'The Greatness of Mahamantra' - Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Swamigal

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

His Holiness Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Swamigal was the 35th Jagadguru of

Sringeri Sri Saradha Peetam.

 

Born on November 13, 1917 the young Srinivasa was an illustrious student. At

the age of 14, he was ordained into Sanyasa Asrama by the then Peetadhipati and

Jivan Mukta Sri Chandrasekara Bharati.

 

An great tapasvi and and yogi, Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Swamigal was an able

administrator too. He traveled across the country spreading the ideals of

Sanathana Dharma and Sri Adi Sankara.

 

A beautiful compilation of the Acharya's discourses has been published in a book

called 'karuNai kaDal thandha kanivAna muthukkaL'. The following is a short

excerpt from this

book.

 

                                  'The

Greatness of Mahamantra'

 

The Divine Name of the Lord rescues even the wickedest of the wicked. Fire when

touched, either knowingly or unknowingly, burns the hand. Likewise, it is the

nature of the Divine Name of the Lord to destroy the sins of the one who utters

it. Therefore, regardless of the time and work we are involved in, we should

always keep chanting the Divine Name of the Lord mentally.

 

All are desirous of doing Mantra japa. There is a Mantra for this. This Mantra

can be chanted in any manner. It has been said that this Mantra can be chanted

by all – whether one is of pure mind or not, whether one follows religious

discipline

or not.

 

Well! What is that Mantra? It is verily

 

" HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE!

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE! "

 

All can chant this Mantra. Regular chanting of this Mantra would earn the

blessings of the Lord, purify us and we would attain the purpose of life.

Nevertheless, commonly, what do people do? They eat, sleep, loiter around and

finally die. Animals lead this kind of life. Is there any difference between the

animals and us if our lives were also spent in the same way? Therefore, we

should always be chanting the Divine Name of the Lord.

 

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Today April 20th is Sri Ramanuja Jayanti

 

Today is Sri Ramanujacharya's Jayanti. Let us

reminisce this great Vaishnava Acharya who dedicated His life towards taking

Bhakti (devotion) to all the classes of the society. Let us pray to 'Ethiraja'

who boldly gave the Divine Name to every one irrespective of caste creed and

religion for the liberation of mankind, to give us more and more Bhakti and

taste in the Divine Name.

 

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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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