The Simplest way

Ram Ram Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe
Hope all is well.   Continuing from the "Magic Spell" lecture given by HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji on New Years day 2010.  It was so powerful that it is still being televised on Indian TV.
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Mahamantra is the telephone number to reach God. That is his mobile phone number. It is very close to his heart. Whenever we chant it, he will hear it. He will listen to us. He will bless us.
Let us say we are faced with a problem. Whenever you are in trouble, don't look for another person to help you out. All you have to do is focus the mind and start chanting the mahamantra. Wherever you are, whatever the situation is, whenever you need help, chant the mahamantra. The more and more you chant, God will come to your rescue. You will be saved from that situation in a miraculous manner. The place, the situation does notmatter. Whenever you are in trouble or your family member is in trouble, don't think if you can visit this temple or that temple or visit an astrologer or what gem should you wear or if a name change is required as per numerology searching for a remedy, Why don't you do a prayer? Why do you depend on remedies? You know very well that god is full of mercy and compassion. He is ready to bless you. Call bhagavaan from wherever you are. Why don't you think of that first? Cry out his name aloud. Chant the mahamantra. God will definitely bless you. It will definitely happen. When you are in need, chant the naama. Chant the mahamantra. The mahamantra is the magic spell. The world will not understand it. But you will. You will understand how God rescued us from the troubled situation. Don't lose faith. We carry out our tasks everyday building dreams for the future with the faith that we will live tomorrow. There is no life without faith. So with faith, chant naama. We are blessed with a tongue. So chant naama. Do not fear.
Bhagavaan says in the gita that out of the 84,00,000 living things, it is only human beings who are blessed with the power of speech. No other living thing can talk. Why are you blessed with  the power of speech? God wants to listen to his glory through your mouth. He wants to help you. So he has granted you the power of speech. We use our mouth to talk endlessly about worldly things and eat all kinds of stuff.  Bhagavatam says that in front of a wedding hall there is a dumpster where they dump dirty plates, leftover food, sweets and beverages. Will that dumpster ever chant bhagavaan naama. Similarily, we use our mouth to talk worldly things, eat all sorts of things . If we forget to chant naama, chant mahamantra, then there is no difference between your mouth and the dumpster. We keep eating all the time. There was a bhakta called Nandanar. When people approached him and said,"Nanda, if you just chant naama, is it going to feed us?" Nandan replied, "Even a dog eats, will it chant naama" Thre is not an easier path than naama sankirtan.You can give excuses if you do not wish to do it. If asked to do dhyana, meditation, you feel that it is too hard. But when asked to chant naama you tell that it is very easy. On the whole, you do not want to do it. So you give excuses. There cannot be a simplest path than this. Doctors sometimes give up on certain patients and tell that it upto God to save them. Similarly, one who does not chant the naama is the most unfortunate one who has been givenup by god himself. No one can save such a soul.
If you want to meditate, you need a place. You need to be seated there for at least 10 minutes. To chant naama, you do not need a place or time. You can chant while walking. You can chant the naama while cooking or travelling. The mouth can keep chanting while the hand carries out its duties. If you do pranayanam or yoga without the help of a guru, it may yield unfavorable results. Will something like that ever happen while chanting naama. Never. There is no way you can make a mistake chanting naama. I am not saying this. All mahans have shown this path. Thyagarajar, Purandaradasar, Meera bai, Naamadev, Tukkaram, Jnaneshwar, Chaitanya, Ramakrishnar, Vivekananda have shown this path. How could Vivekananda achieve so much in his short life span? He came to Ramakrishna very late.He had completed his college education. Today there are innumerable swamijis who travel abroad to spread our sanatana dharma. The pioneer in that effort is Swami Vivekananda. How was he able to achieve it? Rmakrishna gave him the upadesa of Rama naama. Now you understand the power of rama naama. Why did Ramakrishna give upadesa of Rama naama? He knew what was required to go to a foreign land to do pracharam. Is Swami Vivekananda the first one to go to a foreign country? No. It was Hanuman. How did Hanuman go? He said, Jai Sri Ram and jumped. He landed in Lanka. Look at the plight of Rama. He built a bridge with stones to go to Lanka. Rama needed a bridge to cross the ocean while all hanuman needed was the rama naama . Bhagavaan naama is more potent than bhagavaan himself. To tell you the truth, even god does not know the strength of his naama. Even Rama or Krishna did not know the power of their naama. Naama will change your lives. Your end might come anywhere, in your house, while travelling , in an ambulance , etc. At that point, even if your near and dear relatives are not with you, Krishna will be standing by your side since you chanted the his naama. He will take care of you. He will hold your hand and lead you.
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Just a reminder that Bhagavatam Classes for this Month is on again at:
4-6 pm on Sunday 11th April,
@ Ram Krishna temple
24/7 Lyn Parade Prestons
TIll the next time we meet in the name of LORD!
ys Deepak
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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