Enlightening Discourse on Swami Abhedananda,Shivananda, Greatness of Chennai,Namakirtan about Kaliyuga - Part-14

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Radhe Krishna To all,Discourse contd..... Sri

Ramakrishna, Samarta Ramdas, Papa Ramdas, Yogi Ramsuratkumar, Swami

Abhedananda, Swami Sivananda, Thiagaraja Swami, Swami Purandara dasa,

Tukkaram, Namdev, Mira bai – all did Namakirtan. What do you find when

you move around India? The Aazhwars, the Nayanmars, Bodendra, Sadguru

Swami, Sridhara Ayyaval, Kumara guruparar, Arunagirinathar, Bhagavan

Ramana, Seshadri Swami, Bhadrachala Ramdas, Purandara das, Ashta dasas

(in Karnataka), Narasimha Mehta in Gujarat, countless Panduranga

Bhaktas in Maharashtra, Mira bai in Rajasthan, Swami Haridas in Uttar

Pradesh, Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada devi, Swami Vivekananda, Chaitanya

Mahaprabhu, Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind

Singh in Punjab. Only Bharat desa gives birth to such Mahans. So pure

is this land. Such great Mahans keep coming (on this land). Everyone

says that Bhagavan Ramana speaks of Vedanta. But he has composed songs

on Lord Arunachaleswara. Arunachala pathigam, Arunachala Ashtakam,

Arunachala nava manimalai, Arunachala Akshara manamalai. In Aksharamanamalai, Bhagavan Ramana speaks of the glory of Nama – 'Arunachalamena

agame ninaippavar agatthaiye ver-aruppai, Arunachala!' (Oh, Arunachala,

thou dost root out the ego of one who thinks 'Arunachala!' in his

heart). One should not mistake that by the words

'Arunachalam-yena agame ninaippavar' (when one thinks 'Arunachala' in

his heart) Ramana referred only to the form and not the Name because

later, he sings, 'Peyar ninaitthidave pidithizhuthanai un perumai yaar

arivaar, Arunachala!' (Oh, Arunachala, who can know thy glory

of pulling unto thyself one who thinks of [your] Name!?). He very

clearly mentions 'Name' (peyar). 'Peyar ninaitthidave' – as soon as one

thinks of the Name (and not the form). Bhagavan

has experienced this in his own life. At Madurai, the question of 'what

is death' arose in him and through death experience his ego was

annihilated. Just as the Maharishi Katvanga attained Jnana in a moment

of the snapping of fingers, so too, did Ramana attain Jnana in a trice.

Even after this experience he continued to live at Madurai. One

day, there was a guest at home. When asked 'wherefrom he was coming' he

said, "Arunachala!" It was mere hearing the Name 'Arunachala' that

brought about a change in Ramana and this became the deciding factor in

moving to Arunachala. The Name! The result of hearing the Name. 'Peyar

ninaitthidave pidithizhutthanai un perumai yaar arivaar Arunachal'.

What does 'pull' mean? If you keep doing Namakirtan, God would come and

pull you unto Him, even if you are not willing to come! Thus, here

Ramana clearly refers to the Name. Thus, the glory of Nama has also

been spoken by Bhagavan Ramana. !!! Will Continue !!! Guided "Hare Rama" Meditation at Redding, CA

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