How does Mantra Meditation Work? Radhanath Swami Shares the Secret
Insights — By RNS Online on September 27, 2010 at 5:07 am
Question to Radhanath Swami: How exactly does this chanting of God’s holy names work?
Radhanath Swami: It begins by regular chanting, like treatment begins with regular intake of medicines. And then we try to go deeper into the holy name by living according to the qualities of a true devotee, i.e. to live our life with humility, with tolerance and forgiveness, offering honor and respect to others, while demanding no respect for ourselves. We should live by the principles of morality, we should live with integrity, and we should live in the mood of servitude to others. Then the holy name will bring our consciousness deeper and deeper and deeper to understand our own spiritual essence and our relationship with God, the all beautiful.
When you actually experience the beauty of Krishna within your heart, it’s paraà dåñövä nivartate, it’s such a higher taste and experience that whatever happens in this world, you may deal with it, but nothing can take away that unlimited love, that unlimited satisfaction of your relationship with Krishna; and you just want to share it with everyone. That is the result of chanting properly.
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Proper chanting is possible only if we live our lives based on high principles. Otherwise, the holy name will not work as powerfully. So, chanting also necessitates a principled life. So, to get a taste for chanting we also need a high-quality way of life. Its all inter-related.
I liked this.
Taste of pudding is in eating.
One can’t feel bliss by theoretically studying about chanting.
Such a simple process for Spiritual realization given for our modern times; we dont need to go out to the forest to meditate, dont have to spend a lot for costly yajnas – just simply sit and chant Hare Krishna. The more we chant, we get Spiritual energy to lead a life of integrity and high values. We continue to chant and slowly our consciousness goes deeper as so beautifuly explained above by Radhanath Swami
Thank you very much radhanath Swami Maharaja for shharing with me such deep realization of the HOly name. I will try topractuise
Radhanath Swami’s words are truely from his own realisations emerging out of so many years of sincere spiritual practice.
Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj for the explaining how to take medicine for maximazing the benifit & relishing the medicine.
Radhanath Swami’s personal realizations about effective chanting helps the devotees tremendously to improve their own sadhana.
such a nice analogy –taking meicine and chanting.Thank you Maharaj
thank you very much
Chanting is most pwerful method of God realisation. The more we associate with devotees who love the holynames, the more we develop a taste for it.
Amazing!
Thank you very much for this wonderful guidance.
This is so revealing, as we chant but dont know all the facts, as described so beautifully by Maharaj. Jai!
chanting is the best way to MEDITATE!
Thanks maharaj for teaching in so simple words for us to understand.
Nice.
good article to implement in once life.Continuously chanting with great determination.One can gain the ultimate taste of chanting
radhanath swami is inspiring us to take medicine of chanting regularly for it to have effect
Thank you Radhanath swami for sharing the importance of chanting and also guiding us on how to live life.
Wow, such a simple and practical way to be happy always.. thanks for sharing..
Such an amazing realization of Radhanath Swami with chanting.
What Radhanath Swami tells us here is most important for human form of life.It can change our life from animalistic consciousness(eating,sleeping,mating and defending) to a divine consciousness life of eternality,full of knowledge and bliss.Thank you, Radhanath Swami for this wonderful lesson.
Chanting is like a medicine… and hence bitter too! but yes, it will cure us of our illness
The highest spiritual benefit is derived only by chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord, and it is necessary to surround it with appropriate Vaishnava behaviour.
All Glories TO H.H.Radhanath Swami Maharaj
What an wonderful narration.
Hare Krishna
The better our chanting, more compassionate we will feel towards all living beings.
Thank youvery much maharaj for this explanation on chanting.
Right behavior and spiritual rituals always go hand in hand
Thank you very much maharaj.
Thanks Swamiji for explaining the results of this sublime process of chanting Lord’s holy names…….
Very nice, Thank you maharaj
Very nicely explained – Thanks a lot Maharaj.
Like it!
Maharaj has wonderfully explained how by chanting the holy names, it cleanses our heart & combined with humility & tolerance, a person becomes a huge asset to the society.
Wonderful. Just reading this makes me so happy.
Thank you Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami is telling us the benefits of chanting attentively and sincerely. We will not only become purified ourselves but will develop enthusiasm to spread the glories of the holy name everywhere.
Radhanath Swami is sharing such profound knowledge with all of us that real inner fulfillment can only be experienced by sincere chanting of Lord’s holy names.
Thank you, Radhanath Swami for this wonderful lesson.
Thank you swamiji.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj very descriptively expresses the result of chanting step by step so that one can easily observe it within oneself to check one’s progress.
Third verse of Shikshashtakam is so impt, w/o which we get minimum benefit of chanting holynames. Thank you maharaj for reminding this. Its necessary to tie this verse around our neck.
Thank you very much Radhanath Swami for inspiring us to chant sincerely and seriously by your enchanting words.
I want to keep this message somewhere where I’ll be able to see and meditate upon it all the time. This is the most important instruction. This website is a real teasurehouse. I just can’t leave this space. I keep jumping from one article to another. All thanks to H.H. Radhanath Swami.
nice
Importance of chanting shared wonderfully with high importance by His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj.
Very nice analogy
Thank you so much Maharaj for enlightne us.
Thank you so much for sharing us.
HH Radhannath swami maharaj very nicely explained the importance of chanting and results of attentive & offenseless chanting.
Thank you so much for sharing wonderful nectar.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for sharing the importance of mantra meditation.
Re-reading this beautiful explaination of Radhanath Swami – preparing our counsciousness to really call out and connect to the Lord through chanting the Holy names
Thank you so much for this wonderful question and answer.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for nice explaination
SECRET OF NICE CHANTING IS REVEALED BY MAHARAJ
Thank you Radhanath swami for giving such an insight about the benefits of chanting with humility.
Wonderful!
Yes, that higher taste is so intoxicating that every problem of this world seems so pale and insignificant in comparison!
Haribol. beautifully explained by Maharaj ji, the potency of Lord’s holly names is unlimited as the Lord Himself. I long for the moment when I would be able to relish holly names of Krishna.
Great and profound explanation!
Thank You very much maharaj.
Thank you Radhanath swami for telling us the true essence of chanting the holy names of the lord.
Chanting with proper attitude and mood!!!
thank you very much for wonderful article.
Thank you Maharaj for explaining so beautifully that chanting with attention and the right attitude gives us an experience of a higher taste.
Attentively chanting the holy name of the Lord is the only medicine to survive in this age of Kali. Thanks Maharaj for inspiring us to be more tolerant and forgiving to others.