More on Rama Nama

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Some additional points:

 

Swami Sivananda mentions that Rama does not require the prefix Om in

order to activate its energy (like most other mantras do) because it

is equal to Om itself.

 

Interesting story - The Saint Kabir's son came to him and said that

he had just recommended a sick man to stand in the river Ganges and

chant Rama Nama twice and then he would be fully cured. Kabir scolded

him, "This just shows how little faith you have in Rama Nama. If you

had faith, you would have just told him to chant Rama Nama once."

 

A word of caution - Mantras detoxify the mind, therefore the results

in the initial stages may be negative. Only after the mind it

detoxified, the results may be positive. This is similar to

detoxifying the body where initially you get all kinds of negative

reactions, and then eventually the body becomes clean. So one cannot

have the expectation that chanting a mantra will bring immediate benefits.

 

Labd

 

 

Ammachi, "labd2929" <labd2929 wrote:

>

> Just for completeness, I wanted to add more tidbits on Ramanama.

> Both saints Tyagaraja in Southern India and Tulsidas also used

> Ramanama. One of them (not sure which one) explained that RA is the

> kernel of the mantra Om Namo NaRAyanana, and MA is the kernel of Om

> NaMA Sivaya, so Rama combines both mantras in one.

>

> In addition, in the Vishnu Sahasranama (the thousand names of

> Vishnu), it is mentioned that Sahasranama Tatulyam Rama Nama Varanane

> (Chanting the name of Rama is equivalent to chanting the thousand

> names of Vishnu).

>

> The Mahamantra, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare

> Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare of course invokes both

> Rama and Krishna (although the Hare Krishna people claim that the Rama

> here refers to Balarama, the brother of Krishna, not Lord Rama).

>

> Eknath Easwaran in his book The Mantram Handbook mentions that Rama

> is the kernel of the Hare Rama mahamantra:

>

>

http://www.amazon.com/Mantram-Handbook-4-Ed/dp/0915132982/sr=8-2/qid=1163253597/ref=sr_1_2/102-7187509-8819319?ie=UTF8&s=books

>

> Also, Gandhi in his autobiography made it very clear that for him

> the word Rama referred not to Lord Rama, the personality, but rather

> to the Self (Brahman, Consciousness, God, whatever we want to call it)

> itself.

>

> Rama in Sanskrit means Joy, so the mantra can bring joy to the

> chanter. Easwaran in his book mentions that chanting it can also

> bring Rama Rajya (meaning the rule of Rama - considered to be a Golden

> Time in Indian history) to the world, freeing it of strife and conflict.

>

> Like most mantras, this one is like a bottomless pit. The more you

> chant it, the more you see its power in your life, and the more you

> realize how little you know about it and how infinite it is. Kind of

> like Ammachi herself.

>

> Labd

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ammachi, "labd2929" <labd2929 wrote:

>

> "This just shows how little faith you have in Rama Nama. If you

> had faith, you would have just told him to chant Rama Nama once."

> ... Labd

> >>>

 

dear labd, namaste,

 

please don't get me wrong; i enjoy all your posts

and urge you to continue. every post i read i consider

a blessing. thank you very very much.

 

but, the inquiry came to me which i would like to share:

 

if i have FAITH, what is the need of a mantra at all?

it is because, my faith is so little, that i need so many mantras.

also, Amma says that the mantra is to replace so many( thousands of )

thoughts throughout the day with one single thought of God( mantra ).

 

Amma also says that it's wrong to say that one mantra is better than

other mantras.

 

But, definitely, one should Love one's mantra

whatever it is the best.

 

Amma also says that whatever we do with Love will bear good results.

 

my 2cents

amma bless,

amarnath

ps ~ ram, rama is one of my favorite mantras which i used a lot before

i got my mantra from amma.

[Guest guest]

Namah Shivaya,

 

In addition to this, in the Video Light of Wisdom,

Amma says that all Mantras are equally powerful.

 

Additionally as well with the Om Namah Shivaya, which

Amma loves to say, it honors all Names of God, and has

been said to be more powerful than the Adam Bomb.

(To make things even more interesting, or confusing,

:0))

>

> Amma also says that it's wrong to say that one

> mantra is better than

> other mantras.

 

> Amma also says that whatever we do with Love will

> bear good results.

>

[Guest guest]

The following link contains the translation of Rama Rahasya Upanishad.

The second chapter gives variations of Rama mantras from one-syllable

to 23-syllables. Also, the site has translations of many other texts.

 

http://celextel.org/108upanishads/ramarahasya.html

 

Enjoy

Labd

 

 

>

> dear labd, namaste,

>

> please don't get me wrong; i enjoy all your posts

> and urge you to continue. every post i read i consider

> a blessing. thank you very very much.

>

> but, the inquiry came to me which i would like to share:

>

> if i have FAITH, what is the need of a mantra at all?

> it is because, my faith is so little, that i need so many mantras.

> also, Amma says that the mantra is to replace so many( thousands of )

> thoughts throughout the day with one single thought of God( mantra ).

>

> Amma also says that it's wrong to say that one mantra is better than

> other mantras.

>

> But, definitely, one should Love one's mantra

> whatever it is the best.

>

> Amma also says that whatever we do with Love will bear good results.

>

> my 2cents

> amma bless,

> amarnath

> ps ~ ram, rama is one of my favorite mantras which i used a lot before

> i got my mantra from amma.

>