Nama will always protect us - HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamigal

Many will come to me and ask, you are asking me to do nama japam, mantra japam but when will this nama/mantra bear me fruit. How much should I do - 1 crore, 2 crore. Its not like that.

Only one Name is sufficient you will get the bhagavan kripa. Here its not the name thats important or the count, its how much of deep wanting you have of seeing the God, for one who has a great force of seeing God, like Draupadi who just cried "Govinda", one nama is enough. Only with just one cry, you will get the bhagavan if you have the deep craving for it. Even if you dont have that not to worry as you start telling the nama the craving and the force will come little by little and chanting this way you will ultimately get the bhagavan.

So for one what is the sign that he is progressing in the spiritual path. Only if he gets the deep craving to see the bhagavan every day and if he engages himself in the activities that develop his craving for seeing the bhagavan and the worry of not being able to see the bhagavan stays permanently and this takes one into more and more of bhagavath vishayam (things related to bhagavan) then there is a sure sign that you are progessing well in your spiritual life.

Not just about getting siddhis. One can even walk on water but thats not something great or surprising. Likewise one can even fly or think of any object to fall into his hand or perform levitation all this is not surprising. What is great is that one should cry for the bhagavan, not just because he is faced with difficulties by going to the temple and crying to get rid of our problems. 

Thats just self-pity - low profile.

With our tongue saying nama always thats also a tapam by itself. You know what is preventing the sakshathkaram of the bhagavan - not your job nor your family but its that mental thought that comes to you often which is to say something else other than the nama, that false feeling we can do this or we can do that other than the nama. Ignoring of the nama we often do that is what is preventing you from seeing the bhagavan. Whatever the sannidhyam thats present in the archAvatara moorthi inside the temple is there in the nama itself. Nama is bhagavan itself. There is no difference between nama and nami. So nama is enough, this nama will take me to the bhagavan, dont listen to what anybody says, dont fear, dont turn your mind here and there. Mahans have shown this royal route. So if you go in this route easily you can see the bhagavan. We should get down and see the depth of the bhakthi. Just like we take any subject and go deeper likewise we should not just simply go to a temple, do pooja and have darshan but we should constantly do the bhakthi, feel its blisss and experience the beauty in it.

Such a deep bhakthi to come easily, what is the way? BHAGAVAN NAMA!!! HARINAMASANKEERTHANAM !!! Sing with the mouth, think with the mind said nacchiar, the meaning of the workd "bhajanam" is exactly that. Speech, mind and acion should come toether. If we say "Govinda giri" - the hand must go up and the mind must think of the Govarthana girithari. The Speech, mind and body should come together which is actually called "bhajanam". Even though sri andal says  "Sing with the mouth, think with the mind", we need the bhagvath experience to know the taste of bhakthi and what is needed to protect, just the nama alone is enough!. 

JUST IF WE KEEP SINGING THE NAME OF THE NAMA OF THE THE BHAGAVAN, THE NAMA WILL ALWAYS PROTECT US!!! Radhe Radhe