If you really love God above everything else, His Name would give you joy instantly.

Nama Article 13th June 2012

 

Swami Papa Ramdas 

There are so many people who repeat the Name, who say that they do not derive any benefit or joy from it. If you really love God above everything else, His Name would give you joy instantly. Any object that you love with all your heart gives you joy, by the mere thought of it. For example, a mother loves her child, and so the name of the child is very sweet to her. This is the experience of every mother. You have a friend whom you love. The very name of that friend gives you joy. Similarly, when you give your entire heart to God and take His Name, it must taste very sweet to you. When Ramdas was chanting the Name, he used to be intoxicated with joy. His ears were drinking the nectar of the Name with all avidity. Any sound other than that of the Name of God did not attract his ears.

 

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

 

All such details are needed only by one who has no taste for Naama (Name)

 

How can I take delight in God's name?

 

When you once taste the Name, the other things will taste insipid.

 

Lord Siva himself does not cease to chant the Divine Name Rama even for a moment out of such taste and love for that Name

 

The dumb cannot explain the taste of the sugar he tastes. Likewise the one who is immersed in the Divine bliss will not be able to explain the eternal happiness being experienced

 

But if one continues to chant steadfastly, one would be cured of the afflictions of this worldly life and could experience the true taste of Divine Names.

 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

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