Tuesday, June 14, 2011

If we are immersed in Divine Name it will lead to silence

 

How to control the noisy mind and be peaceful by Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal [Maha Periyava] of Kaanchi Kaamakoti Peetam (today is Maha Periyava's Jayanthi)

 

When a group of persons are chattering with each other and are requested to remain silent, whether it is possible for them to remain so? They could not. May be after a minute or two, one or two persons start speaking with the other person in a hushed tone and over a period of time, say, by around 10 minutes, everyone start conversing with each other in loud tones and place becomes noisy.

 

Same would be the result of attempting to control the thoughts, which are arising in our mind, in one stroke. Hence, instead of requesting "Silence Please" again and again – (with His usual divinely smile) that is instead of shouting "Silence Silence" – if someone starts chanting nama, "Rama Rama", "Siva Siva" and by making it rhythmic with ragas and chanted as a Bhajan and everyone starts repeating it, all the sounds get merged in the Nama Itself.

 

For say half an hour, one hour or even through out the night when they change the rhythm and ragas and various Divine names are sung all are able to participate with out other talks. This is not silence. But we can say this as "Next best". If we are immersed in Divine Name like this it will lead to silence. Can an ordinary talk lead one so? Of all the emotions the love is reflected out in various beautiful ways in Bhakthi. This love for Lord will suppress the other thoughts / emotions and the dual love will get strengthened in one particular Bhava and culminates in advaitic experience, which is not possible by attempting to control the thoughts / emotions of the mind directly.

 

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Source: Deivathin kural

 

பலபேர் சேர்ந்து சளசளவென்று பேசிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் போது எல்லோரையும் சைலன்டாக இருக்கச் சொன்னால் அவர்களால் இருக்க முடிகிறதா? முடிவதில்லை. ஒரு நிமிஷம், இரண்டு நிமிஷத்துக்கப்பறம் ஒருத்தர், இரண்டு பேர் ரஹஸ்யம் பேசிக்கொள்ள ஆரம்பித்து, அப்பறம் எல்லோருமே அப்படி பண்ணி, ஒரு பத்து நிமிஷம் போனால், ரஹஸ்யம் என்பதும் நல்ல சத்தமாகவே ஆகிவிடுகிறது. மனஸின் எல்லா உணர்ச்சிகளையும் ஒரே வீச்சில் அடக்கப் பார்ப்பதும் இப்படிதான் முடியும். அதுவே, "சைலன்ஸ் ப்ளீஸ்" என்று திரும்ப திரும்பச் சத்தம் போட்டுக்கொண்டிருக்காமல் - (சிரித்தவாறு) "சைலன்ஸ் சைலன்ஸ்" என்றே சத்தம் போட்டுக்கொண்டிருக்காமல் - "ராமா ராமா" , "சிவா சிவா" என்று ஏதோ ஒரு நாமவை யாராவது ஒருத்தர் சொல்ல ஆரம்பித்தால், அதிலேயும் ராகம் தாளம் எல்லாம் சேர்த்து ரஸம் அதிகமாகும்படி பஜனையாக ஆரம்பித்தால் எல்லோரும் அதையே திரும்பச் சொல்லி அத்தனை சத்தமும் இந்த நாம சப்தத்திலேயே அடங்கிப் போய்விடுகிறது.

 

அறை மணி, ஒரு மணி கூட, ராத்திரியெல்லாம் கூடப், பல தினுஸாகப் பலுக்கிப் பலுக்கி, ராக தாளங்களோடு பஜனை செய்தால் எல்லோரும் மற்ற பேச்சு பேசாமல் அதில் கலந்து கொள்ள முடிகிறது. இது மௌனம் இல்லை தான். ஆனால் அதற்கு "நெக்ஸ்ட் பெஸ்ட்" (அதற்கடுத்தபடியான உத்தம நிலை) என்று சொல்லலாம். இப்படி நாமாவிலே தோய்ந்து சொக்கிப் போனால் தானே மௌனத்தில் கொண்டு விட்டு விடும்.

 

வெறும் பேச்சு அப்படி பண்ணுமா ? அப்படித்தான், அநேக உணர்ச்சிகளில் அன்பு என்பது பக்தியின் பல ரஸ பேதங்களோடு வெளிப்படுகிறது. பல விதங்களில் வெளிப்படும் போது, அதில் மற்ற உணர்ச்சிகள் அமுங்கி, அப்பறம் இந்த த்வைத அன்பும் அந்த பல பாவங்களில் ஏதோ ஒன்றிலேயே நின்று, பிறகு அத்வைத அமைதியிலே சேர்க்க முடியுமே தவிர, அப்படியே நேரே மனஸின் எல்லா உணர்ச்சியையும் அடைத்து விடுவதென்றால் முடியாது.

