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Gayatri Sharma • February 4, 2003 


Humble pranams to all bhagavatas.

i wd like to share little which i know reg naama japa. naama japa at 
the first stages purifies the mind which intends to wander on outerly 
world. as the mind tends to go out always, it is the first step for 
doing spiritual sadhana. when ones mind is busy in repeating the 
naama japa.. the mind gets concentrated slowly on doing the japa 
and.. it will involve in the naama itself.. keeping a count mentally 
may again deviate the mind from doing its naama japa.. to keep 
control of the count, a chain with 108 beads will be useful which 
will be moved with fingers automatically without any mind's effort. 
further more.. the count gives us some sort of material satisfaction 
like'today i cud complete atleast 108 times'. keeping a minimum 
target set for ourselves will be useful for self-discipline. one can 
always keep doing naama of their favourite gods all the time in 
whatever work they may be like.. while travelling, while standing, 
walking, etc.

any comments and experiences from group members are welcome

jai sriman narayana / gayatri sharma

[ Please conduct extended discussion of the mechanics of
  nama-japa on sv-rituals@yahoogroups.com. Thanks -- Moderator ]


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