The Name no doubt lies within the sphere of relativity of Maya, but a Maya leading to the sphere beyond Maya.

Nama Article 29th May 2014

 

The Name no doubt lies within the sphere of relativity of Maya, but a Maya leading to the sphere beyond Maya. To borrow a line from Sundaradasa, it is the Anjana (by pun the unguent of Maya) which reveals the Niranjana (The Absolute) - अंजन सो जो निरञ्जन सूझै   

 

अनादिनिधनं ब्रह्म शब्दतत्त्वं निरञ्जनम् ।

विवर्त्ततेऽर्थभावेन प्रक्रिया जगतो यतः ॥ (वाक्यपदीय, ब्रह्मकाण्ड,१)

 

Sabda (Divine Name) is Niranjana (non- attached), eternal. The whole world is running with the artha (meaning) of this sabda only. 

 

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

 

If you wish for eternal silence ('nishabda') of your mind, you have to produce a sound ('shabda') - and that sound is that of the Mahamantra.

 

If we are immersed in Divine Name it will lead to silence

 

The ego, the mind has to be made silent. Chanting works on ego and dissolves it into its source

 

Let us say that on the compound wall of our house some dirty posters have been pasted. What should we do to stop this? We should paste a poster reading, 'do not paste any poster on this wall.'

 

Sound and Space

 

The more intense our love for Him, our remembrance becomes automatically more and more continuous and unbroken, because it is our nature to remember that which we love most

 

Japa - Recalling thou name in silence, through the mind and the inner self

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Japa should be practised in such a way that from top to toe, The body may vibrate with the remembrance of the Name

Nama Article 28th May 2014

 

नख सिख सब सुमिरन कुरै ऐसा करिये जाप

 

Japa should be practised in such a way that from top to toe,

The body may vibrate with the remembrance of the Name

 

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

 

The Rãma Nãma that Yogi received from His Guru possessed Him. Day and night Yogi chanted the Rãma Nãma and everything around Him vibrated with the Rãma Nãma!

 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Ye Mortals, do not be terrified by the huge fire of sins blazing before you, it will be extinguished by the shower from the cloud-like Name of Govinda.

Nama Article 27th May 2014

 

Garuda Purana

 

पापानलस्य दीप्तस्य मा कुर्वन्तु भयं नराः।

गोविन्दनाममेघौघैर्नश्यते नीरविन्दुभिः।।

 

Ye Mortals, do not be terrified by the huge fire of sins blazing before you, it will be extinguished by the shower from the cloud-like Name of Govinda.

 

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

 

'Prarabda' shudders at the prospect of even approaching a 'jiva' who enjoys the Grace of the Guru.

 

When we encounter misery, instead of wailing, if we cry out the name of the Lord, irrespective of the condition and situation, He comes down to help us.

 

If you are good today, the future also will be good to you. SO CHANT NOW - தீதும், நன்றும், பிறர் தர வாரா

 

நலந்தீங்கிலும் உன்னை மறந்தறியேன் உன்னாமம்என் னாவில் மறந்தறியேன்

 

வினை விதைத்தவன் வினை அறுப்பான்,  நன்றிக்கு வித்தாகும் நல்லொழுக்கம் தீயொழுக்கம் என்றும் இடும்பை தரும்

 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Bhagawan Siva says, “I worship the One The highest abode of all divine attributes by Chanting the Divine Names"

Nama Article 25th May 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 5:17:18

 

भजे भजन्यारण-पाद-पङ्कजं भगस्य कृत्स्नस्य परं परायणम्

भक्तेष्व् अलं भावित-भूत-भावनं भवापहं त्वा भव-भावम् ईश्वरम्

 

Bhagawan Siva says, "I worship the One by Chanting the Divine Names,

• the One whose Lotus feet afford shelter to all,
• The highest abode of all divine attributes (ऐश्वर्यस्य समग्रस्य वीर्यस्य यशसः श्रियः । ज्ञानवैराग्ययोश्चैव षण्णां भग इतीरणा ॥ Universal Lordship and Omnipotence, piety of all kinds, entire glory, all wealth and splendour, omniscience and unattachment to everything)
• The Supreme
• The One who reveal before the devotees to the extent they worship you,
• The One who puts an end to their rebirth,
• The One who perpetuate the worldly existence in the case of those who are not devoted to you

 

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, worship you as one with yourselves The Lord Sri Hari Himself, The One soul of all embodied existences

Nama Article 24th April 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 4:31:17 & 18

 

यथा नभस्य् अभ्र-तमः-प्रकाशा भवन्ति भूपा न भवन्त्य् अनुक्रमात्

एवं परे ब्रह्मणि शक्तयस् त्व् अमू रजस् तमः सत्त्वम् इति प्रवाहः

 

तेन एकम् आत्मानम् अशेष-देहिनां कालं प्रधानं पुरुषं परेशम्

स्व-तेजसा ध्वस्त-गुण-प्रवाहम् आत्मैक-भावेन भजध्वम् अद्धा

 

O rulers of the globe! Just as the clouds, darkness, and light appear and disappear in the sky by turns so do the potencies of Brahman in the form of Rajas, Tamas and Sattva appear and disappear from the Absolute. So does the process of creation and dissolution continue uninterrupted.

 

So, by Chanting the Divine Names, worship you as one with yourselves The Lord Sri Hari Himself, The One soul of all embodied existences and who is Time (the efficient cause), the Unmanifest (the material cause) and the Supreme purusha (the doer) and who has by His energy (in the shape of Consciousness) cast out the material creation.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

To get rid of this bondage, worship Lord Sri Hari by Chanting His Divine Names with all your being

Nama Article 23rd May 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 4:29:79

 

अतस् तद् अपवादार्थं भज सर्वात्मना हरिम्

पश्यंस् तद्-आत्मकं विश्वं स्थित्य्-उत्पत्त्य्-अप्यया यतः

 

Therefore in order to get rid of this bondage, worship Lord Sri Hari by Chanting His Divine Names with all your being, looking on this universe asone with Him inasmuch as it proceeds from Him, stays in Him and is also dissolves in Him.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Chant the Divine Names and make the adorable feet of Lord Sri Hari your boat and cross the ocean of misery

Nama Article 22nd May 2014

Srimad Bhagavatham 4:22:40

कृच्छ्रो महान् इह भवार्णवम् अप्लवेशां

षड्-वर्ग-नक्रम् असुखेन तितीर्षन्ति

तत् त्वं हरेर् भगवतो भजनीयम् अङ्घ्रिं

कृत्वोडुपं व्यसनम् उत्तर दुस्तरार्णम्

 

Great agony is experienced in crossing the ocean of metempsychosis – which is infested with fierce crocodiles in the shape of five senses and the mind (Shadvargas - desire, anger, greed, temptation, pride and envy) by those who have not found their boat in God, inasmuch as they seek to reach the other end of it by painful means.

 

Therefore you Chant the Divine Names and make the adorable feet of Lord Sri Hari your boat and cross the ocean of misery, which is difficult to cross.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

अरणं भज वासुदेवम् - Resort as your sole refuge to the Lord Vasudeva by Chanting his Divine Names.

Nama Article 21st May 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 4:22:39

 

यत्-पाद-पङ्कज-पलाश-विलास-भक्त्या

कर्माशयं ग्रथितम् उद्ग्रथयन्ति सन्तः

तद्वन् न रिक्त-मतयो यतयो'पि रुद्ध-

स्रोतो-गणास् तम् अरणं भज वासुदेवम्

 

Resort as your sole refuge to the Lord Vasudeva by Chanting his Divine Names.

It is by fixing the thought on the splendor of the very toes of whose lotus-feet pious souls through Bhakthi cut asunder the knot of egotism formed by Karmas.

