Common man's Quest towards Inner Engineering to Happiness-5

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Radhe Krishna To All,

 

“You advocate incessant chanting of Rama Nama. (Lets us say that) A person

suffers from some disease and is also facing financial problems. Should

different slokas be chanted for the different kinds of sorrows suffered, viz.

disease, debt problem, etc.? - some sloka like the Navagraha sloka (be chanted)?

Or is it enough if we chant Rama Nama as advocated by you?â€

 

Sri.Srr.Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

‘In Kali Yuga keep chanting some Name of the Lord. This is the only way to

attain liberation in this Yuga.’ This is what I have been stressing time and

again.

 

This devotee is asking, “while going through some sloka book we find the words

above each sloka -‘for getting out of debt problems’, ‘for getting

married’, ‘to safeguard oneself from enemies’, ‘for being successful in

examination’, ‘for success of trips being undertaken’ - such wordings are

put up. You will find the words, ‘you stand to benefit by chanting these.’

 

Is it enough if I, who have been chanting Rama Nãm, chant only this Rama Nãma

or should I do japa of some other mantra for these problems?â€

 

This is his doubt/question. The answer for this is that Rama Nãma is the name

of ‘Parabrahma’ (Brahman). That is the root mantra (‘moola mantra’),

first mantra (‘ãdi mantra’) and the highest mantra. Whatever is contained

in all other mantras is found in this Rama Nama itself.

 

Rama Mantra is the ‘'Base' for all other mantras. While speaking of the glory

of Rama Mantra I have said,

 

‘Thiagaraja swami says, ‘the letter ‘Ra’ has been taken from the Nama

‘Narayana’ and the letter ‘Ma’ has been taken from the Nama

‘Namasivaya’.’

 

I have also said that by chanting Rama Nama one gains the ‘phala’ (fruit) of

chanting all other Mantras. I have said that by worshipping Rama one earns the

‘punya’ (good merit) of the worship of all other gods.

 

I have been repeatedly speaking of Yogiramsuratkumar who lived in

Tiruvannamalai. He lived until very recently. Having received the Mantra, ‘Om!

Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram!’ from his Guru Papa Ramadas, he always (every

moment) did japa of this Mantra. He did japa of this Mantra till his very last

breath.

 

‘Om Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram

Om Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram

Om Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram

Om Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram!’

 

This what he used to keep chanting always - every moment.

 

Sometimes he was to be found chanting this Nãma of the Lord and dancing in a

trance. At times he would appear to be silent but we can see his cheeks, arms

trembling and he would be in some kind of ecstasy. His cheeks would quiver, his

forehead would quiver, and his body would quiver. Always he would keep chanting

this Rama Nãma. Many a time I have seen him chanting this Nãma loudly or

singing and dancing to the tune of this Nãma and immersed in the bliss of this

Nãma. I keep seeing this; I have seen this.

 

In Tiruvannamalai, sitting either in Sannidhi street or going around the temple

or sitting in any of the shops selling vessels that abound in front of the

temple, sitting in many such places and fanning his hand fan he would keep doing

japa of Rama Nãma. He would do japa of this Rama Nãma as he kept walking

about. He would chant it as he walked about or sitting in one place. If someone

came up and prostrated to him he would say, “Rama!â€

He always did japa of that Rama Nãma. He always did japa of that Mantra ‘Om

Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram!’

 

Innumerable people have thronged to his presence with different prayers - for

marriage, for cure of diseases, for begetting a child, for success in

examination, for protection from trouble from enemies, for relief from poverty,

for acquiring high posts, for removal of some suffering, for cure of mental

depression, etc. Innumerable people have come to him.

 

If I were to narrate all the events wherein he had blessed people you will

refuse to believe them. He has blessed people to that extent. He has done such

wonderful ‘anugraha’ (blessing) to people. If you were to hear them all you

would wonder, ‘Can such things take place? Can such things happen in this Kali

Yuga?’

 

You would be in awe if you were to hear the incidents that occurred in his life.

You will not be able to believe them all. (He has performed) That many wonders!

But, nobody knows these! Nobody used to be nearby then. Nobody would have noted

them down. I do not know if those who had benefited by him have ever spoken them

out or not. Innumerable wonders! (Great) Wonders have taken place. In a

nutshell, even works that were deemed impossible were made possible by him. They

have indeed come about. ‘Can such things happen? Can it happen in this

manner?’ one would wonder. Awe striking!

 

Someone would come for his blessing for begetting a child and he would bless.

Someone with a big heart problem would approach him and he would cure him.

 

One poor lady, a vegetable seller, used to come to Tiruvannamalai every day from

a nearby village, sell the vegetables and return to her village. She was very

poor. But, she had some blind faith. Before starting on her job, as soon as

reaching Tiruvannamalai she used to go to Yogiramsuratkumar (who was then living

in Sannidhi street) with the basket on her head, prostrate to him, inform him,

“Sami! I am going for my work!†and then begin her job of selling

vegetables. This was the routine that she followed.

