Introduction

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Sri Akaal Ji Sahai

 

Just a small query if you will....(please correct me if I am incorrect)

 

As far as I understand, "Jap"/"Jaap" means "to contemplate" within Sanskrit

texts, and not "to recite". To recite would be to do "simran"/"simar". Surely

if we contemplate upon the Almighty, whatever that may be (ie, "Raam", "Raheem",

"Allah", "Vaaheguroo", "Mahavishnu", "Mahakaal", ""God", "Lord", etc) to

whatever faith an individual adheres to then that is what counts?

 

To quote an old saying,

 

"..even a parrot can be taught to recite a name, but it does not mean it has

understood its depth or comprehended its meaning"

 

As Krishan Maharaj within Bhaagwad Gita speaks of time and again, to do any task

without any heart leads to fruitless ventures...the same would also apply to

reciting the Lord's name without any depth of contemplation.

 

Sri Akaal Ji Sahai

 

Nihang Teja Singh

Panjvah Takht 96 Crore Budha Dal Akali Nihang Khalsa Panth

www.sarbloh.info

 

--- Sangeetha Padmanabhan <sangeethapadmanabhan wrote:

>Sri Ramanujaya Namah:

>I completely agree with what you say Sir. We have to make "Nama Japa" with a

clear conscious. Counting the Namas might cause a distraction and an

intervention of a new element in thought while mentioning God's name. There

should be no intervention while performing Nama Japa and hence we should not

count and our inner mind should always be reciting God's name all the time. I do

this all the time. Outwardly, I answer to people, do my work, and read while my

inner mind always recites God's Name all the time. This is a process which i

cultivated some years back and it gives us a lot of peace when we do so. This is

just my view and may not be correct.

>Please forgive me if my views are wrong.

>Om Namo narayanaya Namah:

>Sangeetha Jagan

> Sukumar <sukumar wrote:Dear Sri Sivanandam,

>

>Welcome!

>

>The normal practice, as far as I know, for Nama japa is actually done 11

>times, 33 times and so on. But in a real union with God (Yoga) what I

>feel and do is not counting the namas. I think nothing should come in

>between us (atman) and namas of Lord. We should be so passionate that we

>should not keep anything obstructive or slightly misleading when we do nama

>japa. Mind is the one which is advantageous and disadvantageous in this

>aspect and therefore I will not count nama japa though earlier I used to

>do.

>

>It is just the degree/amount of bhakti is what is required ultimately.

>Pardon me if I am wrong.

>

>regards

>sukumar

>

>

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:Om Namo Narayanaya:

 

Dear Sri Bhagavatas,

I am Balaji, 23 and I work in Munich, Germany.

My native place is Andhra Pradesh, India.

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

 

jai ramanuja,

 

Balaji

 

 

 

 

 

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Sri Krishnaya Namah!

 

The naam japa always be fruitful for a bhaktha in the initial stages for

increasing concentration in recitals. The concentration increases with the

amount of interest/devotion we have. once a bhaktha makes it a habit to

recite namas of the Lord his interest grows/directed at Him and this

interest lead him to seek various avenues to know more about the Lord and

his deeds(just as you are a member of this group and know more on God). At

a highly elevated stages, zyana and bhakti becomes united, as they are one

and the same. Bhakthi the fruit of the knowledge that one has on God

should always be supported by shraddha and all these are complementary.

 

To become a bhaktha one needs Lord's krupa drishti, also. Hence, a

bhaktha is a gyani ('daksha' as per Lord Krishna). Thus knowledge and

devotion is inseparable.

 

Sukumar

 

Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah!

 

 

Nihang Teja Singh [sMTP:nihang_teja_singh]

05/03/2003 3:54 PM

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RE: Introduction

 

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To quote an old saying,

 

"..even a parrot can be taught to recite a name, but it does not mean it

has understood its depth or comprehended its meaning"

 

As Krishan Maharaj within Bhaagwad Gita speaks of time and again, to do any

task without any heart leads to fruitless ventures...the same would also

apply to reciting the Lord's name without any depth of contemplation.