anadi 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2002 There is a question: Suppose there is a person who is committing many offences, who is a murderer, who slaughters cows, and who is full of bad qualities. Suppose that sinful person somehow chants Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare. Will his chanting have any effect or not? What will be the gain? What will be the result? He will be purified. Why does he not realize this at that time? The example is Ajamila. He was a very wicked person. Earlier in his life he was a very good brahmana, but then he associated with a prostitute and he became a murderer. He engaged in all kinds of sins, and he shared the results of his crimes with that prostitute. He chanted, but he chanted the name of his son -- Narayana. What became of him? What was the result of his 'chanting'? Jayati jayati namananda-rupam murare. Namananda-rupam murare. The holy names are the actual rupa, form, of Murari. Mura was a very powerful demon, and Krsna killed him and gave him liberation. Therefore one name of Krsna is Murari, and the form of this Murari is krsna-nama. Katham api sakrdattam. In any way, if one utters only one name of Murari, Krsna, Madhava, Govinda, Rama, and so on, that name gives mukti. The devotee receives mukti very easily, and therefore Krsna has the name Murari. Don't have any doubts. Previously Ajamila could not realize the glory of the name. But then his gurus, the associates of Narayana, came, and in their light he saw, "Oh, I have even crossed over death. Although no one can cross death, still, no death came to me. Oh, they saved me from death." At that time he realized that the name is very elevated and has vast power. Why could he not realize this before? Now he realized his soul. It is by our soul that we can see the effect of the name -- not by this body, not by these eyes, and not by this mental speculation. Even a very wretched, wicked person who chants nama can very easily be liberated and saved from death. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raga 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2002 Spoken by Narayan Maharaja -- http://www.vnn.org/europe/EU0107/EU17-6832.html Why do you quote texts from Narayana Maharaja without informing us who is the author of the texts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
