UPADESA SARUM -STUDY VERSE 6

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Better than hymns of praise

is repetition of the Name ;

better low-voiced than loud,

but best of all

Is meditation in the mind .

 

K.Swaminathan

 

 

Meditation on Japa born of the mind is superior to the supreme

chants of prayer and to the loud and low mutterings .

 

Ganapati Muni

 

 

The repetition aloud of His Name or Mantra is better than praise

..Next comes faint mutter .but the best is the repetition within the

mind-and that is meditation , above referred to .

 

B.V.Narasimhaswami

 

 

And the service of Speech is clinging

to the redeeming Word .

Not verbal praise , but so unceasingly

pronounced in the heart

that tongue has no need of utterance ;

that is the consecration of speech ,

itself a meditation .

 

Anantanarayanan

 

 

Constant repeating of the Holy Name

Is more than praise , at length the voice will sink

To silent repetition in the Heart ,

And in this way is meditation learned

 

Chadwick

 

 

Understanding that nothing happens according to "my' will and

merely witnessing the billions of body mind organisms act under

God's will is excellent .It is superior to singing the glories of the

Lord or reciting His sacred names .

 

Shirishkumar Murthy

 

 

Compared to the loud singing of His praise, repeating His name

aloud , repeating in a murmer or meditation in the form of mental

silent chanting is better in that order .

 

Swami Dayananda