![]() ![]() ![]() I would often stop what I was doing to look at her, careful not to stare too long. ![]() I was fascinated by this woman and her mantra. At the same time each evening, a woman would sit on a meditation cushion in the far corner of the temple with mala beads strung over her right wrist as she rhythmically repeated her mantra: Om Namo Narayanaya. My karma yoga assignment was to clean the temple every evening after dinner. Pujas, rituals, mantras, and Upanishad scripture study were going on all the time. In addition, the spiritual energy there was high, so it was also fascinating to observe the traditions of the temple and its grounds. Many other languages were spoken there French, German, Spanish, and Hebrew-I could only follow half of the conversations that took place! Not to mention, all the Sanskrit. The name Hari denotes his compassion towards bhakthas in warding off their sins which are the root cause of misery.My first visit to the yoga ashram was full of new experiences. Hari refers to His capacity to rid bhakthas from their sins if they are sincere in their repenting for the sins they committed. Krishna refers to his capacity to ward off difficulties faced by the bhaktas. Govinda indicates his sarva sabdha vachyathva which in turn indicates his auspicious qualities represented by the words. Paramatma, Supreme Lord, indicates Krishna’s Sarvothamathva. The word Namaha repeated twice represents our complete surrender to Him. That Supreme Soul (Paramatma), Govinda, destroys, removes the suffering of all who surrender to Him. Lord Shiva, after teaching this mantra to Parvati, states that one who performs Japa of this mantra daily, will not only be rid of sins, but also will reach Vishnu Loka in course of time.Īgain and again we offer our obeisances unto Lord Krishna, Hari, the son of Vasudeva. ![]() Doing Japa or reciting the above sloka with awareness, several names referred to Sri Krishna in the sloka will ward off all our difficulties and troubles by pardoning us from sins which are the root cause for all our sufferings. ![]()
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