Question: In any field like sports/study etc., generally practice makes one perfect. But in spiritual field....?

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Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

Rama Nama enjoys a special status. This Mantra is called 'Taraka mantra'. ‘Taraka’ means to cross over. This Mantra helps one cross over the ‘janma’ (birth).

Hence, it is called so.

 

'Sruti, Smriti, Puranesu Rama Nãma prakiirtitam tan Nama kirtanam bhooyah papatraya vinashanam'

It is said that the very essence ('ssaram') of all Epics, Shastras and the Vedas is only 'Taraka Mantra'. The fruit earned by chanting all other Mantras is earned by chanting this Rama Mantra. ------------------------

Source: The Sage of Kanchi - Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan Paramacharya of Kanchi (Jagathguru Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal) On hearing that He would be the next pontiff to Head the Math: "I lay in a kneeling posture in the cart itself, shocked as I was, repeating RAMA RAMA, the only spiritual prayer I knew, during the rest of my journey"

-----------Question: In

any field like sports/study etc., generally practice makes one perfect.

But in spiritual field it seems like a never- ending practice and

struggle. The goal is never reached. Is there an easy way of reaching

this goal of life and see the results within a couple of years? Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji:Let us take the example of three

individuals-- One is a genius by birth.

The second one is intelligent though nowhere near the genius and the last one is mentally challenged. All three suffer from an ailment and need treatment. The genius would find his remedy on his own with no or very minimal

directive. For

the intelligent child, a little guidance is essential. Someone needs to

show him the remedy and he takes the medicine, feels the improvement

and is cured. For the mentally challenged person who falls

sick there is absolutely no possibility of him approaching a physician

and seeking a remedy. In fact he is not even aware of that he is having

an ailment. Naturally, if given treatment, he would not even be in a

position to understand if he is making progress. So the care-giver

needs to do everything for him. This model can be applied in

gauging spiritual progress too. The great mahatmas are so fully tuned

already and the urge in them to see God is so enormous that when they

chant the Nama, they immediately see the progress and reach the goal,

like the genius. For the next category of spiritual aspirants,

with appropriate guidance from the Guru and life-long effort, they do

manage to reach the goal finally. Then comes the third category into which majority of us

fall, on account of the heavy load of vasanas, that we are carrying

from previous births. We are like the mentally challenged person

looking up to God/Guru's grace to do it for us completely. The load of

vasanas is so heavy that we are not in a position to perceive the

spiritual progress. All we have to do is chant patiently with faith and

not lose hope just because we do not perceive instant progress.When

medicine is given it does its work without fail in everyone. The

difference in feeling the progress depends on the level of urge to

reach the goal. Let us have no doubt about the fact that when we chant

the divine names, progress is being made all the time. It is

just that we are unable to perceive it, as would a Mahatma or a great

soul due to the variation in the degree of urge to attain God."Glory of

Hinduism" by Dr.Bhagyanathan, from Singapore Pl

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