Time has passed without Chanting the Divine Names of God

Nama Article 4th August 2014

 

Sant Kabir

 

बीत गये दिन भजन बिना रे।

भजन बिना रे  भजन बिना रे॥

 

बाल अवस्था खेल गवांयो।

जब यौवन तब मान घना रे॥

लाहे कारण मूल गवाँयो।

अजहुं न गयी मन की तृष्णा रे॥

कहत कबीर सुनो भ साधो।

पार उतर गये संत जना रे॥

 

Time has passed without Chanting the Divine Names of God

Time has passed without Chanting the Divine Names of God

Childhood was spent in playing

As a youth, ego became strong

Due to desires, forgot the Source

Still mind's thirst has not gone

Kabir says, listen fellow seeker

Saints all have already reached the shore by Chanting the Divine Names of God

 

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

 

If you want God alone, why do you accept the existence of anything else ?

 

If someone forgets the Beloved Lord, even for an instant, what sort of devotion is that?

 

As your heart beats as you sleep, dream or being awake let your tongue always Chant the Divine Names of Hari.

 

If you become that anxious on forgetting to chant the Divine Name even for a second, then you are blessed.

 

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

 

We should Chant and remember the Divine Name every breath we intake and we need not try to do anything else.

 

kalakshebo na kartavyah, kshenamaayuh kshane kshane, yamasya karuna naasti, kartavyam hari kirtanam.

 

Every moment of your life should be taken as His gift.  Be rest assured that every incident that happens is by His grace and happens for your well-being.

 

Guru Nanak felt that it would be improper to postpone Nama Smarana or remembering the Name of the Lord, even by a single breath

 

The thought that seize out one's mind for life long period would surely, strongly surface during the last breath

 

That unshakable faith in Rama Nama remained with him till his last breath.

 

The human body is a rare boon to embodied souls and that too is very transient (momentary, short-lived, temporary)

 

Your last breath should ensure that this is your last birth

 

The thought that seize out one's mind for life long period would surely, strongly surface during the last breath. Likewise we ourselves can have a test to determine whether it's possible to have an active remembrance of the lord when our soul departs the body.

 

This exercise should go on continually until doing japa has become as natural as breathing.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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