Holy Name
The holy name can give you anything and everything.
The holy name can give you anything and everything.
Develop unflinching attraction to the holy name so that you never stop chanting.
Develop unflinching attraction to the holy name so that you never stop chanting.
It is vital that devotees avoid offences against the holy name.
Whether you are in a happy or distressful condition, just fill you mind with hari-nama.
Once we were chanting, but now we are not chanting or we don’t have attraction for chanting. We may not realise, but a lot of time it is because we offended a Vaishnava, we offended some devotee. And now you got the punishment. What is your punishment? Now you don’t like the holy name anymore.
In the middle of broad daylight so much light but still you cannot see. In the middle of the day there is darkness, darkness caused by the ignorance. The Vedas say don’t stay in ignorance, “tamasoma jyotirgamaya.” Tamaso ma: don’t stay in darkness, come to the light.
You could be personal with the holy name because holy name is Lord himself, you could reveal your heart to be holy name and holy name is very kind, could listen to your sincere prayers.
In Kaliyug, Krishna has come in the form of the holy name. Thus, we can be personal with the holy name because holy name is Lord Himself. We can reveal our heart to the holy name and holy name is very kind, it reverts to our sincere prayers.