Guest guest Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 THE SAVING GRACE Japa is the best of all spiritual practices in this modern age. It is the easiest too. The divine name alone will give you all success and bestow on you the highest spiritual attainments. The seeker after truth reaches the highest goal by japa or recitation of the Lord's name (or mantra) alone. This is a sure medicine for the disease of birth and death. If you take to the recitation of the divine name, all inauspiciousness will certainly vanish. Smarana is remembrance of the Lord at all times. The mind does not think of any object of the world. It is engrossed in thinking of the glorious Lord alone. The mind meditates on the glories of the Lord and forgets the body. Even japa is only remembrance of the Lord. Ever remember the Lord. His divine name is the greatest treasure on earth. It has got indescribable power of bestowing blessings upon all who have faith. It is a good idea to recite the mantras at bedtime. In ordinary self consciousness there is duality between the repetitioner and the name. It is discursive. It is within the fields of ordinary experience. It is confined within the categories of the mind, of limited conceptions. Ultimately the ordinary self consciousness is elevated into a transcendental experience, into a state of superconsciousness. The repetitioner and the name become one. The eternally revealed truth reveals itself to him and he realises his oneness with the supreme. The sense of duality, the gulf of separateness between the finite and the infinite is removed. Spiritual life needs harmony in all parts of your being. Spiritual truth can only be realised when the whole being is perfectly at ease and in tune with the divine. Mantra (the name of God) has the power to release cosmic and supracosmic consciousness. It bestows illumination, freedom, supreme peace, eternal bliss and immortality. -Swami Sivananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Eric, One can always count on Shivanandaji to challenge and touch the heart. Mother always has the mantra going (according to Swamiji). Jai Maa! Chris , "ecjensen_us" <ecjensen_us> wrote: > THE SAVING GRACE > > Japa is the best of all spiritual practices in this modern age. It > is the easiest too. The divine name alone will give you all success > and bestow on you the highest spiritual attainments. > > The seeker after truth reaches the highest goal by japa or > recitation of the Lord's name (or mantra) alone. This is a sure > medicine for the disease of birth and death. If you take to the > recitation of the divine name, all inauspiciousness will certainly > vanish. > > Smarana is remembrance of the Lord at all times. The mind does not > think of any object of the world. It is engrossed in thinking of the > glorious Lord alone. The mind meditates on the glories of the Lord > and forgets the body. Even japa is only remembrance of the Lord. > > Ever remember the Lord. His divine name is the greatest treasure on > earth. It has got indescribable power of bestowing blessings upon > all who have faith. It is a good idea to recite the mantras at > bedtime. > > In ordinary self consciousness there is duality between the > repetitioner and the name. It is discursive. It is within the fields > of ordinary experience. It is confined within the categories of the > mind, of limited conceptions. Ultimately the ordinary self > consciousness is elevated into a transcendental experience, into a > state of superconsciousness. > > The repetitioner and the name become one. The eternally revealed > truth reveals itself to him and he realises his oneness with the > supreme. The sense of duality, the gulf of separateness between the > finite and the infinite is removed. > > Spiritual life needs harmony in all parts of your being. Spiritual > truth can only be realised when the whole being is perfectly at ease > and in tune with the divine. Mantra (the name of God) has the power > to release cosmic and supracosmic consciousness. It bestows > illumination, freedom, supreme peace, eternal bliss and immortality. > > -Swami Sivananda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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