Re : Kaliyug kewal Naam Adhaara..

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kali yuga kevala naam adhaaraa

 

sumiri sumiri nara utarahi paaraa

 

In the age of Kali, the Names of Lord alone are of support to mankind

for devotion.

 

By REMEMBERING and REMEMBERING LOVINGLY the Name of Lord alone,

men can CROSS the ocean of material existence.

 

kali yuga kevala hari guNa gaahaa

 

gaavata nara paavata bhava thaaha

 

In the age of Kali, there is ONLY one way to get RELEASE from the

worldly bondage,

 

that is to SING WHOLEHEARTEDLY the Glories of Lord HARI.

 

nahi kali dharma na bhagati viveku

 

raamanaama avalambana yeku

 

In the age of Kali, there is NO use of varna-ashrama dharma nor

ritualistic vaidhi bhakti, nor the subtle knowledge of formless Brahman.

 

The only SUPPORT and SUSTENANCE is the Name of Lord Raama.

 

kali yuga yoga na yajna na jaanaa

 

yek aadhaara raama guNa gaanaa

 

In the age of Kali, Patamjali's astaangayoga, or the jnana of Advaita

Philosophy, or the fire sacrifices done to heavenly gods, are of NO HELP!

 

For God realisation, there is ONLY ONE HELP, i.e.,

 

SINGING LOVINGLY the Glories, Virtues and Lilas of Lord Rama.

 

So Saint Tulasidasji PRAYS to His Ramacandra Kripalu,

 

ab prabhu kripa karahu yehi bhaamti

 

saba taji bhajana karaum dina raati

 

O Lord, NOW Grace me in SUCH a way, that I will leave ALL other

USELESS sadhanas, other RITUAL practices, and ENGAGE myself

day and night in

 

LOVINGLY SINGING YOUR Names,

 

Extolling Your Grace and Your Virtues,

 

REMEMBERING Your Lilas and

 

CONTEMPLATING upon Your blissful Form.

 

Jaya Sri Radhe!

 

 

> Namaste all. I am inspired to post more on chanting Divine Names,

> following the quote of Sant Tulasidas.

>

> milahi na raghupati binu anuraagaa

> kiye joga japa daana viraagaa

>

> - Sri Rama Carita Manas

>

> Lord of the Raghu Dynasty, Sri Ramacandra,

> will not be perceived by the seekers devoid of Divine Love

> despite their great yogic meditation, ritualistic practice

> of 'japa', charitable deeds and dispassion

> towards the material world.

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, pyari_h <no_reply wrote:

 

Thanks Dr.Jayaji,

 

it was beautiful message. Could you throw some light on why

Bhakti yoga is the most suitable in this Kaliyuga ? Even though there

are many faster paths (like yoga, tantra etc) still many of the saints

confirmed that Bhakti will be main path in kaliyuga

 

and if we see around, bhakti is the main path ..be it hindus or

christians or muslims they are mostly following bhakti yoga. Is there

something special about Kali and Bhakti ?

 

with love

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Namaste babaji. Glad you enjoyed Sant Tulasidas ji's doha from

Sri Rama Carita Manas.

I'd comment later on chanting of Divine Names in Kaliyuga as I find

more time to write a long post.

 

krita juga saba jogee vijnaanee

 

kari hari-dhyaan tarahi bhava praanee

 

In the golden age of Krita, all the inhabitants were fully enlightened

souls and capable of engaging their minds and hearts in contemplative

meditation upon Lord Hari.

 

Thus they have all crossed over the ocean of material existence.

 

tretaa vividha yajna nara karahee

 

prabhuhi samarpi karma bhava tarahee

 

In Treta Yuga, the same results were achieved by the people through

performing various sacrificial worships and offering them for the

pleasure of the Lord.

 

Thus they have all crossed over the ocean of material existence.

 

dvaapara kari raghu (yadu) pati pada poojaa

 

nara bhava tarahi upaaya na doojaa

 

In the age of Dwapara, there was no other alternate remedy to achieve

the ultimate goal but through rendering their loving service to the

lotus feet of the Lord Himself (through Pancaratra worship).

 

Thus they have all crossed over the ocean of material existence.

 

yahi kali kaala na saadhana doojaa

 

jog na japa tapa vrat makha poojaa

 

For this fallen age of Kali, there is NO other alternate path of

spiritual practice such as yoga meditation, mechanical counting on

beads, severe penance & vows and sacrificial worship to please the

heavenly personalities like Indra etc.,.

