Re : Kaliyug kewal Naam Adhaara..

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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.

 

kRte yad dhyAyato viSNuM tretAyAM yajato makhaiH

dvApare paricaryAyAM kalau tad hari kIrtanAt

 

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.52

 

Each Yuga has its own standard - high or low - of Dharma, and in

accordance with the moral fibre of the people of that Yuga, its own

prescription for attaining the Lord.

 

Whatever a person could attain in the Krita Yuga by

meditation on Vishnu; in the Treta Yuga by performing sacrifices;

in the Dvapara Yuga by devoted service and worship -

all that he may attain in the Kali Yuga by extolling the Lord.

 

This is the great advantage of the Kali Yuga and makes us

exceptionally fortunate, despite the all-pervading evil around us!

 

kalau kalmaSa cittAnAM pApa dravyopa jIvinAM,

vidhi kriyA vihInA nAM gatir govinda kIrtanam

 

'In the age of Kali (Dark Age), the hearts of men and women are

polluted, their minds are impure, their lives are spent in sin and

acquiring wealth for sense-gratification, devoid of spiritual

discipline and devotional practice.

 

So for such unfortunate souls of Kali Yuga, the ONLY way to

attaining the ultimate goal of life is devotional singing of the

Names, Attributes, and Lilas of Govinda.'

 

nAsti nAsti mahA bhAga! kali kAlasamaM yugaM,

smaraNAt kIrtanAt viSNoH prApyate paramaM padam

 

O great fortunate one! There is no age, there is no age equal to the

Kali Yuga during which the Ultimate Supreme Goal is attained simply

by the loving remembrance and devotional chanting of the Holy Names

of Lord Vishnu (Krishna).

 

Veda Vyasa muni started the Bhagavatam with an invocatory hymn

addressed to the Ultimate Reality, and that verse contains the

essence of the Vedanta philosophy as expounded in the Upanishads and

the Brahma Sutras.

 

In the valedictory verse of the Bhagavatam, Vyasa declares that

chanting of the names of the Supreme Being alone is capable of

destroying all the sins which stand in the way of God-realization.

 

The very last verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.23:

 

nAma saGkIrtanaM yasya sarva pApa praNAzanam

praNAmo duHkha zamanas taM namAmi hariM param

 

Let us all prostrate to that transcendental Lord Hari,

thinking (singing) of Whose Names destroy all sins,

and surrendering to Whom dispels all miseries and sufferings.

 

Adi Jagadguru Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada had proclaimed

this famous verse:

 

nAma-smaraNA d anyopAyaM nahi pazyAmo bhava taraNe

rAma hare! kRSNa hare! tava nAma vadAmi sadA nRhare!

 

I do not find any sure, smart way and clever solution to cross the

ocean of material existence, the cycle of birth and death except for

the loving remembrance of Divine names.

O Lord Hari, I always humbly call upon Your blessed Names, " O Rama! O

Krishna! O Nara-hari! "

 

Lord Krishna's well known promise to Narada Muni:

 

Listen my dear Narada! I neither reside in the Divine abode

of Vaikuntha, nor in the pure hearts of yogis in contemplation.

But most certainly I do dwell where ever my loving devotees

sing about My Divine pastimes, glories and holy Names!!

 

Jaya Sri Radhe!

 

, beirut_ka_baba <no_reply wrote:

 

> Mantra Yoga is a a little longer path, but progress is assured on

> this path, with lesser chances of falling from path.

 

> Tulsidas Said -

> Kaliyug kewal Naam Adhaara...In Kaliyuga Japa yoga is the only

> possible path to truth.

>

> with love

>