By hearing spiritual discourses and chanting the divine names........ conceives a liking for Me without any effort the moment My virtues enter his ears

Nama Article 19th November 2011

 

Srimad Bhagavatham (3:29: 18, 19)

 

आध्यात्मिकानुश्रवणान् नाम-सङ्कीर्तनाच् च मे ।

आर्जवेनार्य-सङ्गेन निरहङ्क्रियया तथा ।।

मद्-धर्मणो गुणैर् एतैः परिसंशुद्ध आशयः ।

पुरुषस्याञ्जसाभ्येति श्रुत-मात्र-गुणं हि माम् ।।

 

By hearing spiritual discourses and chanting the divine names; by unity of mind, speech and body, fellowship with holy men and absence of egotism, the mind of the man engaged in activities intended to please Me gets thoroughly purified and conceives a liking for Me without any effort the moment My virtues enter his ears.

 

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

 

This little Dhruva is doing tapas with the blessings of Narada Maharishi. Narada Maharishi's 'anugraha' (Blessings) is protecting the child, as would the strong armour. We are, therefore, unable to disturb his tapas!

 

Mere chanting of the names of the Lord would not fetch you food. You have to put in your efforts.... You cannot achieve anything without self effort.

Namakirtan will bring down the whole tree (mind) with out any effort

 

The oral repetition of the Name leads one to mental repetition which finally resolves itself into the eternal vibration. The mind or the mouth cannot act without the Self.

 

Next morning when he got up he remembered without any effort the name of Rama and was much pleased

 

"When a huge tidal wave comes," says Bhagavan Shri Ramakrishna, "all the little brooks and ditches become full to the brim without any effort or consciousness on their own part; so when an Incarnation comes, a tidal wave of spirituality breaks upon the world, and people feel spirituality almost full in the air."

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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