 

Raamahi sumiriya gaayiya raamahi

 

santata siniya raama guna graamahi

 

 

So please only REMEMBER Lord Ramacandra,

 

only sing the holy Names of Rama, always

 

listen to His Divine attributes, and

 

His ever blissful exploits.

 

Jaya Sri Radhe!

 

, pyari_h <no_reply wrote:

>

> Namaste all. I am inspired to post more on chanting Divine Names,

> following the quote of Sant Tulasidas.

>

> milahi na raghupati binu anuraagaa

> kiye joga japa daana viraagaa

>

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, pyari_h <no_reply wrote:

 

Thanks Hari Pyari ji,

 

This was beautiful. Is it from Ram-charitmanas ? which chapter

and shloka please tell.... Here in lebanon i dont have many books

with me so i m stuck up. Thanks anyway ...this is what Aurobindo

also wrote in his book Synthesis of Yoga.

 

Meanwhile i present a beautiful prayer written by Shri Aurobindo

for Mother.

 

MOTHER OF RADIANCES

===================

 

O Mother of Radiances, you have dawned in the narrow horizons of my

mind. Out of its depthless rigidities, in the midst of its walled

up spaces you have created a heart like something that will live its

eternal life.

 

You have revealed to me a chamber alive and warm within the mind's

substanceless polar regions and there I can safely retire and find

in you my refuge.

 

The lower network of moving forces remains, but I feel your presence

in its midst.

 

The higher netweork of moving forces remains, and here you have

stepped in also shedding a warmth of life that was not there before,

 

you have turned the dull grey luminosity into a brilliance of living

waters.

 

Your active and living presence is everywhere; you have heeded my

words of aspiration the fire of my demand for you omnipresence.

More than what I ignorantly sought for, you have revealed to me.

You are intimate and one with me when in truth and law and yet away

and far off from me when in error and in falsehood.

 

When there are no more darkening shadows about me;

 

when you see bared of all shams and shows in every part of the

being;

 

when you see in every cell of my body an eternal home for you and an

eternal temple;

 

when you see me one with you in identity and still worshipping you;

 

when you melt the compact gold of knowledge in the living and

running waters of devotion;

 

when you break my earth and release the Energies;

 

when you turn my pride into power in your hands

 

and my ignorance into light,

 

my narrowness into wideness,

 

my selfishness into a true gathering together of forces in one

center,

 

my greed into a capacity of untiring search after the truth for the

attainment of its substances,

 

my egoism into the true and conscious instrumental centre,

 

my mind into a channel for you to descend,

 

my heart into your hearth of pure fire and flame,

 

my life into a p0ure and translucent substance for your handling,

 

my body into a conscious vessel for holding what of you is meant for

me;

 

then O Mother of Radiances,

 

my aim in life now and hereafter will be fulfilled in the true and

right and vast way.

 

Aspiration wakes in me! Achieve in me all that I flame for !!!!

 

 

Hari Aum

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Yes, baba ji, these hindi doha are from Rama Carita Manas, posted on

my forum a few years ago.. I too do not have the book with me at

present to give you the chapters. Tulasidas ji had writen many such

doha in different chapters, Sri Kripaluji maharaj chants and quotes

them often in his speeches.

 

You can find some on line at this link:

 

http://www.onlinedarshan.com/ramayana/

 

Another site with vaalmiki ramayana and word by word translations:

 

http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/mirrors/vv/literature/ramayana/ramainv.html

 

Jaya Sri Raddhe!

 

 

, beirut_ka_baba <no_reply wrote:

>

> , pyari_h <no_reply@> wrote:

>

> Thanks Hari Pyari ji,

>

> This was beautiful. Is it from Ram-charitmanas ? which chapter

> and shloka please tell.... Here in lebanon i dont have many books

> with me so i m stuck up. Thanks anyway ...this is what Aurobindo

> also wrote in his book Synthesis of Yoga.

