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Here's what Shri Maharaj says about God's Divine Name ---
1) The divine name is made up of Divine Ananda.
2) The Divine Name is the symbol of God on earth.
3) The Name of God is the holiest thing in creation.
4) God and His Name are the obverse and reverse of one and the same Divine Being.
5) God, His Name and the saints make up the holy Trinity.
6) God, His Name and the saints form an indivisible unity. They are Three-in-one.
7) The Sadhaka must develop a firm conviction, an intense faith that the Divine Name is the Reality in life.
8) The Name of God is the connecting link between Purusha and Prakriti, i. e., between the soul and mind. Let the mind stick to it in order to gaze into the soul.
9) Unconditioned is the Name Divine. Hence it is beyond change. Sadhanas other than the Name are more or less conditioned. Hence they are subject to change.
10) Contemplation comes to stay when the Name penetrates the hidden layers of the mind.
11) The Name is as unseen and formless as the Unconscious.
12) The Name is to be practised for the transformation of the Unconscious in man.
13) Transformation of the Unconscious by the Divine Name gives rise to interior tranquillity on the one hand and to an awareness of the presence of God on the other.
14) The aim of the practice of God's Name ought to be the attainment of interior peace.
15) An inner alertness is of supreme value in the practice of the Divine Name.
16) An unbroken stream of Divine Name penetrates to the unconscious region of mind.
17) The Name should be practised both by thought from within and by mouth from without.
18) Divine love arises in a divine mind alone. Practice of the Divine Name makes the mind divine.
19) Immeasurable is the power of the Divine Name. No sin can withstand the impact of the holy Name of God.
20) Every Sadhaka is a sceptical about the Name in the initial stages of his Sadhana. But perseverance in the practice of the Name gradually elemenates his doubts.
21) The Sadhaka has reached the end of his Sadhana when all doubts melt, distractions disappear and his mind is filled to the brim by the Name of God.
22) The Divine Name helps even the atheist and the unbeliever.
23) Ants run wherever there is sugar. In the same way, the Master, i. e, the Guru himself visits the person who practises the Divine Name.
24) The Name of God is the royal road to divine experience.
25) Absolute Reality is beyond human conception. Man can think on Reality only through the medium of symbols. The Word or the Name is the most universal and permanent symbol of the Divine available for man.
26) The Name of God is a formless, unborn and unseen as God himself.
27) The Divine Name ought to be practised with determination in spite of doubts and distractions.
28) The Sadhaka should not stop the practice of the Name even if he does not see the image of his deity within himself. The image will voluntarily appear after some time.
29) The Name of God is like a spark of fire. If the spark is properly fanned, it becomes a conflagration. In the same way if we practice the Name with love and faith, it will grow within us and will ultimately make us as wide as the Divine.
30) Pain loses its sting when the self is maddened by the Name of God. It matters little then if pain comes.
31) The Name is like a counter weapon. Warriors in the Mahabharata war used weapons and counter weapons. The later nullified the former. In the same way we must use the counter weapon of the Name of God when Maya shoots her weapons of worldly lust and greed towards us.
32) The Name of God exists for its own sake. It depends solely upon itself. Therefore, it is perfect.
33) God and the self are today situated poles apart. Both are directly opposite in character. But the self i.e., the "I" has to move towards God. The Divine Name leads the "I" towards Him. The more the "I" forgets itself in the Name, the more it approaches the feet of God.
34) The Name of God involves the company of saints.
35) Maya reveals herself in the desire for pleasures of the flesh.
God reveals himself in the desire for the practice of the Divine Name.
36) The Name resides in the being of God. Saints also make their home in the heart of God. Therefore, the Name is inseparable from the saints.
37) The Name of God is like the Sun. When the sun rises, darkness disappears and the world is filled with light. In the same way, the Divine Name sets the self free from sin and fills her with the love of God.
38) A man who intends to devote himself to the practice of the Divine Name after his worldly problems are set right, never gets an opportunity to do so in this life.
39) The Name of God gradually destroys desires of the Sadhaka.
40) The practice of the Divine Name and a life immersed in the pleasures of the flesh ill go together. One of the two must be abandoned.
41) Valmiki tells us in the Ramayana that Seeta saw the ring of Shri Rama and immediately recollected everything about him. In the same way, divine thoughts must flood our mind when we begin to chant the holy Divine Name.
42) The Name is eternal. It existed before: It exists at present: It will exist when we are no more.
43) The Name of God flowers well within an affectionate mind.
44) The Name achieves the great paradox of spiritual life, namely, the self witnesses willingly her own death.
45) The Sadhaka should practise the Name in order to steady the mind in God and also to deliver it from the wants of carnal desires. The Name shows quick results if it is practised with this aim.
46) Remember the Divine Name and forget the self.
47) The practice of the Divine Name consists of four steps. It washes the soul clean of her stains of sin as the first step towards God. The soul then becomes athirst for God and develops an attachment to the Name. This is the second step. The soul keeps on growing in love and learns to contemplate on God with the aid of the Name. This is the third step. Now the soul enters the dark night. She begins to feel the pangs of separation. She chants the Name with feeling and offers tearful prayers to the Lord. The Lord is moved with His Grace descends upon the soul. She comes face to face with God and continues to sing the Name as a mark of gratitude. This is the last step.
48) Heat melts butter. So also the Divine Name breaks self will to pieces.
49) The Name of God is like an essence. An essence is concentrated. It is always used in very small quantities. Still it produces great results. In the same way practice the Name little everyday sincerely and selflessly. It is bound to bring about wonderfully grand results.
50) A man is known by number of names. He responds to each of them. In the same way, one and the same God responds to anyone of His Names.
51) Quality of Japam is more valuable than its quantity. The practice of the Name should emphasize the aspiration for God more than the number of Names uttered by the Sadhaka.
52) God is all powerful. But He is helpless in one respect. He becomes captive of him who chants His sweet holy Name.
53) The key to banish distractions from the mind is to chant the Name Divine.
54) The Divine Name came into being when Reality became God.
55) The function of the Name is to reverse the process of attention. It turns the mind away from the senses towards the God within.
56) The practice of the Divine Name implies absence of attachment.
57) An unbroken utterance of the Name is not an easy matter.
58) The Name comes to stay when doubts go to the dogs.
59) Breathing is common to all humanity so also the Divine Name is the universal Sadhana for humanity.
60) When evil thoughts defile the mind, go on chanting the Divine Name. It will arrest their onward march.
61) Chanting the Divine Name is as good as observing silence.
62) The mind wanders like a naughty child. Stick to the Name and it will gradually come round.
63) Reality is Brahman for the Vedantin. The same is the Divine Name for the Bhakta.
(Source- The Saint of Gondawali- by- Shri. K. V. Belsare)
Here's what Shri Maharaj says about God's Divine Name ---
1) The divine name is made up of Divine Ananda.
2) The Divine Name is the symbol of God on earth.
3) The Name of God is the holiest thing in creation.
4) God and His Name are the obverse and reverse of one and the same Divine Being.
5) God, His Name and the saints make up the holy Trinity.
6) God, His Name and the saints form an indivisible unity. They are Three-in-one.
7) The Sadhaka must develop a firm conviction, an intense faith that the Divine Name is the Reality in life.
8) The Name of God is the connecting link between Purusha and Prakriti, i. e., between the soul and mind. Let the mind stick to it in order to gaze into the soul.
9) Unconditioned is the Name Divine. Hence it is beyond change. Sadhanas other than the Name are more or less conditioned. Hence they are subject to change.
10) Contemplation comes to stay when the Name penetrates the hidden layers of the mind.
11) The Name is as unseen and formless as the Unconscious.
12) The Name is to be practised for the transformation of the Unconscious in man.
13) Transformation of the Unconscious by the Divine Name gives rise to interior tranquillity on the one hand and to an awareness of the presence of God on the other.
14) The aim of the practice of God's Name ought to be the attainment of interior peace.
15) An inner alertness is of supreme value in the practice of the Divine Name.
16) An unbroken stream of Divine Name penetrates to the unconscious region of mind.
17) The Name should be practised both by thought from within and by mouth from without.
18) Divine love arises in a divine mind alone. Practice of the Divine Name makes the mind divine.
19) Immeasurable is the power of the Divine Name. No sin can withstand the impact of the holy Name of God.
20) Every Sadhaka is a sceptical about the Name in the initial stages of his Sadhana. But perseverance in the practice of the Name gradually elemenates his doubts.
21) The Sadhaka has reached the end of his Sadhana when all doubts melt, distractions disappear and his mind is filled to the brim by the Name of God.
22) The Divine Name helps even the atheist and the unbeliever.
23) Ants run wherever there is sugar. In the same way, the Master, i. e, the Guru himself visits the person who practises the Divine Name.
24) The Name of God is the royal road to divine experience.
25) Absolute Reality is beyond human conception. Man can think on Reality only through the medium of symbols. The Word or the Name is the most universal and permanent symbol of the Divine available for man.
26) The Name of God is a formless, unborn and unseen as God himself.
27) The Divine Name ought to be practised with determination in spite of doubts and distractions.
28) The Sadhaka should not stop the practice of the Name even if he does not see the image of his deity within himself. The image will voluntarily appear after some time.