 

One day she said to Yogi, “I am unable to attend to my work. My health is not

as before. I feel breathless. I checked up with the doctor. The doctors examined

me and have opined, ‘you have a hole in the heart. It is very difficult for

you to survive. You have to undergo a surgery immediately.’ But, where can I

get the huge amount to pay for it? You must only help me out.â€

 

At once Yogi smiled and said, “What can this beggar do, mother? Where is any

money with this beggar? We will place your prayer before the Father. The Father

will take care.â€

 

Saying this, holding his palm in front of the lady he moved it up and down and

did japa.

 

After four days when she went back to the doctors for check up they were

wonderstruck. The reason for this was that there was no sign of the ailment that

she had had earlier!

 

This is only one incident. I can narrate thousands of such incidents. What did

he do? Did he do japa of different kinds of Mantra for each kind of prayer? Did

he use one mantra for blessing someone with a child and another for curing

someone of some disease? Or did he do japa of some other mantra for relieving

someone of poverty? All that he knew was the one Rama Nãma.

 

He asked all of us to chant only that one Rama Nãma.

 

So, Rama Nãma is ‘kalpaka vruksha’ (the [divine] tree bounty)! It bestows

on you everything that you ask standing below it. Standing below a ‘kalpaka

vruksha’ if a person does not know that it is a ‘kalpaka vruksha’ is he

not the most unfortunate? Is there anyone as unfortunate as the one who stands

below the ‘kalpaka vruksha’ and mistakes it to be some other tree?

 

Similarly, if through a Guru you have been initiated into Rama Nãma you will

get the ‘Kalpaka vruksha’ - you will get all that you seek. But, you must do

incessant chanting of that Rama Nãma. As you do repeated japa of the mantra you

receive the blessings of the Lord. You receive as much blessings as the japa

performed. Just by the mere chanting of Rama Nãma all the difficulties that you

wish to be removed in your life will all be removed, all your desires will be

fulfilled, your tapas will even develop to the extent of blessing others! You

tapas will not diminish if you bless another through Rama Nãma. If the tongue

is used to chanting Rama Nãma, if the person who is in the habit of chanting

Rama Nãma blesses another, the ‘phala’ of Rama Nãma will not diminish.

Rama Nãmã alone possesses this ‘shakti’ (power). Therefore, Rama Nãma is

a ‘kalpaka vruksha’.

 

At the same time, since I advocate chanting of Rama Nãma you should not

question me, ‘You asked me to chant Rama Nãma and I have. But nothing has

come about!’ after having chanted for just three or four times. You should

keep chanting it incessantly with one-pointed mind and as long as possible.

 

For example, let us take the mantra for the scorpion bite. There is a mantra

through which the poison from scorpion sting can be removed. I have seen this. A

victim of snakebite or a scorpion would get up and walk away as if nothing had

happened after the relevant mantra for this was chanted. There are mantras for

such things.

 

I have seen people who have attained ‘siddhi’ of such mantras. Let us say

that someone has initiated you into this kind of a mantra. Having received

‘upadesa’ of this mantra you fail to do japa of it. When a victim of

scorpion or snakebite is brought to you and you chant it only at that time, it

will not work. What you should do is whenever you find time you should chant

that mantra. You should chant it as often as possible so that it gets imprinted

in your mind. One should keep on chanting it. Through incessant chanting if you

attain siddhi of that mantra and a victim of scorpion sting or snake bite or

some poisonous bite is brought to you and you do japa of it some 10, 11 or 108

times, the poison will leave (the body). But, if you do japa of it only at the

time of saving the victim it will not work.

 

Likewise, Rama Nãma is a ‘kalapaka vruksha’. If you have received it

through a Guru (‘Guru mukhena’), if a Guru has given it to you, hold on to

it tightly. That one (Nãma) is enough. Do not take several mantras. Do not

perform japa of several mantras. There is no need.

 

Samarta Ramdas performed japa of this mantra only. Bodendra Swami did japa of

Rama Mantra only. Sridharayyavãl did japa of Siva Nãma only. Look at Mahans

having held on to one Mantra and one God. Did not Ramana Maharishi hold on to

Arunachaleswara? Did not Seshadri Swami hold on to Kãmãkshi? Did not

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa hold on to Bhavadharini (Kali)? Did not Chaitanya Maha

Prabhu hold on to Krishna? Did not Mira hold on to Krishna? Did not Thiagaraja

swami hold on to Rama? If we do bhakti to one God, to one Mantra in this manner,

we can enjoy its ‘phala’ (fruit) very easily. â€

 

 

“GOPIKA JEEVANASMARANAM! GOVINDA! GOVINDA!â€

 

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

 

Regards

 

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