Bharata Pradakshina: 25 Aug 2008

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Pradakshina

Today: Gaya (Bihar)

 

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

 

 

 

 

 

On compassion of Sri

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu & Sri Nitai Prabhu – Why & how to make everyone

chant the holy name!

'Worldly people will never

listen to you if you ask them to renounce everything and devote themselves whole-heartedly

to God. Therefore Chaitanya and Nitai, after some deliberation, made an

arrangement to attract the worldly. They would say to such persons, 'Come,

repeat the name of Hari, and you shall have a delicious soup of magur fish

and the embrace of a young woman.' Many people, attracted by the fish and the

woman, would chant the name of God. After tasting a little of the nectar of

God's hallowed name, they would soon realize that the 'fish soup' really

meant the tears they shed for love of God, while the 'young woman' signified

the earth. The embrace of the woman meant rolling on the ground in the

rapture of divine love.

" Nitai

would employ any means to make people repeat Hari's name. Chaitanya said:

'The name of God has very great sanctity. It may not produce an immediate

result, but one day it must bear fruit. It is like a seed that has been left

on the cornice of a building. After many days the house crumbles, and the

seed falls on the earth, germinates, and at last bears fruit.'

Source:

Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How

Kalipada was saved by Thakur

Kalipada

was one of those wayward souls who were saved by the Master. He was a

out-and-out bohemian, a debauchee, and a drunkard.

One

day, he knelt down and clasped the Master’s feet, saying: ‘Sir, you are a

saviour. Please save my life.’

‘Oh,

no, no!’ said Sri Ramakrishna, ‘chant the name of the Lord. You will get

liberation.’

Kalipada

then said: ‘Sir, I am a wicked man and a drunkard. I do not even have time to

chant the Lord’s name. You are an ocean of mercy. Kindly save a ruffian such

as I, who is devoid of disciplines and righteousness.’

Meanwhile,

Kalipada firmly held on to the Master’s feet. Sri Ramakrishna could not find

any way out of his predicament, so he asked Kalipada to stick out his tongue

and then wrote a mantram on it. The Master said: ‘Henceforth your tongue will

automatically repeat this mantram.’

On

October 24, 1885, while staying at the Shyampukur house, Sri Ramakrishna

explained the mystery of japam to the devotees: ‘Japam means silently

repeating God’s name in solitude. When you chant His name with single-minded

devotion you can see God’s form and realize Him. Suppose there is a piece of

timber sunk in the water of the Ganga (river) and fastened with a chain to

the bank. You proceed link by link, holding to the chain, and you dive into

the water and follow the chain. Finally you are able to reach the timber. In

the same way, by repeating God’s name you become absorbed in Him and finally

Realize Him.’

Kalipada

listened to the Master, but he had already received the boon that his tongue

would repeat the mantram effortlessly. He smiled and said to the devotees:

‘Ours is the grand teacher! We are not asked to practise meditation,

austerity, and other disciplines.

[Read

the great compassion fully - http://hinduism.co.za/drunkard.htm]

 

Source: They live with God

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare