The Path for All

Ram Ram
Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe

Hope all is well.  

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Some Quotes from HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji -

God is for all. Each and everyone have the right to attain God. 'Bhagavan Nama kirtan' which is the easiest way of attaining that God and performance of 'Bhagavan Nama' japa is universal way; all can say Bhagavan Nama; there is no bar for this; no one can stop it; all are children of God. Therefore, under the conditions prevailing today we can attain God following this great way. Only the one who advocates this 'marga' (of 'Nama sankirtan') to us is verily the highest Guru. Only He can show God to us. He is verily the Avatara Purusha.

Who is an Avatar? It is the objective of the Avatara 'purushas' to give 'upadesa' as befitting the Yuga, time and conditions. So, people should be given 'upadesa' as befitting today's circumstances. And that is the 'upadesa' of Nama kirtan. The path ('marga') of the day is 'Nama kirtan'. It is only to speak on this 'marga' that innumerable Mahans have been coming down in this Kali Yuga.

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- When the scriptures and the sages have shown us the path of Nama kirtan as the simplest means to attain liberation in this Kali yuga, bearing in mind all our limitations, would it not amount to grave injustice if one shows a difficult path to the world?

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- Dhyana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Jnana - All these paths need to be taught, but only Nama Sankirtan can be propagated. That verily shows its simplicity.

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The greatest Maya : The greatest Maya according to me is that everyone knows in their heart of hearts that there is no other go except chanting the Mahamantra, but they are not willing to accept it and follow it openly.

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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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Dharma Vyadha Story from Mahabharata

Ram Ram
Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe

Hope we had a great weekend. 

The Vyadha Gita (meaning, teachings of a butcher) is a part of the epic Mahabharata and consists of the teachings imparted by a vyadha (Butcher) to a brahmin sannyasin (monk). It occurs in the Vana Parva section of Mahabharata and is told to Yudhisthira, a Pandava by sage Markandeya.  In the story, an arrogant sannyasin is humbled by a Vyadha, and learns about dharma (righteousness). The vyadha teaches that "no duty is ugly, no duty is impure" and it is only the way in which the work is done, determines its worth. This is one of the popular narrations in the Mahabharata.

Story:
A brahmin sanyasi is meditating when a bird's droppings from the tree falls on him and he is disturbed. He looks at the bird and it falls on the ground.. dead. This adds a lot of ego and arrogance in the Sanyasi because he has realized his innate "powers". He goes to the village looking for alms and comes to a house where he asks for food. The housewife inside is tending to her sick husband and asks the Sanyasi to wait.

This angers the Sanyasi immediately and he thinks "You wretched woman, how dare you make me wait! You do not know my power yet". Suddenly the housewife calls out from inside the house: "Boy, don't be thinking too much of yourself. Here is neither crow nor crane." The Sanyasi is shocked! How did this lady know of the bird?

The lady replies that she did not practice any austerities and by doing her duty with "cheerfulness and wholeheartedness", she became illumined, so she could read his mind.

She then tells him about a dharma-vyadha (the righteous butcher) in the town of Mithila and says that this dharma-vyadha would answer all his questions on dharma.

But the Monk is shocked and thinks "Why should I go to that town and to a Vyadha?" But from what he had just seen in that lady, he gives it a try and goes to Mithila. When he reaches Mithila he found the market and there saw, at a distance, a big fat Vyadha cutting meat with big knives, talking and bargaining with different people.

This Monk now had a doubt that maybe I have come to the wrong place.  This guys is a Vile Materialist and a Butcher.  How can he be spiritual? How can he be realised?  As soon as the Monk was about to leave: Dharma Vyadha said: Wait wait wait!!!  Did that lady send you here?

THe Monk now had a great shock to his System.  He then surrendered to the Dharma Vyadha.
The Brahmin Sanyasi is then taught by the Vyadh (Butcher). His main teachings are:

• No duty is ugly, no duty is impure and it is only the way in which the work is done that determines its worth.
• All work must be done by "dedicating to God"
• By sincere and unattached performance of the alloted duty one can become illumined
• Ahimsa (non-violence) and satya (truth) are two main pillars of dharma through which the highest good of all can be achieved (mind you Vyadh is talking of "Ahimsa" - so, the dharmic Ahimsa is not the Gandhian Ahimsa!)
• A decision on what is true under difficult circumstances should be made by sticking to that course of action which leads to the highest good of beings
• Finally, Not birth but dharma and virtuous conduct makes one a Brahmin.
  