Even hermits who have emptied their mind (of all thoughts of the world) and having withdrawn their senses would not be able to do so with out that Bhakthi.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

The exalted souls worship You alone by Chanting your Divine Names, we know of no other purpose than the constant remembrance of Your feet

Nama Article 20th May 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 4:20:29

 

भजन्त्य् अथ त्वाम् अत एव साधवो

व्युदस्त-माया-गुण-विभ्रमोदयम्

भवत्-पदानुस्मरणाद् ऋते सतां

निमित्तम् अन्यद् भगवन् न विद्महे

 

It is therefore that the exalted souls worship You alone by Chanting your Divine Names, Who dispel the delusion caused in the mind of Your devotees by the modes of your Maya. As a matter of fact we know of no other purpose than the constant remembrance of Your feet in the life of noble souls, O Lord!

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

भजते शनकैस् तस्य मनो प्रसीदति - by Chanting my Divine Names one gradually gets purified

Nama Article 19th May 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 4:20:9

 

यः स्व-धर्मेण मां नित्यं निराशीः श्रद्धयान्वितः

भजते शनकैस् तस्य मनो राजन् प्रसीदति

 

The mind of the Man who daily worships Me by Chanting my Divine Names with reverence and performing one's own duty expecting nothing from me, is gradually purified.

 

भजते शनकैस् तस्य मनो प्रसीदति - by Chanting my Divine Names one gradually gets purified

 

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

This is not a matter that comes about either on its own or suddenly. That which arises suddenly might disappear just as suddenly.

Is chanting while doing work considered as meaningful chanting ? 

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

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

The name of God is more powerful than the senses. It will become all right in time if you practise regularly.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Chant the Divine Names and surrender at His feet which are the only one worth resorting

Nama Article 18th May 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 4:12:6

 

तद् गच्छ ध्रुव भद्रं ते भगवन्तम् अधोक्षजम्

सर्व-भूतात्म-भावेन सर्व-भूतात्म-विग्रहम्

भजस्व भजनीयाङ्घ्रिम् अभवाय भव-च्छिदम्

युक्तं विरहितं शक्त्या गुण-मय्यात्म-मायया

 

Therefore, God bless you, Dhruva, go and worship, by Chanting the Divine names and treating all living beings as your own self, for the sake of freedom from birth (and death) the Lord – who is above sense-perception and yet manifest in the form of all beings.

 

Chant the Divine Names and surrender at His feet which are the only one worth resorting to, who puts an end to birth (and death) and who, though united (for the purpose of creation etc) with His own energy known by the Maya and consisting of three Gunas (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas), is yet devoid of it.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Realise, my boys, the glory of uttering the Name of the Lord

Nama Article 17th May 2014

 

Srimad Bhagavatham 6:3:23 & 24

 

नामोच्चारण-माहात्म्यं हरेः पश्यत पुत्रकाः

अजामिलोऽपि येनैव मृत्यु-पाशाद् अमुच्यत

एतावतालम् अघ-निर्हरणाय पुंसां

सङ्कीर्तनं भगवतो गुण-कर्म-नाम्नाम्

विक्रुश्य पुत्रम् अघवान् यद् अजामिलोऽपि

नारायणेति म्रियमाण इयाय मुक्तिम्

 

Realise, my boys, the glory of uttering the Name of the Lord, by which alone (pronounced unintentionally once only) even (a vile sinner like) Ajamila was liberated from the noose of Death.

 

To celebrate duly the virtues and exploits of the Lord and to Chant His Name is just not meant for wiping out the sins of men (but would grant liberation). For even the sinful Ajamila attained liberation by simply calling his son as Narayanan at the pitch of his voice (and not with proper intonation) while on the verge of death.

 

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

 

What is the secret of success?

 

It is up to you to choose the most apt means of transport given your current load of luggage and various other factors

 

The spirit of Devotion cultivated by the recitation of His Name is the best form of virtue and this alone has been declared to be the paramount duty that should be practiced in this world.

 

Intelligent men resort to devotional service by chanting the Divine names of the Lord. Such persons are not within my jurisdiction for punishment.

 

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

 

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

 

Everything in our life is predetermined. All we have to do is to turn and fix our mind on Him!

 

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

 

God's grace always flows in abundance. It is upto you to be ready to receive it.

 

A Sadhaka should not concern himself with his body at all as all are pre-programmed and pre-determined by the will of the Lord

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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