 

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

 

If you wish for eternal silence ('nishabda') of your mind, you have to produce a sound ('shabda') - and that sound is that of the Mahamantra.

 

The ego, the mind has to be made silent. Chanting works on ego and dissolves it into its source

 

Let us say that on the compound wall of our house some dirty posters have been pasted. What should we do to stop this? We should paste a poster reading, 'do not paste any poster on this wall.'

 

Sound and Space

 

The more intense our love for Him, our remembrance becomes automatically more and more continuous and unbroken, because it is our nature to remember that which we love most

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Due to the veil of Maya and we tend to attach the sense of ownership to each and every act and each and every thing in our life, every moment of our life. That is the reason for all the sufferings.

Nama Article 13th June 2011

 

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

 

If life is a series of experiences based on our karma, where is the doer-ship for anybody?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

That is true. It is ideal not to have the sense of doer-ship at all. However we forget this very fact due to the veil of Maya and we tend to attach the sense of ownership to each and every act and each and every thing in our life, every moment of our life. That is the reason for all the sufferings.

 

The true realization and experience of this fact will dawn only by the grace of God, which can be invoked easily through chanting the Mahamantra.

 

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

 

Everything in our life is predetermined. All we have to do is to turn and fix our mind on Him! 

 

Words of wisdom by a great Gnani and a true bhaktha

 

You should not only accept from the bottom of your heart the situation that the Lord keeps you in but also be grateful to Him for that because it is verily the Lord's blessing!

 

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

 

By constantly chanting the Maha Mantra, one can pray to the Lord to give the sense of discrimination

 

Let His Name be ever with you; Imperceptibly, relentlessly time is creeping away. Divine Name can change one's fate.

 

If there is faith, then there is no fate.

 

Chanting the Divine Name can change the fate

 

What power do these planets possess, Rama? It is only your 'anugraha' (Blessings) that are truly powerful 

 

Even though I believe in God, I struggle a lot. Does my fate play such an important role in my life?

 

The effect of karma can be counteracted to a great extent by Japa and austerities

 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The only one I know is You! It is up to You to see to it that I experience the Ultimate!

Nama Article 12th June 2011

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Oh Krishna! Neither am I aware of the meaning of Jnana, Vairagya, Bhakti, Advaita, Visishtadvaita, Dvaita, liberation, Vaikunta and Self-Realization, nor am I bothered about them! The only one I know is You! It is up to You to see to it that I experience the Ultimate!

 

 

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

 

We believe in Nama

 

I want to know about your Bhakti Advaita Siddhanta

 

For this communion you need no philosophy, no rigorous discipline, no learning, no worldly wealth and position

 

Opinion of Krishna on essence of Gita

 

In Srimad Bhagavatham it is fully stressed that only Namakirtan is enough.

 

For you and for this beggar Rama Năm is enough

 

This beggar has no other message to give. Let them remember the name of Rama, Krishna and Shiva

 

PHILOSOPHY OF THE DIVINE NAME ACCORDING TO SAINT NAMDEV

 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Nama Article 11th June 2011

 

Excerpts from Sri Shantananda Puri's discourse

 

{ He is the disciple of Swami Purushotamanandaji Maharaj of Vasishta Guha, Himalayas, who is the disciple of Swami Brahmananda (the great disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa) }

 

One should make it a habit to take the Name of God frequently. Every time a question is put forth to you, stop a while. Do not answer immediately. Take the Name of the Lord twice -- Loudly or within your mind. Say the Name again twice after answering. So, that makes it four times. In a day there are about 200 questions thrown at you. Therefore, 200 X 4 makes it 800. Very easily you utter the Name of the Lord 800 times a day! "

 

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

 

Medicine possessing the highest potency is sure to produce its salutary effect even on one who is unaware of its efficacy

 

Suppose we were to replace this cellphone habit with repeating God's name—the most widely practised spiritual discipline in all religions? What will happen then?

 

Start the day with Nama, fill the day with Nama, end the day with Nama!

 

A fallen, slipped or pained person is redeemed from all sins, if he cries out loudly his surrender unto Lord Hari even while sneezing.

