Sri Sarada Devi on japa

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Once a devotee asked Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi about

meditation and japa. In reply she said, 'Repeating the

name of God a fixed number of times, telling the rosary

or counting on fingers is calculated to direct the mind

to God. The natural tendency of the mind is to run this

way and that way. Through these means it is attracted to

God. While repeating the name of God, if one sees His

form and becomes absorbed in Him, one's Japa stops.'

 

http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/magazine/vk/2001/10-4-2.asp