29) The Name of God is like a spark of fire. If the spark is properly fanned, it becomes a conflagration. In the same way if we practice the Name with love and faith, it will grow within us and will ultimately make us as wide as the Divine.
30) Pain loses its sting when the self is maddened by the Name of God. It matters little then if pain comes.
31) The Name is like a counter weapon. Warriors in the Mahabharata war used weapons and counter weapons. The later nullified the former. In the same way we must use the counter weapon of the Name of God when Maya shoots her weapons of worldly lust and greed towards us.
32) The Name of God exists for its own sake. It depends solely upon itself. Therefore, it is perfect.
33) God and the self are today situated poles apart. Both are directly opposite in character. But the self i.e., the "I" has to move towards God. The Divine Name leads the "I" towards Him. The more the "I" forgets itself in the Name, the more it approaches the feet of God.
34) The Name of God involves the company of saints.
35) Maya reveals herself in the desire for pleasures of the flesh.
God reveals himself in the desire for the practice of the Divine Name.
36) The Name resides in the being of God. Saints also make their home in the heart of God. Therefore, the Name is inseparable from the saints.
37) The Name of God is like the Sun. When the sun rises, darkness disappears and the world is filled with light. In the same way, the Divine Name sets the self free from sin and fills her with the love of God.
38) A man who intends to devote himself to the practice of the Divine Name after his worldly problems are set right, never gets an opportunity to do so in this life.
39) The Name of God gradually destroys desires of the Sadhaka.
40) The practice of the Divine Name and a life immersed in the pleasures of the flesh ill go together. One of the two must be abandoned.
41) Valmiki tells us in the Ramayana that Seeta saw the ring of Shri Rama and immediately recollected everything about him. In the same way, divine thoughts must flood our mind when we begin to chant the holy Divine Name.
42) The Name is eternal. It existed before: It exists at present: It will exist when we are no more.
43) The Name of God flowers well within an affectionate mind.
44) The Name achieves the great paradox of spiritual life, namely, the self witnesses willingly her own death.
45) The Sadhaka should practise the Name in order to steady the mind in God and also to deliver it from the wants of carnal desires. The Name shows quick results if it is practised with this aim.
46) Remember the Divine Name and forget the self.
47) The practice of the Divine Name consists of four steps. It washes the soul clean of her stains of sin as the first step towards God. The soul then becomes athirst for God and develops an attachment to the Name. This is the second step. The soul keeps on growing in love and learns to contemplate on God with the aid of the Name. This is the third step. Now the soul enters the dark night. She begins to feel the pangs of separation. She chants the Name with feeling and offers tearful prayers to the Lord. The Lord is moved with His Grace descends upon the soul. She comes face to face with God and continues to sing the Name as a mark of gratitude. This is the last step.
48) Heat melts butter. So also the Divine Name breaks self will to pieces.
49) The Name of God is like an essence. An essence is concentrated. It is always used in very small quantities. Still it produces great results. In the same way practice the Name little everyday sincerely and selflessly. It is bound to bring about wonderfully grand results.
50) A man is known by number of names. He responds to each of them. In the same way, one and the same God responds to anyone of His Names.
51) Quality of Japam is more valuable than its quantity. The practice of the Name should emphasize the aspiration for God more than the number of Names uttered by the Sadhaka.
52) God is all powerful. But He is helpless in one respect. He becomes captive of him who chants His sweet holy Name.
53) The key to banish distractions from the mind is to chant the Name Divine.
54) The Divine Name came into being when Reality became God.
55) The function of the Name is to reverse the process of attention. It turns the mind away from the senses towards the God within.
56) The practice of the Divine Name implies absence of attachment.
57) An unbroken utterance of the Name is not an easy matter.
58) The Name comes to stay when doubts go to the dogs.
59) Breathing is common to all humanity so also the Divine Name is the universal Sadhana for humanity.
60) When evil thoughts defile the mind, go on chanting the Divine Name. It will arrest their onward march.
61) Chanting the Divine Name is as good as observing silence.
62) The mind wanders like a naughty child. Stick to the Name and it will gradually come round.
63) Reality is Brahman for the Vedantin. The same is the Divine Name for the Bhakta.
(Source- The Saint of Gondawali- by- Shri. K. V. Belsare)
I feel "Naam" mustn't be translated to "Name" and must be kept "Naam" itself...!
ReplyDeleteShriram. Very much respect your sentiments. But there has been no change done even of a single letter while writing the blog. And Poojya Baba has himself translated the above article from Marathi to English. Therefore, it has been kept the same. Regards.
DeleteShriram. Very much respect your sentiments. But there has been no change done even of a single letter while writing the blog. And Poojya Baba has himself translated the above article from Marathi to English. Therefore, it has been kept the same. Regards.
