nectar are to be found side by side.
In the mind is the worship: In the mind, the incense: - In the mind I attend on Thy natural Form.
I know not Thy worship or oblation. - Says Raidas: What shall be my fate?
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Let the one who cannot do Bhakti go out to do tapas!
What is there in this world that devotion to the Lord cannot do?
That love, can sprout only by his grace. His grace descends when we chant the Mahamantra.
Reciting the Divine Names of Lord Hari, one can overcome the most formidable delusion of mind.
They are for those who don't believe in simple prayers.
Would it not amount to grave injustice if one shows a difficult path to the world?
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Sant Raidas
जीवत मुकंदे मरत मुकंदे।
ताके सेवक कउ सदा अनंदे।। टेक।।
मुकंद-मुकंद जपहु संसार। बिन मुकंद तनु होइ अउहार।
सोई मुकंदे मुकति का दाता। सोई मुकंदु हमरा पित माता।।१।।
मुकंद-मुकंदे हमारे प्रानं। जपि मुकंद मसतकि नीसानं।
सेव मुकंदे करै बैरागी। सोई मुकंद दुरबल धनु लाधी।।२।।
एक मुकंदु करै उपकारू। हमरा कहा करै संसारू।
मेटी जाति हूए दरबारि। तुही मुकंद जोग जुगतारि।।३।।
उपजिओ गिआनु हूआ परगास। करि किरपा लीने करि दास।
कहु रविदास अब त्रिसना चूकी। जपि मुकंद सेवा ताहू की।।४।।
Sant Raidas by Swami Sivananda
Raidas's faith in the power of prayer is infinite. It is by various names that he invokes his Lord. Rama, Govinda, Hari, Murari, Mukunda-whatever name he invokes, it is always the Nirguna or the attributeless Lord that is meant. He calls upon all and sundry to join with him repeating the Name of the Lord.
Repeat, ye people, the Name of Mukunda, of Mukunda. Without Mukunda the body wearieth. Mukunda is the giver of redemption; Mukunda is our father and mother. Living repeat the Name of Mukunda. Dying repeat the Name of Mukunda. His servant is ever in bliss.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Source: Madhuramurali November 1996
மனித சமுதாயம் உய்வதற்கு என்ன வழி ?
மஹாரண்யம் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ முரளீதர ஸ்வாமிஜி :
ஜாதி, மத, இன, வேறுபாடு பார்க்காமல் ஸர்வ ஜனங்களும் இறைவனின் நாமத்தை ஜபிப்பதே மனித ஸமூகம் உய்ய உள்ள ஒரே வழி.
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
Source: Madhuramurali July 1998
அவதார புருஷர்கள் ஸங்கல்ப மாத்திரத்திலேயே எதையும் ஸாதிக்க வல்லவர்கள். அவர்களுடைய அவதார கார்யத்தில் நம்மையும் பங்கு கொள்ளச் செய்வது என்பது, நமக்கு அந்த பாக்யத்தை அளிப்பதற்கே ஆகும்.
தந்தை, கடைத் தெருவிற்கு கிளம்பும் பொழுது அவருடன், அவருடைய சிறு குழந்தையும் கூட வர அடம் பிடிக்கும். தந்தை அவ்வாறு அழைத்துச் செல்லும் பொழுது, குழந்தையின் கையில் சிறு பையை கொடுத்துச் தூக்கிவரச் சொல்வார்.
அது போலவே தான் இதுவும்.
Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
The service that God has entrusted upon your shoulders is to lend them to me!
Take all effort to fulfill our Guru's 'lakshya' (aim) and desire. This is what I truly desire.
To have the opportunity to serve a Mahatma in some way is indeed the rarest of the rarest.
So if you keep chanting Mahamantra, actually the Guru reaches you!
