By In his book
the Great Elixir (Maharasayan), the Master writes:
"Listen. My Name is
your support in the journey of life. Sing the Name.
Today you are alive, but you will not be alive forever.
A day will come when your senses will cease to function
and life will leave corporeal frame, and the mortal
remains will be either devoured by jackals or burnt
to ashes. If you do not obtain the means of support
for the journey, then you are doomed. From this moment
- sing the Name, let your whole system utter the words
'Rama Rama' and 'Hari Hari'. This is the best means
of leading you to the right path of life. Your wealth,
your wife and children will not go with you. While there
is still time, sing the Name and obtain what is most
worth your while in life. Don't follow too many paths
to the higher life, better stick to one - the singing
of the Name - this will be the best of your attainments.
You need not be proficient in all the scriptures".
In
another passge in Abhay Vani (Hope Abounding), the Master
has revealed that he has come down as Namavatar (Incarnation
of Lord's Name):
"Dearest ! Listen, Dearest Mine ! To do away with
all your pain I have come down as the Name. Say the
Name and all your worries shall cease : I will fill
you, within and without, with light and delight. You
will be thrilled every moment with My beautific touch,
the world won't flash upon your sight any longer, you
will only see blissful Myself. I say on oath My Name
can quicken death itself".
In another book, entitled, 'Varnashrama Viplava', or
the upset in our social order, the Master writes:
"My Shastras, I do not know how to extol you.
Yet, I declare categorically today that I love you with
all my heart. I have not been privileged to follow you
in toto, but the little of you I have observed, has
gratified me. I have been immersed in the sea of bliss
and have solemnly vowed that until I die, as long as
my tongue can utter a syllable, I shall declare with
all the emphasis at my command that the Shastras are
true, the Shastras are infallible. One that will take
refuge in the Shastras, the Lord, God Himself, shall
receive him unto His bosom".
In another essay, entitled, "Pain", which
forms part of the "Moods of Maniac", the Master
writes:
"For pleasure
we crave, though pleasure never comes. For pleasure
that is never to be found we give our precious lives
away. But look at pain, pain comes unsolicited. For
pain we need not strive or pine. Pain needs no invocation.
It comes of itself. Why cannot we hail pain, saying
'come pain. Thee, I am prepared to meet'. We do not
do so for the simple reason that pain is distressing.
Therefore, we long for pleasure, the pleasures that
are short lived, whereas the pain can bestow everlasting
bliss".
In one of his monumental
works, 'Sri Sri Namamrita Lahari', published in eleven
volumes with innumerable quotations in Sanskrit, taken
from Shruti, Puranas and the Tantras, he has emphasized
the efficacy of the chanting of the Name of the Lord,
for attaining life Divine. A few extracts from this
book will convey the message of the master in this regard:
"There can be no doubt that one can gain all one's
desires and can attain God by simply chanting the Name.
It is very very true. Those, who have the ability, should,
with body, mind and speech and with Bhakti, sing Nam.
Those who have not that ability, may only repeat Ram
Ram, Krishna Krishna, Hari Hari. Even they do not have
to bother about either this life or next. Nam itself
will take charge of their lives in this or the next
world. You are crying on account of various shortages
- shortage of food, shortage of money, shortage of clothes
? go on singing Nam, food will come to you without your
asking for it and you will be able to feed thousands
of people. Even if you do not pray for money, heaps
of it will fall at your feet on its own. You do not
have to bother about the lack of clothes, you yourself
will be able to clothe innumerable people. Even if you
give up everything, property and wealth will run after
you to serve, I am not exaggerating Nam's capability.
I am not colouring my words. If you want to see actual
proof, I can show it to you. Blow off the insignificant
sorrows and disappointments of this world by the explosion
of Nam and come along to that abode of eternal bliss.
If there is anything to be desired in this world, it
is to see Him face to face. Nam alone will make it possible
for you to have that Darshan.
So -
Sing Nam, Sing Nam, sing Nam"
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