After we receive initiation from the Guru we must feel the presence of the Guru within us, as the Guru and the Truth within are not different.

Nama Article 25^th March 2016

Swami Papa Ramdas

When the Guru gives you initiation, he imparts spiritual power to you with the Mantra. You miss this otherwise. After we receive initiation from the Guru we must feel the presence of the Guru within us, as the Guru and the Truth within are not different.

The Guru has come as a person in human form outside us to give us the necessary guidance, awaken us and make us turn our mind towards Him within us.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

The Name automatically comes to your mind without any struggle if you get initiation from a saint who has realized God.

Nama Article 24^th March 2016

Swami Papa Ramdas

Initiation from the Guru gives a new birth to you. While a mother gives you physical birth, the Guru gives you spiritual birth — a birth in which you realise eternal peace and bliss. The Name automatically comes to your mind without any struggle if you get initiation from a saint who has realized God. He takes the responsibility for your repeating the Name constantly.

When Ramdas first started on the path, he found that he was getting a certain measure of peace by the repetition of the name of God which he himself had chosen. Later he received the Mantra from his Guru and started repeating it. The result was remarkable. The mind not only became still and calm but also continuously bathed in an ocean of peace.

Then he found the difference between repetition of a Name chosen by oneself and repetition of a Mantra given by a Guru. From this you can make out that a Mantra given by a Guru is more powerful than the Name which you have chosen for yourself. This does not mean that God's name is less powerful than the Mantra. What is important is, receiving the Mantra from a saint. It may be said that a Name repeated before initiation leads the aspirant to his Guru who will give him proper initiation. So the struggle necessarily leads the devotee to a saint from whom he receives the initiation and his spiritual backing, with the result that the progress of the aspirant on the path to God-realisation becomes steady, sure and rapid.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

We shall never fall if we constantly chant Hari Nama (the Divine Name ‘Hari’). This is certain.

Nama Article 21st March 2016

Source: Madhuramurali – Jan 2016

நாம், "சாதாரண புழு போல் பிறந்து வாழ்ந்து இறக்க மாட்டேன்; அவன் அருளால் இறைவனை அடைந்தே தீருவேன்" என்று சபதம் செய்து கொள்வோம். என்றுமே கண்ணனின் கருணையை நம்பி இருப்போம். உலகத்தில் மனிதர்கள் கேட்கக்கூடிய எவ்வளவோ உலக விஷயமான பிரார்த்தனைகளையே நிறைவேற்றக் கூடிய பகவான், நாம் பிரார்த்திக்கக் கூடிய இந்த ஒன்றையா அருளாமல் இருப்பான்? ஏனென்றால், அவன் படைத்ததே அவனை அடைவதற்கு அன்றோ?

எப்பொழுதும் ஹரி நாமம் சொல்லிக்கொண்டே இருந்தால், நாம் கீழே விழ மாட்டோம், இது நிச்சயம்.

Let us take the oath 'I will not live and die like an ordinary worm; I shall certainly attain the Lord with His Grace'. Let us always depend on Krishna's compassion. Would the Lord who fulfils even the worldly prayers of people look askance at this prayer of ours? Has He not created us only to attain Him?

We shall never fall if we constantly chant Hari Nama (the Divine Name 'Hari'). This is certain.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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

Let us follow the easy path of Bhagavata Dharma from amidst several paths to attain God. let us let the mind wander in the Divine Name (Nama).

Nama Article 20^th March 2016

Source: Madhuramurali – Jan 2016

இறைவனை அடையக்கூடிய பல வழிகளில் எளிமையான வழியான பாகவத தர்மத்தை கைக் கொள்வோம். குழம்பாமல், தெளிவாக இருப்போம். அவ்வப்பொழுது சோர்வடைந்தாலும், பகவானைச் சார்ந்து, அந்த சோர்வை போக்கிக் கொள்வோம். எத்துனை முறை கீழே விழுந்தாலும் மேலும் புதிய சக்தியுடன், உற்சாகத்துடன் எழுவோம். சும்மா அமர்ந்தாலும், மனது தனக்குத்தானே சுற்ற ஆரம்பித்து விடும். மனதை நாமவிலேயே சுற்ற விடுவோம். சோம்பேறித்தனத்தை உதறி தள்ளுவோம். கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமாக ஆசைகளை, பாசங்களை விலகுவோம். நம்மை புகழும் ஆசையில் இருந்து விலகி, கண்ணனை புகழுவோம். முடிந்த வரையில் விவேகத்துடன், practicalஆக நடந்து கொள்வோம்

Let us follow the easy path of Bhagavata Dharma from amidst several paths to attain God. Let us be clear and have no confusion whatsoever. Even if, attimes, we tire out let us hang on to the Lord and remove the fatigue. It does not matter how many times we fall but let us rise up with new vigour and passion. If kept idle the mind wanders about; let us let the mind wander in the Divine Name (Nama). Let us give up lethargy. Let us, gradually, give up desires and attachments. Giving upself-praise let us praise Krishna. Let us, as far as possible, move with discrimination and be practical.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

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