Nama Article- 26-11-07

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HOW TO RECITE RAMANAMA By Mahathma Gandhi

 

Gandhiji, in his discourse, explained the conditions

under which alone Ramanama could become an effective

remedy. The first condition was that it should come

from the heart. What did that mean? People did not

mind going to the ends of the earth to find a cure for

the physical ailments which were much less important

than the mental or spiritual. " Man's, physical being

is after all perishable. It cannot, by its very

nature, last for ever.

And yet men make a fetish of it while neglecting the

immortal spirit within. " A man who believed in

Ramanama would not make a fetish of the body, but

would regard it only as a means of serving God. And

for making it into a fit instrument for that purpose,

Ramanama was the sovereign means. To install Ramanama

in the heart required infinite patience. It might even

take ages. But the effort was worthwhile. Even so,

success depended solely on the grace of God.

Ramanama could not come from the heart unless one had

cultivated the virtues of truth, honesty and purity

within and without. Everyday at the evening prayers,

they repeated the shlokas describing the man with a

steadfast intellect. Everyone of them, said Gandhiji,

could become a sthitapragnya - man with steadfast

intellect - if he kept his senses under discipline,

ate and drank and allowed himself enjoyment and

recreation only to sustain life for service. If one

had no control over one's thoughts, if one did not

mind, for instance, sleeping in a hole of a room

with all doors and windows shut, and breathing foul

air or drinking dirty water, his recitation of

Ramanama was in vain.

That, however, did not mean that one should give up

reciting Ramanama on the ground that one had not the

requisite purity. For, recitation of Ramanama was also

a means for acquiring purity. " In the case of a man

who repeats Ramanama from the heart, discipline and

self-control will come easy. Observance of the rules

of health and hygiene will become his second nature.

His life will run an even course. He will never want

to hurt any one. To suffer in order to relieve other's

suffering will become a part of his being and fill him

with an ineffable and perennial joy. " Let them,

therefore, said Gandhiji, persevere and ceaselessly

repeat Ramanama during all their waking hours.

Ultimately, it would remain with them even during

their sleep and God's grace would then fill them with

perfect health of body, mind and spirit.

 

Source: Ramanama

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

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