Just Wonder what the nama can do?

Just after resent posting I was going through my routine mails and there was a pleasant surprise waiting in the inbox. It was a mail from the yahoo group "namabhikshakendra • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Nama Bhiksha Kendra".

The message from that mail was just substantiating my words through a beautiful story. Here is what the message and story (copied and modified a little from the mail, courtesy Namabhikshakendra yahoo group).

From the discourse of Sri Swamiji:

Once a king gave project to 4 persons of his country and the four people has completed the project nicely.

In appreciation of their work, king wants to give some rewards to these persons and enquired what they expect??...

First person came and told that he wants to have nice roads in his village. King informed his minister to set right the same.

Second person came and he asked the king to give one bungalow and king in turn ordered his minister to sanction one bungalow immediately.

Third person came and informed the king that he wants to marry rich girl and the same was fulfilled by king

At last, the King asked the Fourth person what he wanted. And he simply replied that he desired noting other than the pleasure of the Lord. On hearing those words, the King got astonished and said "I am the ruler of this country and I would like to give something to you and you have to take something from me"

Then the person replied, "O Lord, since you are compelling me, I have one request with you (i.e.,) you have to come and stay in my house for one month". And the King agreed for that and instructed his minister to find out when he was free, and fix dates for his stay in his house.

Minister collected the details of his address & wanted to make preliminary arrangements for the King's stay, in that humble person's house (the Fourth one in our story).

Minister came to know that he was staying in a small hut & there was no proper road to go to his residence.

As King would not like to travel in the junk road, minister ordered to lay road to go to his residence as soon as possible.

Moreover the King cannot stay in a hut. So!! once again, the minister order's to sanction one bungalow for that person. (In other words, make his hut changed into a beautiful bungalow that is fit for a King's stay).

Along with the build up of the bungalow, the minister gave him enough money/gold/diamond to that person (when king comes, person should not complain that he does have money to server him).

Now, if you see, the person has become millionaire.
And mean while a rich man in that village requested that person to marry his beautiful daughter.

Though the last person had not asked anything from the king, he got everything i.e., a new road to his village, bungalow to reside and beautiful rich wife

Similarly...
There is no need to ask anything to God if Maha Mantra is chanted regularly.
And this will definitely draw the Lord himself to you. When this happens, what's there to worry, all your needs and desires will automatically be fulfilled without asking for it.

Radhe Radhe
Ranga

Hope the readers have a wonderful story to instill the urge to chant the Maha Mantra regularly.
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare |
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare||

Nama bestowing all the goods, unasked

After a few days gap of attending the Nama chanting at Paranur, I am here to share with you some insights of the experiences that show how the chanting nama brings you near to God and create a changed and instilled peace of mind.

I am sure that, for all those fortunate persons who were able to attend the grand Nama chanting Yagya (sacrifice) would have experienced a lot of change in their thinking, speech and action. Even without asking for you get the grace showered on you. The God becomes very pleased and would do all the good that is need for you.
This happened to me to after my return from the chanting. For those who are interested in the statistics, I was blessed with a 6 day participation overall in the 30 days festival of Nama Yagya, averaging 5 to 6 hours daily putting my chanting hours to just a mere 30 hours out of the 720 hours of no stop chanting by a group of sadhus and bakthas.

I was attending my office as usual and that day, my manager called me to inform me that I was promoted and only in the recent time I was given a change in my responsibilities and role, so that it would no really trouble me too much and i would be left free to take care of some of my personal problems, at least for some time now. This promotion was indeed expected a long time back, and we were not sure how our company was going to respond to the us. This was as surprise for me. And things seemed to move more peacefully now.

I showed my orders to my Guru - Muralidhara Swamiji and he aptly blessed me saying that it was the grace of God on me to have that promotion. In my mind I was just wondering and he said the same, Yes that was really the grace of God, and whether I will be able to take it the same way if i get some trouble or change in my job (not as the way the society expects). The small child Prahalda (The puranic baktha) was able to take all the troubles as the blessings of the Lord, The great king Ambarisha (another great puranic personal) was serving the lord in spite of having all the wealth that God has given him. Will I be able to pass the same way!!! My whole life, in stark peace and having my whole faith unshaken at the foot of the Lord Hari and my beloved Guru? I believe, he has taken me over, irrespective of how I was, and here I stand as a person who holds a strong belief in the power of the Nama and the grace of the almighty, who is ever drawing me closer to himself.

Nama That works

After a few days gap of attending the Nama chanting at Paranur, I am here to share with you some insights of the experiences that show how the chanting nama brings you near to God and create a changed and instilled peace of mind.

I am sure that, for all those fortunate persons who were able to attend the grand Nama chanting Yagya (sacrifice) would have experienced a lot of change in their thinking, speech and action. Even without asking for you get the grace showered on you. The God becomes very pleased and would do all the good that is need for you.
This happened to me to after my return from the chanting. For those who are interested in the statistics, I was blessed with a 6 day participation overall in the 30 days festival of Nama Yagya, averaging 5 to 6 hours daily putting my chanting hours to just a mere 30 hours out of the 720 hours of no stop chanting by a group of sadhus and bakthas.

I was attending my office as usual and that day, my manager called me to inform me that I was promoted and only in the recent time I was given a change in my responsibilities and role, so that it would no really trouble me too much and i would be left free to take care of some of my personal problems, at least for some time now. This promotion was indeed expected a long time back, and we were not sure how our company was going to respond to the us. This was as surprise for me. And things seemed to move more peacefully now.

I showed my orders to my Guru - Muralidhara Swamiji and he aptly blessed me saying that it was the grace of God on me to have that promotion. In my mind I was just wondering and he said the same, Yes that was really the grace of God, and whether I will be able to take it the same way if i get some trouble or change in my job (not as the way the society expects). The small child Prahalda (The puranic baktha) was able to take all the troubles as the blessings of the Lord, The great king Ambarisha (another great puranic personal) was serving the lord in spite of having all the wealth that God has given him. Will I be able to pass the same way!!! My whole life, in stark peace and having my whole faith unshaken at the foot of the Lord Hari and my beloved Guru? I believe, he has taken me over, irrespective of how I was, and here I stand as a person who holds a strong belief in the power of the Nama and the grace of the almighty, who is ever drawing me closer to himself.

The Energizing tonic -- called Hare Rama Mahamantra Nama

Bhagavan Nama, as many think is not just said to gain some favor from the GOD, instead we chant the Bhagavan nama for the sake of the peace that we get just by chanting the nama. Yes, it is a fact that by chanting the Bhagavan nama we get the blessings of the Lord, still, a true seeker and lover of GOD finds a kind of indescribable pleasure and peace just by chanting the
"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare !
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare !!".
This is a real gift that a true devotee gets from the GOD, the tast in just chanting his name.

And we are blessed to have been part of the Akanda Nama Kirtan that is being performed in Paranoor (a place near Thirukoviloor - around 30 KM from Villupuram -- that is 160 KM south towards Chennai in India). This holy place is sanctified by the presence of Sri Sri Krishna Premi Anna and the temple of Baktha Koolaahalan (Radha Krishna Ugala moorthy). This Nama yagyam has been performed from the 17th May onwards and is going to go on till 15th of this month. Lot of devotees are enthusiastically participating in these day and night continuous program that is running 24/7. One will have such a peace that he will completely get lost and fell immersed in the divine bliss for the whole period of his stay. Daily, between 4 PM to 6 PM Sri Sri Krishna Premi Anna would narrate the Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s life history in his own captivating style and make us all spell bound, and all those who have heard his pravachanam (Story telling) would definitely vouch it irrespective of whether he is a lay man or learned man. So, the last week of this wonderful experience is coming alone left now. Hope my wise to be part of this last week is fulfilled.

