More than the mantra japa, what is important for spiritual progress is from whom we are blessed with the mantra upadesha

Source : Madhuramurali English Edition

Which Mantra Japa will give results immediately?

HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji’s reply:

A beautiful question! We can see the answer to this question through an incident in the divine life of Mother Krishnabai.

A sadhak received Narayana mantra upadesha from a Vaishnava sadhu who visited his house. He was continuously doing japa of that mantra. After some time, according to the advice of some others, he took diksha of the same mantra from a Vaishnava Guru. He did japa of the mantra consistently and continuously.

Days turned into months. Months became a couple of years. Even though he had been practicing this japa continuously, he did not feel any progress. He started feeling a little dejected. Then he heard about Mother Krishnabai, who was an ardent devotee of Papa Ramdas in Kasargod Ashram. He believed that he could progress if he got a powerful mantra from Mother Krishnabai. He approached Mataji and described his sadhanas. He prayed for mantra upadesha from Mataji. Out of compassion, Mataji also agreed to give him mantra diksha. With great interest to experience progress in his sadhanas by receiving a powerful mantra from Mataji, he got ready. When Mataji called him and gave mantra upadesha, his heart felt heavy because of disappointment. Because the mantra that Mataji gave him was the same Narayana mantra that he had received and had been chanting for a few years!

Mataji said, "Repeat the mantra again". He repeated it. Mataji made him repeat the mantra another time. When the sadhaka repeated the mantra the ninth time, his eyes were filled with tears. His voice was shaken. He had horripilation all over his body. His heart felt blissful. He felt this spiritual experience like never before. He prostrated to Mataji. The experience that never occurred to him all these years by repetition of the same mantra, happened now when he repeated after Mataji for the ninth time! Spiritual progress is not only in the mantra that is being repeated. More than the mantra japa, what is important for spiritual progress is from whom we are blessed with the mantra upadesha.

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan : 

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