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Vinod Baba on the holy name.

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English translation by Radhanath Das. harer nama harer nama hare namaiva kevalam, kalau nasteva nasteva nasteva gatir anyatha: Only hari naam, this is the remedy for Kali-yug, the same thing has been said thrice here for the sake of being firm. This our sanatan dharma, our scriptures are telling us this. People in Kali-yug they have a short life span, disturbed minds and hearts, low intelligence etc.They do not think of Bhagvan. They are fallen and do not have peace.So, how will they do bhajan? How will they fix their hearts upon bhajan? In this way in Kali-yug harinam is the ideal sadhana. In Satya yug, dhyana [meditation] was the way of devotion. In Tretra yug, through yagya [fire sacrifices] and in Dwapara yug through seva [thakurji/deity worship]. In Kali yug we do harinam-sankirtan, chanting of the names of Lord Krishna. There is so much power in harinam, it is very dominant. The name and the possessor the name are non-different. It is not like other names, this name, that name. God has many names, some people do kirtan of this name and that name. You must chant the name received from your guru, with faith (sradha) and (nishta). There […]