It is nice to have our good old habits. Then, it will still be better to improve over our behaviors and habits and come out of our bad one's. Is changing or building good habits and tastes, so difficult? I would say, no, not at all difficult!! For those --> who are in the right company of such people (we call this as the Satsangh). In modern parlance, you can even call this as a peer pressure of cultivating good habits and improving your moral, social behaviors and spiritual well being.

And in my personal experience, I have been blessed with such a Satsangh. That has brought such a drastic change in my whole life, in our whole family itself (my father, my mother and brother). Now my even my family itself has become a Satsangh for me. The Satsangh changes one's attitude towards the way you live your life, your outlook and the joy it brings transforming life into a beautiful, enjoyable experience is a self evidence and no body needs to prove it to you that you are happy by, you will now by yourself how better you.

The day i was transformed, is the day when i was blessed with this Satsangh. It can be counted as the day from which my real transformation started. It's way back in 1995. And now I know, how great!! the changes have been, but for the Satsangh I would have missed out and would have been as any other mortal without this sense of happiness and an aim in life.

This Satsangh, in the holy presence of Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji is a gift of life. You can know more about Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji from the Madhuramurali link and the recent web hosting that opens the flood gate of the power of Nama now spreading through www. I will share my thoughts and experiences in this blog post. Telling how this little insignificant person is also taken care and true love showered. And how i came to realize the greatness of Satsangh? and how a Mahatma, Guru can changes one's life, so effortlessly (which would have otherwise taken, I don't know, how may thousands of births and deaths it would have cost as a jivan for me). Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji, my beloved Guru, is the life and strength for not only me, but to my whole family itself. He is the bacon of happiness and hope, similarly to thousands of such families around the world, now. His simple way of teaching the right path will impress and motivate any one to chant the Maha Mantram.
"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare !"
"Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare !!".

Hail the nama!
Jai Sita Ram! Jai Jai Radhe Shyam!

Radhe Radhe!
Radhe Krishna!

Hail the guru who has sown the seed of chanting the nama in our hearts and leading us in the simply path to the ultimate liberation, the complete freedom, joy and happiness.

:-)
Anand Rajappan
Together We Win. Radhe Krishna.

The Day I was transformed

It is nice to have our good old habits. Then, it will be still be better to improve over our behavious and habits and come out of our bad one's. Is, changing or building good habits and tasts, so difficult? I would say, no, not at all difficult !! for those --> who are in the right company of such people (we call this as the Satsangh). You can even call this as an peer preasure of cultivating good habits and improving your moral and social begavious and spritual well being.

And in my personal experience, I have been blessed with such a Satsangh. That has brought such a drastic change in my whole life, in our whole family itself (my father, my mother and brother). Now my family itself is a Satsangh. The Satsangh changes one's attitude towards the way of life that we live into a beatiful, enjoyable experience (a self evidence and no body needs to prove it to you that you are happy by, what you are now).

The day I was transformed, is the day when i was blessed with this Satsangh. It can be counted as the day from which my real transformation started. It's way back in 1995. And now I know, how great!! the changes have been, but for the Satsangh I would have missed out and would have been as any other mortal without this sense of happiness and an aim in life.

This Satsangh in the holy presence of Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji is a gift of life. You can know more about Muralidhara Swamiji from the Madhuramurali link and the recent web hosting that opens the flood gate of the power of Nama now spreading through www.

I will share my thoughts and experiences in this blog post. Telling how this little insignificant person is also taken care and true love showered. And how i came to realise the greatness of satsangh and how a Mahatma, Guru can changes one's life, so effortlessesly (which would have otherwise taken, I don't know, how may thousands of births and deaths it would have cost).

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji, my beloved Guru, is the life and strenght for now only me, but to my whole family itself and similarly to thousands of such families around the world, now. His simple way of teaching the right path will impress and motivate any one to chant the Maha Mantram.

"Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare !"

"Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare !!"