[Commentary by His Grace Shri Ramuji : So lets not divide our life into materialism (karmi) and spirituality (dharmi).  Already we have conflicts within. Lets not divide our mind into “Let me break into a spiritual mode now..or a materialistic mode now.  Every moment if we are leading our life with a right attitude …  And what is a right attitude?  The first three shlokas of the Bhagavat  helps us understand that.  If we lead our life with that whatever we do is spiritual.  If we don’t do that, whatever we do will become very materialistic even if we are sitting in a puja room or temple.  Lets understand that. ]

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Question: Will Nama Kirtan help us fight the malefic effects of planets in our Graha (horoscope)? But is it good to depend on astrology to take decisions in life?

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

Yes. Certainly. One who performs Nama Kirtan depends only on the grace of Krishna. And for the sake of such a devotee, Krishna plays football with all the Grahas (planets).

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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Gita Jayanti and Vaikuntha Ekadasi

Ram Ram
Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe

Hope all is well.   Tomorrow is a  very special day.  It is Sri Gita Jayanthi - The day Geetacharya - Bhagavan Shri Krishna - sang/spoke the Holy Gita to Arjuna.  It is also Vaikuntha Ekadasi. 
Immensely special Ekadasi Day…  This Ekadasi, many bhaktas make it a point to do Jaagaran - All-night-vigil singing the glories of the LORD.  Lets observe this day to the best of our Abilities, - Singing Ramayana or Gita or Bhagavatam or Simply do Kirtanas for LORD HARI.

Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the immortal message emanated from the lotus lips of Lord Himself. For centuries Gita has been held in reverence by saints and scholars all over the world. The eternal teachings of Gita are universal and for the welfare of all embracing humanity. Gita stands as a beacon light for the salvation of mankind. Spiritual awareness and awakening as imparted in the Gita, elevates man's perception, who then sees the existence as one whole,  breaking the barriers of cast, creed and color. An embodied soul who lives the Divine teachings of Gita, attains liberation.

Lord Himself declared the Gita Mahatmaya in the 18th chapter of Gita - "He, who with supreme adoration to Me shall teach this Supreme Secret to My devotees, he shall attain Me, of this there is no doubt". (18-68) "Among men, there is none who does Me a dearer service than he, nor shall any one in this world be deareer to Me than he." (18-69)

Spiritual knowledge is the only thing that can destroy man's miseries forever, so helping man spiritually is the highest form of help. God too is most pleased with those who disseminate spiritual knowledge.

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Some Brief words From Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji….

Karma, Yoga or Gyana marga take many births to attain Bhagavan. But, through Bhakti marga one can attain Bhagavan very easily. What is the 'pramana' (evidence) for this? None less than Bhagavan. Bhagavan Himself says so.

In the Gita, Bhagavan tells Arjuna who desires to become a Yogi, 'aneka janma samsiddhih!' Through the practice of Yoga you can attain to Me but only after many births.

Bhagavan then goes on to speak of Gyana marga and explains to Arjuna, 'Bahoonam janmanam ante' only after many births can you attain to Me in this path.

But, while speaking on Bhakti marga, Bhagavãn tells Arjuna, 'na chirat' - it will not take long. You can attain to Me now, in this very janma.

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You cannot correct the world. Each one has his own vasana; hence, will act only as per his vasana. You cannot correct others. You should correct only yourself. Of what use is it in advising others to correct themselves without correcting ourselves? Your expectation of this one or that one to behave in a particular way as you deem fit is a grave mistake. Let everyone be as he/she is. Why should they change? Let us transform ourselves.

HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

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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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A Happy New Year Friends

Ram Ram Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe

Wishing everyone a very prosperous New Year.  May we get more and more service to Bhagavan and Guru in the coming year.

To start off this year, I would like to share the New Years Message from our beloved Guru Maharaj - HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji.

