Guru and Namakirtan: October 2015

Thursday, October 8, 2015

O Lord whose Name carries across the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Lord with virtuous conduct!

Nama Article 8^th October 2015

Saint Thyagaraja

sujana jIvana rAma suguNa bhUshaNa rAma

bhujaga bhUshaN(A)rcita budha jan(A)van(A)tmaja

vandita Srita 3candana 4daSa turanga mAm-ava (sujana)

cAru nEtra SrI kaLatra SrI ramya gAtra

tAraka nAma su-caritra daSaratha putra

tArak(A)dhip(A)nana dharma pAlaka

tAraya raghuvara nirmala tyAgarAja sannuta (sujana)

O Lord Rama – the very life of virtuous people! O Lord adorned with virtues!

O Lord worshipped by Lord Siva! O Protector of the men of wisdom! O Lord worshipped by brahmA! O Lord who is wish tree for those dependent! O Lord who comes in the lineage of ikshvAku!

O Beautiful Eyed! O Lord who has lakshmI as Consort! O Lord whose body is delightful to lakshmI! O Lord whose Name carries across the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Lord with virtuous conduct! O Son of King daSaratha! O Moon Faced! O Protector of dharma! O Lord raghuvara! O Blemish-less! O Lord well-praised by this tyAgarAja!

Please protect me. Please carry me across the Ocean of Worldly Existence.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Engage in tasting the sweet Name of Radha. Hearing the vibration of Her Name, Shri Krishna will appear automatically

Nama Article 7^th October 2015

Sri Sri Krishna Premi Swamigal - Vaishnava Samhita

Bhagavadrasika Charitam. Vol II Book V Chp 18 Shlokas 26 - 27

राधानामसुधास्वादरसिको भव पण्डित

तन्नामश्रुतिमात्रेण स्वयमायाति माधवः

भक्तियोगस्य मार्गस्य विघ्नं ते नाशयाम्यहम्

गच्छ बृन्दावनं शीघ्रं भज गोपीगणेश्वरम्

Oh! Scholar! Engage in tasting the sweet Name of Radha. Hearing the vibration of Her Name, Shri Krishna will appear automatically. I shall remove all the obstacles on your path of devotion. Go to Brindavan and worship the Lord of the Gopis

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

It will suffice if one would keep chanting 'Radhe! Radhe!'

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Sunday, October 4, 2015

One cannot ordinarily be expected to take the Lord’s Name precisely at the moment of death

Nama Article 4^th October 2015

Srimad Bhagavatham 6:2:13

अथैनं मापनयत कृताशेषाघ-निष्कृतम्

यद् असौ भगवन्-नाम म्रियमाणः समग्रहीत्

Vishnu dhoothas tell Yama dhoothas, "Do not take the soul of this man by a wrong path (the path of the sinners) as he has done atonement for all his sins in that he articulated the Lord's Name and at a time when he was about to die (when there was no possibility of his reverting to the path of sin and thereby incurring any more sin; for one cannot ordinarily be expected to take the Lord's Name precisely at the moment of death).

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

We would remember something at the crucial time of death only if we practice remembering it all our life. That is why the easy dharma of 'Nama Sankirtan' is being advocated.

The highest perfection of human life is to remember the God's Name at the end of life.

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

ப்ராணாவஸ்தையில் இருக்கிறவர்களிடம் பக்கத்தில் உட்கார்ந்துகொண்டு 'சிவ சிவ சிவ சிவ'என்றோ 'ராம ராம ராம ராம'என்றோ உரக்கச் சொல்ல வேண்டும். உரக்கச் சொல்லவேண்டியது அவசியம்.