 

Nama Chanted unknowingly also wipes out all of one's sins

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

Friday, June 10, 2011

Man feels that only the most difficult is the highest, the most difficult way is the best way. This is a very wrong notion

Nama Article 10th June 2011

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Man feels that only the most difficult is the highest. The mind ('manas') of man concludes that the most difficult way is the best way. This is a very wrong notion. There can be an easy, simple way. And this easy way can bestow the highest on us.

 

The very same Shastra that has prescribed tough ways of 'tapas', 'yoga', 'dhyana', 'vedanta vichara' has also prescribed and spoken the glory of 'Bhagavan Nama kirtan' - the glory of uttering the Name of the Lord and singing the praises of the Lord.

 

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

 

Bhagawan Nama Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal puts forth his findings in the following words, "Since it is so easy and simple, none takes to it!

 

Would it not amount to grave injustice if one shows a difficult path to the world?

 

There are many ways. But the simplest and the easiest way is by chanting the "Hare Rama.." Mahamantra.

 

They are for those who don't believe in simple prayers.

 

Smallest dharma is verily Chanting the Divine Name (Namakirtan) and ignorance ['ajnaana'] the worst fear

 

The genuine seeker alone will be able to spot it

 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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


Thursday, June 9, 2011

I spent all my energy and all my moments in life acquiring all of these possessions and wealth and now......I cannot get back even one moment

 

Alexander the Great, powerful warrior, powerful hero. He conquered practically half of the world and entered into the plains of Punjab. And then, as he was continuing his conquest into India, all of a sudden, he was struck by a deadly disease. Practically 60% of his army was struck by that disease. And that disease was Malaria. And he was telling his doctors, "Help me. Save me." But they could not do anything. And in fact, it is described that what most of the armies in the world could not do, the Indian mosquitoes did prevented Alexander from going ahead. And this fact is recorded in practically all the medical textbooks, which describe about Malaria.

 

And Alexander, such a powerful warrior, he was begging and pleading with the doctors. But they said, "Sorry, we're helpless. We can't do anything. We do not have a cure for it." And then finally, he just said, "I will give you half my kingdom O' doctor. But let me live for a few moments." And the doctor said, "Impossible." Then Alexander said, "I will give you practically the whole kingdom. I'll make you the king but give me just one more moment to live." And doctor said, "It is not in my control."

 

And Alexander said, "I spent all my energy and all my moments in life acquiring all of these possessions and wealth and now, at the end of life, I want to give all of that away. And I cannot get back even one moment. I invested all the moments of my life to gain all these things. Now, I want to give away all of these things and gain back just one moment. And that I am not able to do. Therefore, when you bury me, you bury me with both of my arms like this [gestures arms stretched out]. Held out, open." Why? "So that people can see that when he left, Alexander, he did not take anything with him."

 

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

 

Only one who has spent this human life by Chanting the Name of the Lord can remain fearless of death; all the others will fear facing death!

 

Nothing we earn today would come with us to the final destination but only the Divine Name WILL

 

What is the use of tying a golden turban to a corpse (dead body) and decorating it on the chest with exquisite diamond ornaments?

 

If there is no life after physical death, we can lead a wanton life. But there is life after death, and unless…….

 

Smallest dharma is verily Chanting the Divine Name (Namakirtan) and ignorance ['ajnaana'] the worst fear

 

It helps you overcome the fear of cycle of birth and death

 

A lifespan of thousand years is but useless for one if he does not utter Krishna's name.

 

Much more valuble is the hour, consiously spent, in endeavouring for the highest good

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Chanting lips make many hands work

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Chanting lips make many hands work

 

 

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

 

By the mere touch of a Bhagavata, others can become Bhagavatas.

 

If you cannot remember that God is everywhere, Just chant His Name, that will do everything.

 

If you chant the Maha Mantra constantly, the whole world will be at your feet

 

Mahatma Gandhi won over them by the sheer power of Rama Nama and by virtue of truthfulness sans any weapon and got us independence

 

Rather than speak at length about the greatness of the divine name, prove it by chanting

 

If Vivekananda succeeded in all his accomplishments in the world through mere fruit of Rama Năma japa, is not one able to comprehend the glory of Năma?

 

The Swamiji was struck with wonder at the power of the Mahamantra. He at once took hold of the Mahamantra. He wandered all over the country

 

Spiritual transformation (by way of Chanting the Nama) is like treating at the root

 

The dassi came to have a darshan of Bodhendral and after prostrating to him she left this world through Kabala moksham in front of her guru like how a yogi leave this world

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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