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Dear all,
Good morning to all of u and have a divine blessed New Year 2011 …..
If we take a look at the world around us, we have a million reasons to be proud about, as the amazing human race. After all, have we not landed on the Moon? Have we not sent Pathfinder to Mars? Gene-mapping and cloning have become a reality. Hats off to the exponential progress made in the realm of science!
Nevertheless, if we contemplate for a moment on the question, "Have all these advancements made life happier and more peaceful than before?", what rejoinder do we get? A quick, unambiguous "NO!" If we were to assume that intellectual, cultural and scientific backwardness was the reason behind the tribal, cavemen and other men of the past fighting with each other, how do we explain the situation prevailing today?
In the age when we claim to be at the peak of intellectual and cultural refinement, the incidence of violence and war is on the rise, globally. We expect all these developments to nullify differences, break all walls, wipe out boundaries and take us to universal brotherhood. On the contrary, what is happening is an increase in the number of countries! – more and more boundaries are being demarcated. Countries are breaking down from more countries. Instead of integration into one powerful, peaceful society, there is only disintegration all the time, in the name of race, religion and language.
How can we achieve that integration? Down the ages, there have been numerous thinkers, revolutionaries, leaders and organizations who have worked towards that goal and yet their efforts have not produced sustained results because they have all tried to bring about unity through changes in the external world and society. Any external transformation is never long-lasting.
So, Universal brotherhood and peace can never be brought about by power, force or scientific advancement.
The only solution is inner transformation – a change in the tendency of every single person and the only way to achieve it is through spirituality. To achieve this, we need not change our lifestyle; we need not go to another place; we need not renounce anything; there is no dress code or any such formality; we can go to work; go to school and live as usual and yet bring about 'UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD'. How is that possible?
Indian culture is one of the most ancient cultures of the world and it is globally acknowledged that our Scriptures and the great Rishis have accurately predicted the course of the world and future. Thousands of years ago, foreseeing the troubled times ahead, they have shown the remedy which is the Maha Mantra found in the Kali Santarana Upanishad –
"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare |
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare ||"
Not only do we believe in the Scriptures and the great Rishis, but it has been found that all have experienced the inner transformation, bliss and joy even while chanting this Maha Mantra. Having tasted the divine nectar called 'Hare Rama…', we wish to share the joy with one and all, through Nama - 'Nama Dwaar'.
On this New Year's Day, we all pledge solemnly to work towards Universal peace through the Maha Mantra.
"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare |
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare ||"

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Often the thought comes to our mind: How do we know if we are really progressing in Spirituality?

Guru Maharaj says:
'Above all, true sign of spiritual flowering is ever expanding fragrance of compassion to one and all'

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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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Rama Nama

Ram Ram Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe

Hope all is well.  Its that time of the year - Some call it Makar Sankranti or Uttarayana. 

For Lovers of Bhagavata - they relate Uttarayana to the day Shri Bhishma Pitamaha left this world - with LORD Krishna standing verily in front of him.
It was just before Shri Bhishma Pitamaha departed that he spoke the Vishnu Sahasra Nama (1000 Names of Vishnu) to Dharma-Raja Yuddhishthara.  And what more - The Lord himself was audience to this.

Many Mahatmas have opined that Shri Vishnu Sahasra Nama is more revered then Shri Bhagavat Gita itself.

Vedas are the Supreme-Most.  Mahabharata being the essence of all the scriptures is known as the fifth Veda. It embeds in itself both the Karma Kanda and Jnana Kanda. That being the case, Sri Vishnu Sahasranama is very sacred as it is considered to be the essence of Mahabharata itself! Yudhishtira, a mumukShu, had a doubt – ko dharmaH sarva dharmANAM bhavataH paramo mataH – what is the best path? Karma, Jnana, Bhakti, Sharanagati ??– and in the answer to this Shri Bhishma said – Sri Vishnu Sahasranama, the Samanvaya of all of the above is the best way to liberation. shAstreShu bhArataM sAraM tatra nAma sahasrakam.
And Guess what - It is said that… sri rAma rAma rAmeti rame rAme manorame
sahasra nAma tat tulyam rAma nAma varAnane
(As stated by Lord Siva to PArvati - if you just chant the name "RAma", it is equivalent to chanting the 1000 names of Sri MahA Vishnu").
So it is said that concluded that -  the Holiest of all Names "RAMA" is the essence of all Shastras"  - Lord Shiva is SHAKSHI (Proof) of this Himself.

So as the Master would say - let RAMA NAMA forever be an ornament on our lips.  Let us chant RAMA NAMA lovingly. 

Divine poet, composser and singer Tyagaraja, who recited Rama Nama, 960 million times and had His darshan, has said:
"The life letter of the five letter word 'Nama Sivaya' is 'MA'. Similarly the life letter (Jeevaksharam) of the eight letter word 'Narayanaya' is "RA". It is the combination of these two aksharas (letters) that produced the nama 'RAMA'. "

These two letters called life giving letters, the soul of these two powerful Mantras are put together to form the taraka Mantra Rama. Without these two letters, these manthras become ineffective. Any one chanting this taraka manthra is equivalent to worshipping both Lord Sri Maha Vishnu and Lord Shiva.

What more can be said: It is said that Rama Nama is mightier than Rama himself.

