He did not carry the chakra in His hands; turning in his hands the beads of a Nama japamala, that are apt for this Age, he moved about.

 

Source : Madhuramurali English Edition

The DIVINE LIFE OF SRI SRI ANNA –

by HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

No doubt that yoga, yAga, vratha, jnAna vichAra are all glorious paths that can enable us to attain Bhagavan. Butnow people are struggling immensely, caught as they are in the tempestuous winds of ‘Kali’. Simply fulfilling daily needs is itself a huge challenge today. The current lifestyle, food habits, the present state of society – none of these are even slightly conducive for the above-mentioned spiritual paths; in fact, they are actually detrimental to the sadhanas mentioned above. When this is the case, if we tell someone to do yoga, or vichara, or sacrificial rituals, what will he or she ever do?

 

So, deciding that these people cannot be taken ashore through sadhana, but only through infinite, causeless Grace (krupa), Bhagavan descended as our Sri Sri Anna. He did not come sounding the shankha; he came sweetly sounding Srimad Bhagavatam which “bestows one with jnana-bhakti-vairagya the moment it is listened to, and takes them ashore“. He did not carry the chakra in His hands; turning in his hands the beads of a Nama japamala, that are apt for this Age, he moved about. He did not come holding His sturdy Kaumodaki (mace); he came to grace us with the sweet words of Bhagavat guna on his tongue, that were strong enough to melt the stoniest ofhearts. He did not come flashing the divine light of His sharp sword Nandaki; he came to shower the divine sound of the Mahamantra that could sharply root out the sorrow of all. He did not come with a lotus in His hand spreading its fragrance; he came to spread the divine fragrance of prema bhakti. He did not come with a Vanamala swinging on his wide chest; he came adorned with a simple mala of Tulasi beads. Giving up His grand yellow silken robes, he donned a simple white dhoti. Sri Sri Anna’s lovely form is indeed the embodiment of Bhagavan’s divine, pure prema (love). For several hundreds of years, Dravida desha had forgotten what true prema was.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare