When the mind is completely filled with His spirit, one cannot harbour ill-will or hatred towards anyone

Nama Article 17th November 2009

 

Source: Harijan 28-4-1946 - Mahatma Gandhi

 

When the mind is completely filled with His spirit, one cannot harbour ill-will or hatred towards anyone and, reciprocally, the enemy will shed his enmity and become a friend.

 

It is not my claim that I have succeeded in converting enemies into friends, but in numerous cases it has been my experience that, when the mind is filled with His peace, all hatred ceases.An unbroken succession of world teachers since the beginning of time have borne testimony to the same. I claim to merit for it. I know it is entirely due to God's grace.

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

'Mahaprabhu made lions and tigers sing and dance to the tune of Nama Kirtan. What does this go to show? If you chant the Maha Mantra constantly, the whole world will be at your feet!'       

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Chanting continuously in the mind, without a gap of even a microsecond – that is meditation

Nama Article 16th November 2009

 

Source: http://www.namadwaar.org/answers/questions.html

 

Is both meditation upon self and chanting the name of Krishna/Rama or Ganesha produce the same effect?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Chanting continuously in the mind, without a gap of even a microsecond – that is meditation.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

I CLAIM to be a man of faith and prayer

Nama Article 13th November 2009

 

Prayer : The Food Of My Soul - Mahatma Gandhi

 

I CLAIM to be a man of faith and prayer, and even if I were cut to pieces, I trust God would give me the strength not to deny Him and to assert that He is.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

When this joy is felt during chanting it is a proof that God has answered the devotee

Nama Article 12th November 2009

 

Paramhansa Yogananda

 

Each of these chants should be sung not once but many times, utilizing the cumulative power of repetition, until the singer feels a great joy break through the radio of his heart.

 

When this joy is felt it is a proof that God has answered the devotee, and that his devotion has been properly tuned and the broadcasting of his ardor in chants has been true and deep.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

The only will we have is the freeing will of choosing to chant whenever we find mind wandering

Nama Article 11th November 2009

 

Source: http://www.namadwaar.org/answers/questions.html

 

Free will or freeing will?

 

You have told that "Where there is faith there is no fate" as well as "There is no free will at all". Are they both not contradicting? If there is no free will, is one attaining liberation also pre-determined?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

The only will we have is the freeing will of choosing to chant whenever we find mind wandering. So there is no free will, but only a freeing will of chanting the Mahamantra with faith in its power.

 

So liberation cannot be attained by any amount of will power, but purely by the grace of a Guru or God. So chant and the debate of free will versus destiny will get resolved by itself.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Recital of God's name from the heart, would produce lasting peace and happiness

Nama Article 10th November 2009

 

Source: (Harijan, 31.8.1947)

 

Ramadhun

 

Gandhiji said that those who had some experience knew the power what the Ramadhun, meaning recital of God's name from the heart, meant. He knew the power what lakhs of soldiers marching in step to the tune of their band meant. The desolation that the military prowess had wrought in the world, he who ran could see. Though the war was said to have ended, the aftermath was worse than actual warfare. Such was the bankruptcy of military power.

 

Without the slightest hesitation he was there to content that the power exerted by the Ramadhun recited by millions of mankind with true beat of time, was different in kind from and infinitely superior to the display of military strength. And this recital of God's name from the heart, would produce lasting peace and happiness in the place of the present desolation, they witnessed.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Happiness comes when the mind catches hold of the Divine Name without a break

Nama Article 9th November 2009

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Happiness comes when the mind catches hold of the Divine Name without a break. That happiness is actually right within us.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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