Gurunathar’s Divine Message Ashwini Pooja 28-06-2008
There is a general question I would like to answer. Several people want to know the benefits of Namasmaranam. This means repeating the name of God. The name of God is no different from God Himself. We first get into the habit of repeating God’s name and bring Him close to us. We are initiated into this by a Guru or start it on our own. We learn to constantly repeat it in our minds during all our activities. As we practice this along with pure thinking, just the way we seek to bring God close to us, God brings us under his close supervision. This is the special quality of NAMA MANTRAM.
Someone once asked “What is the best mantra in the world?” I was a little taken aback. For me and for other Siddhars repeating the name of Lord Shiva may be easy, but for the average person here what would be more suitable? For this l would suggest the name of ‘Ram’. Among the mantras of Ram the one which causes special impact is ‘SHREE RAM JAYA RAM JAYA JAYA RAM’. To this I would prefix ‘OM’. This would complete the mantra said by Smartha Ramdas. Not only will it bring peace of mind, if said with dedication it can bring mukthi within this life. You must understand this well. Any person can be taken to the level of Mukthi (Jeevan Mukthas). For those who are already spiritually advanced, the name of Lord Shiva is fitting and good for their final mukthi. From ‘HARI’ we go to ‘HARAN’. From ‘HARAN’ we go to the Supreme One (Parabrahmam). This is because Hari is the Protector. In our daily lives he watches us keenly and notices the details of living and blesses us with prosperity. ‘RUDRAN’ gives mukthi and hence prefers detachment to all worldly objects. Such being the case HARI takes us to the mukthi stage and HARAN to that of final mukthi, a stage beyond human birth.
{Translation of Gurunathar’s Divine message given to and read by Guruji Shri.K.V.Narayanan}