introduction

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hello bhakti list members,

my name is narasimhan. i am a merchant navy

officer, with residence at chennai. i'm a sri

vaishnava by birth and am interested in knowing more

about sri vaisnava philosophy.

 

a question :

 

all the shastras state that the yuga dharma of this

yuga is only the chanting the holy names of

hari.(vishnu puranam, srimad bhagavatham & padma

puranam) more specifically of krsihna ( kirtanAd Eva

krishnasya muktah sangah param vrajEt) . how do the

srivaishnavas practice this.

 

 

thanks sriman mani for including me in the list.

 

 

 

 

 

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haribol

 

i have heard from vaisnavites which i recently met

that the only way to liberation from this material

existence is the chanting of holy name of krsna

 

sri caitanya mahaprabhu (krsna himself who descended

as a devotee)said

 

harer naama harer naama harer naama eva kevalam

kaalau naasti eva naasti eva gatir anyatha

 

how will the sri vaishnavites explain this verse how

can we develop love for krsna and become god conscious

and thereby increase our efforts to reach

godhead.please explain this to me

 

your aspiring servant

 

ramakrishna

--- ranganathan narasimhan <simhan74 wrote:

> hello bhakti list members,

> my name is narasimhan. i am a merchant navy

> officer, with residence at chennai. i'm a sri

> vaishnava by birth and am interested in knowing more

> about sri vaisnava philosophy.

>

> a question :

>

> all the shastras state that the yuga dharma of

> this

> yuga is only the chanting the holy names of

> hari.(vishnu puranam, srimad bhagavatham & padma

> puranam) more specifically of krsihna ( kirtanAd Eva

> krishnasya muktah sangah param vrajEt) . how do the

> srivaishnavas practice this.

>

>

> thanks sriman mani for including me in the list.

>

>

>

>

>

> Talk to your friends online with Messenger.

> http://im.

>

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RAMAKRISHNA CHAMARTHI <chamarthiraki

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Tuesday, March 28, 2000 11:23 AM

Re: introduction

 

>

> haribol

>

> i have heard from vaisnavites which i recently met

> that the only way to liberation from this material

> existence is the chanting of holy name of krsna

>

> sri caitanya mahaprabhu (krsna himself who descended

> as a devotee)said

>

> harer naama harer naama harer naama eva kevalam

> kaalau naasti eva naasti eva gatir anyatha

>

> how will the sri vaishnavites explain this verse how

> can we develop love for krsna and become god conscious

> and thereby increase our efforts to reach

> godhead.please explain this to me

>

> your aspiring servant

>

> ramakrishna

 

 

Dear Sri Ramakrishna,

 

I do not think that anyone can dispute the efficacy and spiritual

joy resulting from reciting the Holy Names of the Lord; it is an

end in and of itself for those who are already steeped in

devotion to the Lord, and it is a means to awakening for those

who are yet to achieve such a devotion.

 

However, at least from the traditional SriVaishnava perspective,

it is to be understood that there are only two ways to reach the

Lord's Lotus Feet, as is clearly summarized by the Lord Himself

in Srimad Bhagavad GItha. The first method is Bhakti yOga, with

its ancillaries of Karma and jnAna yOga; and the second is

prapatti or saranAgathi, in which the devotee relies solely on

the Lord's Mercy for his/her salvation. And, since it is very

difficult in this day and age to take up the rigorous disciplines

of yOga, prapatti alone, through the proper mentoring and

intercession of an achArya, can really be considered to be the

only means to redemption and salvation for a SriVaishnava.

 

But, this does not mean that SriVaishnavas do not extol the

chanting of the Holy Name. For those who have taken to prapatti,

this wonderful and efficacious spiritual practice is included

among other vEdic practices as a means of expressing our loving

submission and service to Sriman Narayana.

 

More knowledgeable individuals can probably go into further

details on this, if necessary, but I hope this helps for now.

 

rAmAnuja dAsan

 

Mohan

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Dear Bhagavatas:

Sri Mohan Sagar has succinctly explained the role of Nama Sankeerthanam

vis-a-vis Prapatti.

 

In fact, the name of Rama proved ore effective than Sri Rama Himself! Rama

had to build a bridge to cross over to Lanka but HanumAn jumped across the

ocean by merely uttering Rama's name!

 

KrishNa's name proved more effective than Lord KrishNa. When Draupadi was in

distress, she called KrishNa's name as "HridaykamalavAsa" and an unending

stream of clothing poured from nowhere to save her honor!

 

When Gajendra cried out his heart calling "AdhimoolamE", it forced the:Lord

to rush to its rescue. In fact, sensing He may be late to reach the spot, He

whisked His discus (Chkara) to go faster and save the elephant!

 

But, for crossing the ocean of SamsAra (Cycle of births and deaths) there are

only two means viz. Bhakti and Prapatti, Prapatti being easier, quicker and

surer means than Bhakti as explained By Sri Mohan Sagar.

 

Nama Sankeertthanam, living in Divyadesams, mingling with Satviks etc are NOT

DIRECT means to Moksha but will in due course lead one to Bhakti or Prapatti,

the only courses outlined in our Siddhantam to take us to Moksham.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy