When allopathy, homeopathy, chromopathy, naturopathy, ayurvedapathy and all other ‘pathies’ fail to cure a disease, the divine namapathy alone can save you. The name of the Lord is a sovereign specific, a sheet-anchor, an infallible panacea and a cure-…
Daily Inspirations
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He who does sankirtan (same as kirtan: chanting) forgets the body and the world. Sariklrtan brings super-intuitional knowledge. Sariklrtan brings darsan (vision) of God or attainment of divine consciousness in this Kali Yuga (dark age). It develops lov… |
Akhana kirtan is to sing the Lord’s name without a break. This is a very effective spiritual sadhana (practice). There is eradication of all evil vrttis (thoughts) during this period; the mind has neither time nor opportunity to think of sensual object… |
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People do sankirtan with surprising enthusiasm and vigour for a year or two but after that they become slothful and torpid. The same zeal should be kept up throughout life. Just as food and drink are not dispensed with, even for a day. Sankirtann is in… |
The name of the Lord is your sole refuge. It is your prop, shelter and abode. Name is divine nectar. Name and form are inseparable. Keep a picture of the Lord and concentrate on it. Concentrate on the face or feet or the whole picture. Then visualise t… |
Japa (repetition of the mantra) checks the force of the thought current moving towards objects. It forces the mind to move towards God, towards the attainment of eternal bliss. Eventually it helps us to have the darsana (vision) of God. The mantra-powe… |
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Mantra yoga is a great science. “Manana trayate iti mantrah” – “By manana (constant thinking or recollection) one is protected or released from the round of birth and death – that is mantra.” That is called mantra, by meditating on which the jlva or so… |
Just be happy, have fun, enjoy life and don’t get caught. When I say, “don’t get caught,” I am not talking about someone else catching you. I am talking about your own mind. Choose the kind of fun that won’t bind you. If a certain kind of fun will brin… |
Don’t ever, ever put yourself down. You are here for a purpose, and you are great in your place. You may not know what that purpose is; but no matter what you look like, what handicaps you might have, what size or what color you are, the fact that you… |
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If you repeat the mantra with concentration and meaning you will attain God-realisation quickly, says Swami Sivananda. |
The name of God, chanted correctly or incorrectly, knowingly or unknowingly, carefully or carelessly, is sure to give the desired result, says Swami Sivandana. |
The Lord’s name is all bliss and when it is chanted, the mind merges in its bliss, says Swami Sivananda. |