Take the Name constantly. That is the best Seva.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Sant Raidas
प्रानी किआ मेरा किआ तेरा।
तैसे तरवर पंखि बसेरा।। टेक।।
जल की भीति पवन का थंभा। रकत बुंद का गारा।
हाड़ मास नाड़ी को पिंजरू। पंखी बसै बिचारा।।१।।
राखहु कंध उसारहु नीवां। साढ़े तीनि हाथ तेरी सीवां।।२।।
बंके बाल पाग सिर डेरी। इहु तनु होइगो भसम की ढेरी।।३।।
ऊचे मंदर सुंदर नारी। राम नाम बिनु बाजी हारी।।४।।
मेरी जाति कमीनी पांति कमीनी। ओछा जनमु हमारा।
तुम सरनागति राजा रामचंद। कहि रविदास चमारा।।५।।
Sant Raidas by Swami Sivananda
Time and again is Raidas moved by the falsehood and the transience of life as it appears to thoughtless people. "Why sleepeth?" he cries out passionately, "Wake thou, O mad man. This false life thou knoweth as true. "
High palace, hall and kitchens- - and then not one hour to live! This body is like a matted shutter made of grass: - When the grass has been burnt up, to dust it comes. Brother, kindred, family, and companions-all say: - "Take him out quickly! " The women of the house, who embraced thee in life, - run away crying, "Ghost! "
Says Raidas: Everyone is plundered in this world. - I have escaped saying only the Name of Rama.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
The devotion, which Raidasa calls upon people to offer to the Lord, is not of the ceremonial kind. Of its futility he seems to be too well aware. The devotion, which he asks the people to offer, must result in the effacement of the self.
Sant Raidas
भगति ऐसी सुनहु रे भाई। आई भगति तब गई बड़ाई।। टेक।।
कहा भयौ नाचैं अरु गायैं, कहौं भयौ तप कीन्हैं।
कहा भयौ जे चरन पखालै, जो परम तत नहीं चीन्हैं।।१।।
कहा भयौ जू मूँड मुंड़ायौ, बहु तीरथ ब्रत कीन्हैं।
स्वांमी दास भगत अरु सेवग, जो परंम तत नहीं चीन्हैं।।२।।
कहै रैदास तेरी भगति दूरि है, भाग बड़े सो पावै।
तजि अभिमांन मेटि आपा पर, पिपलक होइ चुणि खावै।।३।।
Translation by Swami Sivananda of the above song by Sant Raidas
Such is devotion, listen, O Brother: - When devotion is attained pride departs.
What avails the dancing and the singing? - What avails the performance of the penances? What avails the washing of the feet - If the essence is not recognised?
What avails the shaving of the head, - What the performance of pilgrimage and fasting? Master and slave, devotee and servant- - these relationships avail not, - - if the Great Essence is not recognised.
Says Raidas: Devotion to Thee is a distant object- - he who finds it is greatly fortunate.
Abandon the pride, and efface the self, - for thou art like an ant, and eateth the pickings.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Sant Raidas
अब कैसे छुटै नाम रट लागी ॥टेक॥
प्रभु जी तुम चंदन हम पानी। जाकी अंग-अंग बास समानी॥
प्रभु जी तुम घन बन हम मोरा। जैसे चितवत चंद चकोरा॥
प्रभु जी तुम दीपक हम बाती। जाकी जोति बरै दिन राती॥
प्रभु जी तुम मोती हम धागा। जैसे सोनहिं मिलत सोहागा।
प्रभु जी तुम स्वामी हम दासा। ऐसी भक्ति करै रैदासा॥
Translation by Swami Sivananda of the song by Sant Raidas
How can I forsake now the utterance of Thy Name?
Thou art, O Lord, as the sandal-wood, and I am like water: Thine odour permeates every particle of my body.
O Lord, Thou art like a dense forest, - while I am like a peacock. I fix my gaze on Thee, even as the Chakora - fixes its gaze on the moon.
O Lord, Thou art like a Lamp, and I am like a wick, - which burns out of its flame day and night. Thou art, O Lord, like a pearl, - and I am just a thread that strings it. We mix together as gold mixes with borax.
Thou art the Master, O Lord, I am Thy servant. Such is the devotion which Raidas offers Thee.
Swami Sivananda adds
Who cares, what one's caste or calling may be? He who prays unto Hari, is by Hari claimed as His own.
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
