Nama Sankeerthanam

It seems Lord Krishna said that in Kaliyuga, a person
can attain moksha just by continuously chanting the
name 'Hari'.

Yes, it is a very sacred form of prayer.

11. Why ?Naama Samkeerthanam? is so important? There is a SlOkam that says: ?What one can obtain only by YoganishTa or Dhyaana (Concentrated meditation) in Krita Yuga, only by yagjna (severe penance) in TrEtaa Yuga, only by intense worship
(archana) in Dvaapara Yuga, can be achieved by merely reciting the names of
Bhagavaan known as ?Naama Samkeerthanam? in Kali Yuga?

This is how God is also trying to accomodate us (human beings) according to the state of mind that we are reaching. There are several perspectives-

In Krita Yuga, man was pure in every sense - hence man needed to be tested more as also man was capable of passing such test - or man was capable of everything like walking on water etc and hence was closest to God just a step away, this may have led man owing to human tendencies not to realize how close he was to God and hence took to penance - also, man at that time had very long life span (hundreds of yrs), and man did not have any distractions in life like working for a company, earning luxuries, rivalling others, running for the world etc, one way was to spend just farming, eating, sleeping, doing some routine jobs, or just spend time understanding more of life and hence meditating and attaining God through penance, there was lot of open space, most of the others were considerate not to disturb, man was closer to self

All the above aspects have been gradually changing as different time periods or yugas as we call, came in.

When man can make a metal carry 1000's of men and fly
(aeroplane), when man can make a metal/wood carry
others and float on water (ship), then man himself was
have been definitely capable of doing so himself. Man
was apparently "developing" by inventing car, plane
etc but it's just that man is realizing his own
capabilities and not developing. Man was initially
capable of flying in air, walk on water on his own. At
some point in time man might have started questioning
how this was happening and so he stepped out of
himself to watch from outside how all these were
happening. As evolution progressed, man himself forgot
his capabilities or rather the 'belief' waned. (Unless
you believe you can't see it happen). And he became
thrilled after inventing planes, trains, ships etc.
Each and every invention is a discovery of man's own
capability and a reflection of man's just one of the
limitless 'features'. However man's confidence and
self-belief has increased severalfold due to these
inventions.

We agree that what talents we get by birth are not so
valued as the ones we develop on our own by working
for them. This shows that man still internally
respects hard work and doesn't take anything for free.
Man's distance from self/nature has been increasing
rapidly from the time he stepped out of himself. God
is within all of us. Hence we are distancing from the
God. At the same time we have the belief that we are
somewhere very close to unraveling nature (e.g.the way
we challenge that we want to clone humans).
Mental faculties have expanded, man has become more
questioning, even questioning God's existence. Man has
enough confidence of surviving with the thought that
it's ok even if is proved that there's no God. With
all the millions of distractions, space crunch,
present attitude of man, it is not feasible to expect
someone to do penance, also we have so many man-made
problems that need to be solved first- pollution,
poverty, nature imbalance etc. At the same time we
need to unravel and understand life's secrets. Due to
all these man is in a position where if he gives
'some' time he can get closer to God. And hence simply
reciting God's names in Kaliyuga can help us. But
reciting with full heart. That's God's understanding
and consideration for us. Man believes that he 's much
more smarter now and belief is what runs the things.
Man is getting farther from himself but with the
smartness, he can also be pulled closer to himself/
God as fast by chanting God's names as rapidly as he
can be dragged apart by not doing so.

The pace has increased and hence whatever man does at
this speed will affect drastically. Whatever has
helped man's survivial so far inspite of the mistakes
is the past halo effect of man's positive attitude and
good actions. There's always a spiralling effect of
past on the future. Similarly even if man gets on to
the right path now, the effect of all current/past
misdeeds will carry into future. It doesn't mean man
is not getting good results inspite of correcting
himself. There will be long before this spiralling
effect will end and the fruits of new seeds to bear.

Finally, all purpose of human life is FIRST to
REMEMBER that he is a HUMAN BEING i.e. close to God
and nature, and not a MACHINE to make new
things/inventions/ discoveries.

Namaskars
Madhavi
madhavi c" vasma2000@yahoo.com


You can't help but become enchanted by the Deities of Krishna or Rama. Even photographs or paintings are excellent ways to increase one's spiritual meditation on the forms of the Supreme.



Faith and religion


If the name of the Lord is not recited in the proper spirit, of
what use is all the sadhana? Faith is the primary requisite. Chanting
the name endlessly without faith is utterly useless. If faith is
lacking how can Bliss be experienced?

Alas' this is the Kali age. People are blind, lacking the eyes
of faith. A rich man will trust a gurkha watchman for the safety of
his home. One will trust a driver for the safe driving of the car. A
person will trust a dhobi for washing valuable clothes. One submits
the head for tonsure to a barber wielding a sharp razor. But,
unfortunately, in spite of all their studies, educated persons do not
have faith in God. People are prepared to place their trust in an
array of inferior beings, but have no faith in the Supreme.

"Faith" is not some abstract "belief," faith is rather a very
powerful feeling, a knowing and trusting beyond all doubt that we do
indeed have God-given powers which will manifest in accordance with
our thoughts.