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When Guru's grace descends upon one, he will see God. Chanting Name of God continuously will invoke the grace of Guru.@ Maharanyam -  Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

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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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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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Miracles of Bhagavan Nama

Ram Ram Hare Krishna
Radhe Radhe
Hope all is well.   Would like to share some recent testimonials (just last week) given by everyday people on Mahamantra and the grace of Mahatmas, in this case our beloved Swamiji HH Sri Sri Muralidhar Swamiji.
Please spare a few minutes of time to read when permits.  :)
================ Ambur is a beautiful town on the Chennai-Bangalore highway. This town occupies a special place in our Sri Swamiji's heart because numerous residents of this town are in love with the Mahamantra, and have a special regard and love for our Guru Maharaj.

Recently, there was a plan to organize a prayer session in this town. Unlike a mass prayer event, a one-on-one prayer event was organized here, on the 28th of March this year.
As a part of the prayer session, many devotees came forward to share their experiences of how the divine grace and power of the Mahamantra have played unbelievable miracles in their lives.
Each and every experience that was narrated came right from the hearts of the devotees and in turn touched the hearts of all the devotees present.

Here are a few of them....

A lady who spoke had her son living abroad. He had gone abroad for his job more than 12 years ago, leaving behind his mother in this town. During the first few months of his travel, he regularly spoke to his mother over phone and wrote letters to her. After a year or two, that stopped. There was absolutely no communication from her son. Being a mother, she could not remain peaceful without knowing about the well-being of her son. But, unfortunately she knew neither the phone number nor the address of her son. So for her there was simply no means of reaching out to him. When our Sri Swamiji visited Ambur, she cried out to Him stating her helpless condition. Pregnant with the love and compassion of a million mothers, which is indeed the nature of Guru Maharaj, He patiently listened to her and said, 'Don't worry. He will call you.' In a very few days, the lady got a call from her long lost son and now the mother and son are regularly in touch. The lady's face reflected the unbounded happiness that divine grace has ushered into her life as she narrated the touching incident.

Our Sri Swamiji says that the greatest roadblock in our endeavours is lack of faith. It is this lack of faith that blocks divine grace from descending on an individual. Indeed, faith in the words of a Guru can do wonders. A gentleman narrated his experience that substantiated this. Having been married for about twelve years, this couple did not have progeny. They had resorted to all possible medical treatments but with little success. When once, Sri Swamiji came to Ambur, they poured out their heart to Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji asked them to offer a 'thulabharam' (offering of fruits, ghee etc. equivalent to one's own weight) to Lord Sri Guruvayurappan. With faith, the couple carried out the 'Thulabharam' as per Sri Swamiji's bidding and very soon, the lady conceived their child. It was an emotional moment, as the proud father showed the little one - the fruit of their faith and divine grace, whom they have named Janani, to the entire audience - a standing example of how divine grace can make the impossible possible.
We say, 'Nama Sankirtan can bring in inner transformation'. Is it just a façade? Or is it really true? The answer is right here...
Nama Sankirtan satsangs are regularly held in this town and people from all age groups - infants to seniors - attend it. There was a school-going young boy who attended the satsangs regularly and truly fallen in love with the Mahamantra. As he chanted the Mahamantra, he started feeling that he should not take non-vegetarian food any more. Everyone in his family was non-vegetarian, and as is the case in every other non-vegetarian household, it was a practice for them to cook meat on Sundays. This young Bhagavata would refuse to take meat. This would often bring in an argument at the lunch table in his family, as his mother would force him to take it. One such Sunday, when the boy strongly refused, the argument between the mother and son heated up and eventually the latter declared, 'If Mahamantra were true, it will, one day, make you a vegetarian too!'

In a few days, this young lad who went to school did not return. His parents frantically searched for him. They did not leave any stone unturned to find the boy, but in vain. The mother now started attending the Nama Sankirtan satsangs regularly. The very Mahamantra that she chanted in the satsang increased her faith and conviction in Nama. During one such satsang, she prayed, in her heart of hearts, sincerely to the Almighty for her son's return. After having established this beautiful relationship with the Lord through the medium of prayers, she had a strange feeling in her heart - something told her that if she stopped taking non-vegetarian food, her son would return. As this thought came to her quite often, she undertook a promise - that she would abstain from taking non-vegetarian diet once and for all, if she got back her lost son.

'The very next day was the most unforgettable day in my life' - the mother said as she was narrating the story to the assembled devotees, with drops of tears rolling out of her eyes... 'My son got back home, all by himself and he was standing at the doorstep smiling at me.'
Listening to and reading these wonderful experiences, it is only gratitude to the Sadguru and the Almighty that wells up in our heart -- for having given us this rarest of the rare gem - the Mahamantra. All we can do is strengthen our prayers for giving us more and more taste in this nectarine Mahamantra and chant it more and more.... Is it not?
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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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