3.30 Satsang 25 August 2023 Anandashram Kanhangad
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 25/08/2023

Papa's words 

The moment we are proud of any good work done, ego raises it's hood. 

Continous remembrance of God means keeping the ego down.

Repetition of the Name must bring God into the mind

Ramdas had done nothing to deserve His grace.  It gripped him

Grace is already there. We are not aware of it. It is like forgetting the purse in our pocket.  Once we remember, we are happy 


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We are reacting from the me and mine level, immediately after returning from the Chanting Session 

Anything happening in personal life, we are not able to reconcile 

Anybody does anything,  we are taking it personally, instead of feeling God is acting in that way to test me

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Satchidanand Swamiji 

Ramnam was effective only when it was chanted feeling that everything and everyone was a combination of purusha and prakriti ( life force and creation)

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Papa's words 

Remembrance leads you to knowledge 



Constant Remembrance of God will entirely efface the ego sense



Sense objects must not distract you. If they distract,  you are not fit for sadhana 



Constant Remembrance of God through the repetition of the Name is itself meditation 

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Papa's words 

True Remembrance leads to a consciousness where we feel the presence of the Beloved .In the end, there is no sense of separation from Him.

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Papa's words 

Satsang and Satnam 

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As many sessions as possible,  we do Ramnam.  We must check if we are slipping into a session attendance mode.

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Even while Chanting,  we must feel, He is making me chant. Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram...stop every 5 or 10 minutes and feel that He is making me chant 

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Congregational Chanting is good but it will be effective if individual mental Chanting is practised priorly.  Then we can be more connected to the Divine while the leading person is Chanting during Congregational Chanting 

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Even in Vishnu Sahasranama,  importance is given to Remembrance--- yasya smarana matrena,  Janma samsara bandhanat......

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Papa's words 

Ramdas,  through a ceaseless repetition of the Divine Mantram side by side with concentrated meditation on the all pervading, eternal, ever blissful, indwelling God,  had attained freedom and peace, even before his advent into the world as a mendicant. 

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