Questions / doubts on Maha Mantra's & Inspiring Answers By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

Maharanyan Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji & All members of the Namadwaar Team

wishes all members " Happy Makara Shankranthi "

 

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Meaning

 

They live who live to

plough and eat

 

The rest depend on them to bow and eat.

 

" Pongal is a Farmer's Festival (Uzhavar Thirunal) Just as the whole economy

depends essentially on the farmers' produce, all dharmas revolve around and

depend on Nama Kirtan to be meaningful and beneficial. Nama Kirtan is the King

of all Dharmas and is not dependent on any other Dharma for its existence.

 

It is not always true that the size of the work determines the rate of its

success.

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1. I am chanting Mahamantra and I am interested in spreading it to my friends.

Is it right to tell about it to a person who is not interested? I am trying to

tell to my friends but some are in vain. How can tell them to chant Mahamantra?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Before

you go out for this

task, first, pray to Lord

Krishna. He will

make it successful for you. Even

those who are not interested now may change in future. Who knows!

 

Our duty is only to take the Nama to people. We will not bother about the

results. We are not making anyone chant. It is Lord Krishna who does that. So

everything will happen according to His wish.

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2. Mahamantra has done a lot of good to me and takes me on the right path. These

days, I cannot stand the negative attitude of people around me, and this is

intolerable. Is this because of the Mahamantra?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

When you progress in spirituality, your mind becomes more sensitive day by day.

There are a lot of negative things around us. The mind tries to observe all

these negativities. What you have to do is,

try to neglect such observations and do more and more Japa. It will be alright

slowly.

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3. I have wasted about 40 years of my life by not chanting the Mahamantra

regularly. It is only since the last 6 months, that I have started chanting

regularly. Even then worries, fear in life, etc. have not gone from my mind. I

heard that only after several births we will attain the lotus feet of lord Sri

Krishna. Kindly tell me even after chanting regularly the Mahamantra, we will

have to take birth?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Not

necessarily. Keep chanting. We cannot recover the past. We are not sure of the

future. It is only the present that is at our disposal. So don’t waste it.

Chant, chant, chant!

 

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4. After chanting Mahamantra regularly, I can see a change in myself in thinking

about God always. I want to serve God in continuation of my Karma and work. How

can i serve God? Please advice.

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Chanting the Mahamantra itself is a great service to Lord Krishna. Further, if

it is even possible for you to make one other person chant the Mahamantra, that

is the greatest service you can do to Him.

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5. One person is writing Ram Naam continuously with full devotion and

concentration, praying for a wish to get fulfilled. On the other hand, another

person is writing Ram Naam continuously without any devotion. Who will get

benefited?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Both of them will get benefited. While the person who writes with love and

devotion will be able to savor the result better, it is undeniable fact that the

other person also will get the benefits.

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6. How does mere chanting of Mahamantra lead one to the ultimate truth? If we

are chanting it mechanically most of the time, how can one realize the self? To

chant means to have a mind and a memory. So, does this not contradict the fact

that Mahatmas have no minds?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Mahatmas talk! Don't they? Does it disqualify them as mahatmas, because as per

your idea, talking can happen only when there is mind and memory, so if they

talk they cease to be Mahatmas! If a Mahatma's teaching made you think so, he

has talked too! So, if that would disqualify him as a Mahatma, there is no need

to read his teachings further! So something is wrong in the assumption? Is it

not?

 

The ego, the mind has to be made silent. Chanting works on ego and dissolves it

into its source. Mechanical chanting is the starting phase. It will soon

graduate to mental chanting and soon this mental one-pointed chanting will lead

to the source of the chant, which is the

truth. So just like mere mechanical reading of books, soon starts working as

understanding or 'doubt' in the mental level, chanting mechanically also leads

to mental absorption.

 

Many saints have realized with the help of God's grace

just by chanting Mahamantra.

There are infinite paths to infinite bliss. Truth is pathless. Infinity and zero

are but two ways of telling this fact. In geometry, a theoretical question of

how many sides does a perfect circle have, has two answers to depict the same

truth - zero and infinity!

 

Understand that great sages like JK, Ramana Maharshi, Yogi Ramsuratkumar all

have realized that one truth and are only speaking in different tones.

 

Yogi Ramsuratkumar Maharaj says chanting is sufficient to realize. Easier way

for normal people is to chant, even if it appears mechanical to start with.

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7. Why are human beings punished for the acts of their previous births, when

everything is pre-destined? What is the role of God here?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

The destiny simply decided based on the acts of the previous births. God is like

a judge that administers justice in a court.

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8. I am a businessman. I wish to be honest and ethical, but the world calls me a

fool. Does honesty and fear in God truly pay in the long run?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Honesty and fear in God pays immediately. How does it pay? In the form of

innerexcellence, clarity of mind, free and clear consciousness. Why do you

always think only of money for results?

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9. Some people say that one should not take bath or wash the legs after

returning from a temple. Why

so?

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

As per our Sanatana Dharma, we generally wash after we visit a place of death or

inauspicious happening. When we visit a temple, we carry with us the positive

vibes of the charged cosmos there. So it is advised not to wash it away.

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                        INVITATION &

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

 

1. Jan 12-18: Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji's discourse on Srimad Bhagavatam at

Narada Gana

Sabha, Chennai.... ALL ARE WELCOME....

 

2. A Mass MahaMantra Kirtan was held in the presence of Sri.Ramanujam Ji, on

27th Dec-09 in

 

Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple

12030 Independence Pkwy

Frisco, Tx-75035

 

Over 400 devotees participated and were blessed to be a part of the Mass

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Regards & Chant The Maha mantra:

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare

Hare

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