NAMA MAHIMA

CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.

The God is some times EKAROOPA and other times He's ANEKAROOPA-and He is the ENDLESS with many names. Some times we call His 108 names and other times 1000 names and because of our ignorance,we think that is all His Names. Even if we call His names one by one without repeating, we have to chant for many Janmas to complete because all the names in this world are His, all the billions of names, that are pronounce-able or otherwise, are belonging to Him,because He's resident in each and every one of them. So even if we call ONE of HIS Names which is equivalent of all His names --SAY "RAMA"-it should give us what ever we wish for. Then the doubt comes in our minds why we should conduct Akhanda Namas..........-in Jamnagar there's a Bala Hanuman Mandir where the Nama Japam-"Sree Ram Jaya Ram,Jaya Jaya Ram"-is done for the past 40+ years continuously, day and night!!.......... The Lord appeared even for a single call of Draupathi, Gajendra or an Ajamila. We are doing the Nama Japas loud and clear, but are they coming from our inner hearts.....are we surrendering us to Him in totality.....are we really calling Him with total Faith in Him.............. are the tears coming from our eyes when we do so........ may be they do, for a fraction of a second with out our knowledge......Since we do not know that moment of bliss, we have to continue chanting His Names without any break and hence our forefathers have advised us to do the Akhanda Namas. Now, who gets the benefit from Bhagwan Nama .................it's not a surprise that all we bhakthas are getting the fruits of His Nama Sankeerthanam,but the Gods Themselves are getting the benefit, is. It is said that Rama Nama was the real strength for both Lord Rama and Sita Devi when They disunited by the Demon Ravana. And Hanumanji was the Guru who united both Ram and Sita Devi,which shows that we too have to get the Mantra Deeksha from our Gurujis......

BHAGAVANNAAMA SAAMRAAJYA LAKSHMI SARVASWA VIGRAHAM

SRIMADH BODHENDRA YOGEENDRA DESIKENDRAM UPASMAHAE ||

Hanumanji Maharaj
"Yatra Yatra RaghunathaKeerthanam...................................................."

And Hanumanji is in all the places where ever Rama Nama is chanted and his eyes get filled with tears all the times he listened to the Rama Gadha. Hanumanji did not go to Vaikuntam when whole of Ayodhya went with Sree Ram,because he wanted to remain with the Bhakthas who sing Rama Namam at all the times.We have to keep chanting the Hari Names all the times because.........

HARAER NAAMAIVA NAAMAIVA NAAMAIVA MAMA JEEVANAM,
KALAUV NAASTHYAEVA NAASTHYAEVA NAASTHYAEVA GATHIR ANYATHA ||

AND the Lord Himself had said......

NAAHAM VASAAMI VAIGUNTAEY NA YOGI HRUDHAYAE RAVAV
MADHBHAKTHA YATHRA GAAYANTHI THATHRA THISHTAMI NAARADHA ||

AND we have no other way, in this Kali Yuga, other than Govinda Keerthanam,

KALAU KALMASHA CHITHTHAANAAM PAAPATHRAVYOPA JEEVINAAM
VIDHIKRIYA VIHEENAANAAM GADHIR GOVINDHA KEERTHANAM !!
Hari Aum...