>

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madhura madhuram etan maGgalaM maGgalAnAM

sakala nigama vallI satphalaM citsvarUpam

sakRdapi parigItaM zraddhayA helayA vA

bRguvara! naramAtraM tArayet kRSNanAma

 

Padyavali. 26

Sri Bhagavan Veda Vyasa Pada

 

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Bhagavatam || 12.12.48 ||

 

saGkIrtyamAno bhagavAn anantaH

zrutAnubhAvo vyasanaM hi puMsAm |

pravizya cittaM vidhunoty azeSaM

yathA tamo'rko'bhram ivAti-vAtaH ||

 

When the infinite Person is glorified,

is experienced through hearing, and enters the heart,

He erases all a person's sufferings without leaving any trace,

just like the sun erases the darkness,

or a great wind blows away the clouds.

 

 

|| 12.12.49 ||

 

mRSA giras tA hy asatIr asat-kathA

na kathyate yad bhagavAn adhokSajaH |

tad eva satyaM tad u haiva maGgalaM

tad eva puNyaM bhagavad-guNodayam ||

 

Words that do not describe the Supreme Lord Adhokshaja

are a false and faithless misuse of the power of speech.

On the other hand, where the Lord's qualities are manifest,

that verily is the truth, that verily is auspicious

and that verily is holy.

 

|| 12.12.50 ||

 

tad eva ramyaM ruciraM navaM navaM

tad eva zazvan manaso mahotsavam|

tad eva zokArNava-zoSaNaM nRNAM

yad uttamaHzloka-yazo'nugIyate ||

 

Yea! Where the reputation of the glorious Lord is sung,

that verily is delightful, pleasurable and ever fresh and new;

that verily is an eternal, magnificent festival of joy for the mind;

that verily is the sun that dries up the ocean of lamentation!

 

|| 12.12.51 ||

 

na yad vacaz citra-padaM harer yazo

jagat-pavitraM pragRNIta karhicit |

tad dhvAGkSa-tIrthaM na tu haMsa-sevitaM

yatrAcyutas tatra hi sAdhavo'malAH ||

 

The words that do not glorify the world-sanctifying qualities of Hari

are nothing more than a gathering place venerated by crows,

and avoided by the swans.

For where is Achyuta, there gather the sinless and the saintly.

 

|| 12.12.52 ||

 

tad vAg-visargo janatAgha-samplavo

yasmin prati-zlokam abaddhavaty api |

nAmAny anantasya yazo'GkitAni yat

zRNvanti gAyanti gRNanti sAdhavaH ||

 

That use of words, even if defective in some way,

if decorated with the names and fame of the infinite Lord

can bring about a revolution in the sinful consciousness of the world.

The saintly therefore hear, sing and repeat such words.

 

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athApi kIrtayAnyaGga yathAmati yathA zrutam

kIrtiM hareH svAM satkartuM giram anyAbhi ghAsatIm

 

ekAnta lAbhaM vacaso nu puMsAM suzloka mauler guNavAdamAhuH

zrutezca vidvadbhir upAkRtAyAM kathAsudhAyAm upasamprayogam

 

Yet, in order to purify my own speech, which has been rendered foul

by other profane talk, I proceed to sing, dear Vidura,

the glory of Sri Hari according to my own poor lights and

on the basis of what I have heard from my preceptor.

 

The wise declare that the sole utility of men's speech decidedly

lies in uttering the praises of the Lord, Who is the Foremost of

those enjoying the highest renown, and the sole utility of one's ears

lies coming into contact with the nectar-like discourses on Sri Hari

delivered by learned Saints.

 

zrutasya puMsAM sucirazramasya nanvaJjasA sUribhirIDito 'rthaH

yat tad guNAnuzravaNaM mukunda pAdAravindaM hRdayeSu yeSAm

 

The highest reward, commended by the wise, of learning acquired

by men with great pains extending over a long period, is to

hear the praises of those who have installed the lotus feet

of Lord Sri Krishna (the Bestower of Liberation) in their hearts.

 

And the very last verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam :

 

nAma saGkIrtanaM yasya sarva pApa praNAzanam

praNAmo duHkha zamanas taM namAmi hariM param

 

Let us all prostrate to that transcendental Lord Hari,

reciting and singing of Whose Names destroy all sins,

and surrendering to Whom dispels all miseries and sufferings.

 

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Jaya Sri Radhe!

 

 

> Namaste all. I am inspired to post more on chanting Divine Names,

> following the quote of Sant Tulasidas.

>

> milahi na raghupati binu anuraagaa

> kiye joga japa daana viraagaa

>

> - Sri Rama Carita Manas

>