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Sankirtan is the Svarupa (essential nature) of God. Dhvani is Sankirtan. Sankirtan is the essence of the Vedas. The
four Vedas originate from sound. There are four kinds of sound, Vaikhari (vocal), Madhyama (from the throat),
Pasyanti (from the heart) and Para (from the navel). Sankirtan originates from the navel. Vedas also originates
from the navel. Sankirtan and Vedas are born from the same source.
People sit together and sing the names of the Lord with harmony and Suddha or Divine Bhava (feeling). This is
Sankirtan. Sankirtan is accompanied by the play of musical sounds as the word 'San' precedes 'kirtan.' Sankirtan is
an exact science. It elevates the mind quickly and intensifies the Bhava or divine feeling to a maximum degree.
Nama and Nami are inseparable. Nama means Name (Name of God). Nami means 'that which is denoted by the
Nama or Name'. Nama is greater than the Nami. Even in worldly experience the man dies but his name is
remembered for a long time. Kalidasa, Valmiki, Tulsidas, etc., are remembered even today. Nama is nothing but
Gauranga. Sankirtan is singing God's name with Bhava, Prem or divine feeling.
Sankirtan Yoga is the easiest, quickest, safest, cheapest and best way for attaining God-realization in this age.
People cannot practice severe austerities nowadays. They cannot maintain perfect life-long Brahmacharya. They
do not have the prerequisites for Raja Yoga nor are they endowed with the keen intellect necessary for Jnana
Yoga or Vedantic Sadhana. But this Sankirtan Yoga or the Yoga of Singing the Lord's Names is within the reach of
all.
There is infinite Sakti or power in the Lord's Names. It will remove all impurities from your mind. Vedantins say that
there are three kinds of obstacles to Self-realization - Mala, Vikshepa and Avarana. To remove them they prescribe
Nishkamya Karma (selfless service), Upasana (worship) and Vedantic Nididhyasana (intellectual enquiry). This
Sankirtan alone can achieve all these together. Sankirtan removes the impurities of the mind (Mala); it steadies
the mind and checks its tendency to vacillate (Vikshepa); and ultimately it tears the veil of ignorance too
(Avarana), and brings the Sadhaka (aspirant) face to face with God.
Maya is so powerful that she deludes you every moment. Every moment she makes you feel that there is pleasure
only in the sense-objects and nowhere else. You mistake pain for pleasure. This is the work of Maya. Beware.
Remember Janma-mrityu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosha, - this world is full of the pains of birth, death, old age, disease
and misery. There is no pleasure in these finite objects. Yo Vai Bhuma Tat Sukham. You can have Bliss in the
Infinite alone. Sankirtan will enable you to realize this Infinite here and now. Sankirtan will save you from Maya,
from delusion. Let us therefore always sing the Mantrarajas and the Maha Mantra:
Nityananda Nityananda
Gauranga Gauranga
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
These are the great Mantras which are specially meant for the people of Kali Yuga (this modern age of
destruction). Narada went to Lord Brahma and said: "O Lord, the people of Kali Yuga will not be able to practice
austerities, nor to perform the Yajnas (sacrifices), nor to pursue the path of Vedanta. Kindly have mercy on them
and tell me some easy way by which they can attain God." Lord Brahma in His Supreme Compassion and Mercy
gave these Mantras. By repeating these Mantras people of the Kali Yuga will attain Self-realization. Therefore,
sing the Lord's Names; serve Him, love Him, give to Him, meditate on Him, realize Him; be good and do good in His
Name, be kind and be compassionate and enquire "Who am I ?" Know yourself and your relationship with Him and
be free.
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four Vedas originate from sound. There are four kinds of sound, Vaikhari (vocal), Madhyama (from the throat),
Pasyanti (from the heart) and Para (from the navel). Sankirtan originates from the navel. Vedas also originates
from the navel. Sankirtan and Vedas are born from the same source.
People sit together and sing the names of the Lord with harmony and Suddha or Divine Bhava (feeling). This is
Sankirtan. Sankirtan is accompanied by the play of musical sounds as the word 'San' precedes 'kirtan.' Sankirtan is
an exact science. It elevates the mind quickly and intensifies the Bhava or divine feeling to a maximum degree.
Nama and Nami are inseparable. Nama means Name (Name of God). Nami means 'that which is denoted by the
Nama or Name'. Nama is greater than the Nami. Even in worldly experience the man dies but his name is
remembered for a long time. Kalidasa, Valmiki, Tulsidas, etc., are remembered even today. Nama is nothing but
Gauranga. Sankirtan is singing God's name with Bhava, Prem or divine feeling.
Sankirtan Yoga is the easiest, quickest, safest, cheapest and best way for attaining God-realization in this age.
People cannot practice severe austerities nowadays. They cannot maintain perfect life-long Brahmacharya. They
do not have the prerequisites for Raja Yoga nor are they endowed with the keen intellect necessary for Jnana
Yoga or Vedantic Sadhana. But this Sankirtan Yoga or the Yoga of Singing the Lord's Names is within the reach of
all.
There is infinite Sakti or power in the Lord's Names. It will remove all impurities from your mind. Vedantins say that
there are three kinds of obstacles to Self-realization - Mala, Vikshepa and Avarana. To remove them they prescribe
Nishkamya Karma (selfless service), Upasana (worship) and Vedantic Nididhyasana (intellectual enquiry). This
Sankirtan alone can achieve all these together. Sankirtan removes the impurities of the mind (Mala); it steadies
the mind and checks its tendency to vacillate (Vikshepa); and ultimately it tears the veil of ignorance too
(Avarana), and brings the Sadhaka (aspirant) face to face with God.
Maya is so powerful that she deludes you every moment. Every moment she makes you feel that there is pleasure
only in the sense-objects and nowhere else. You mistake pain for pleasure. This is the work of Maya. Beware.
Remember Janma-mrityu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosha, - this world is full of the pains of birth, death, old age, disease
and misery. There is no pleasure in these finite objects. Yo Vai Bhuma Tat Sukham. You can have Bliss in the
Infinite alone. Sankirtan will enable you to realize this Infinite here and now. Sankirtan will save you from Maya,
from delusion. Let us therefore always sing the Mantrarajas and the Maha Mantra:
Nityananda Nityananda
Gauranga Gauranga
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
These are the great Mantras which are specially meant for the people of Kali Yuga (this modern age of
destruction). Narada went to Lord Brahma and said: "O Lord, the people of Kali Yuga will not be able to practice
austerities, nor to perform the Yajnas (sacrifices), nor to pursue the path of Vedanta. Kindly have mercy on them
and tell me some easy way by which they can attain God." Lord Brahma in His Supreme Compassion and Mercy
gave these Mantras. By repeating these Mantras people of the Kali Yuga will attain Self-realization. Therefore,
sing the Lord's Names; serve Him, love Him, give to Him, meditate on Him, realize Him; be good and do good in His
Name, be kind and be compassionate and enquire "Who am I ?" Know yourself and your relationship with Him and
be free.
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