Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The results of chanting Sri Vishnu Sahasranama

All these Divine Names were being chanted from times immemorial. Even Vyasa says He has collected all these from Rishis and great sages. In spiritual circles chanting the names of God and going deep into meditation have been very effective practices. Both in ancient times and modern times Sages and Jnanis have been extolling the sadhana of Nama Japa. Nothing is so purifying to mind like Nama Japa. Sri Ramakrishna and his direct disciples have all stressed the value of Nama Japa. Chanting the Divine Name does many wonders to your mind. When chanting a single name repeatedly is Japa, chanting different names of God is Kirtana, or singing of Bhajans. 

The concluding verses say that chanting Divine Names drives away all the miseries and grief from life. Auspiciousness begins to rule. In the beginning it is a bit difficult to believe all these. Starting with a name or just attending a bhajan continuously slowly makes the mind to see the point. It is a very good way of engaging one's time otherwise wasted in sundry occasions. But surely the result is big. Charaka samhita, the very old medical treatise prescribes this Sri Vishnu Sahasranama for some mind related diseases.

By chanting, a philosopher becomes a better philosopher. A businessman a better one. A ruler surely a better ruler. Right from ordinary workers up to top entrepreneurs, the effect is tangible. But this apart, if you have already waken up to the transience of the world and started enquiring internally, what better way is there to help you across if it is not Nama Japa. Two verses stand out while the ancients narrate the good results that come about by chanting these thousand names. 

'People having devotion to Vasudeva, no harm happens to them anywhere. Fear of birth, death, senility, diseases do not happen to them. With sincerity and devotion if a person chants these thousand names of Sri Vishnu, that person attains Atmic bliss, patience in life, wealth, and confidence.' 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousAugust 10, 2022 at 10:05 PM

    first of all, receive a BIG THANKs
    for your devotional service
    to the Holy Names!

    I would kind request, if possible,
    if you can give the original source
    of the verse(s) you quote at the end, as such:
    'People having devotion to Vasudeva,
    no harm happens to them anywhere.
    Fear of birth, death, senility, diseases
    do not happen to them.
    With sincerity and devotion
    if a person chants these 1000 names of Sri Vishnu,
    that person attains Atmic bliss,
    patience in life, wealth, and confidence.'
    With gratitude:
    Acyuta dasa, Kolkata

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