DeleteShriram. Consider myself as the most fortunate person in the world to come across divine Brahm-Chaitanya Maharaj and his emphasis on Naam-Jap. My mind has become so intensely calm n strong and i can feel the divine presence of Guru Maharaj all the time with me.
ReplyDeleteJai Sri Ram!
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to get a copy of Baba Belsare's book "The Saint of Gondavli " for some time now.
Tried Gondavale as well as Baba Belasare's Malad house -not available.
Would you be having details of the publisher by any chance so that I can
try and contact them directly? Would really appreciate if you can send the details
to subramani.sundaram@sc.com
Thanks in advance.
Hey you can get a copy of the book in Gondawale (sansthan's office) itself. Yesterday 02nd July 2017 only I had visited Gondawale and found the book in the office.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Sumant Kerur
Hi can I get Belsare Sir book named Namsadhana Paramarth Pradeep?
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance
Vinay
vinayinamati@gmail.com
Unfortunately Most of the books and booklets by Prof K.V.Belsare that were published by Tridal Prakashan are out of print.
Delete'Naam'implies God's name in Marathi and Punjabi, because for name we have different words: Naav'(Marathi) and 'Naa'(Punjabi) Whereas in Hindi we have to say 'Bhagvan Naam' and in English 'God's Name' as there are no separate words that imply God's Name.
ReplyDeletedear blogger, param pujya baba's books are not available book websites. we can hardly find 1 or 2 books. most of these precious books are out of print now. since I live in Bangalore, I haven't access to offline marathi bookstores. so, why don't you upload some of his books in PDF format on your site and make available to everyone? These are dharmic books, so copyright issue won't matter much. Anyway these books are out of print now.
ReplyDeleteजीवन घडविणारे परम पूज्य श्री बाबा बेलसरे
ReplyDeleteमाझ्या आईडिलांच्या पुण्याई मुळे, पंचवीस वर्षांपूर्वी श्री बाबा बेलसरे यांच्या वाढदिवसाच्या दिवशी माझी भेट झाली.श्री गोंदवलेकर महाराजांच्या कृपेमुळे श्री बाबा बेलसरे, मालाड व गोंदवले येथे निरुपण करत असत.या सत्कर्याला त्यांच्या व श्री भाऊ साहेब केतकर यांच्या कुटुंबीयांकडून मोलाचे सहकार्य मिळाले.त्यांची निरुपणे ऐकल्या मुळे माझा मानसिक ताण हळू हळू कमी झाला.माझ्या मनात असलेल्या प्रश्नांची उत्तरे त्यांच्या निरुपणातून मला मिळत असत.तसेच इतर जमलेल्या लोकांना सुद्धा त्याचा फायदा होत असावा.
भगवतगीता हा मूळ संस्कृत मध्ये असलेला ग्रंथ श्री ज्ञनेश्वरांनी भगवे कपडे घालून तळागाळातील लोकांपर्यंत ज्ञानेश्वरीच्या रूपाने मराठीत पोहोचविला.श्री ज्ञानेश्वरांनी सांगितलेली ज्ञानेश्वरी वर्तमान काळातील लोकांना समजणे अवघड होते.श्री बाबा बेलसरे यांनी वास्तवातील उदाहरणे देऊन तीच गीता पांढऱ्या कपड्यात अधिक सोपी करून सांगितली.
मी श्री बाबा बेलसरे यांस वारंवार भेटत असे व प्रश्न विचारीत असे.मी विचारलेल्या प्रश्नांची उत्तरे ते खुबीने देत असत.त्याच प्रश्नांची उत्तरे नाव न घेता कठोर शब्दांत रविवारच्या निरुपणात देत असत.असे असून सुद्धा माझ्या सर्व चुका पोटात घालून व सर्व संभ्रम दूर झाल्यावर मला त्यांनी गोंदवल्याला जाऊन श्री महाराजांचा अनुग्रह घेण्यास सांगितले.त्यांच्या आज्ञेप्रमाणे मी अनुग्रह घेतला.माझ्या प्रत्येक कामात त्यांचा हात असल्याची प्रचिती येते.
श्री बाबा सांगत असत की आपण सत पुरुषाचे ऐकावे हा प्रश्नही श्री बाबांनी त्यांच्या निरुपणांतून सोडवला व मला प्रचिती आली की श्री बाबा हेच सत पुरुष आहेत.
श्री बाबांचे आनंद साधना हे आत्मचरित्र व ज्ञानेश्वरी वरील श्री श्रीपाद बेलसरे यांनी संकलन केलेली निरुपणे(प्रसिध्द झालेले नऊ अध्याय) व इतर ग्रंथ यांचा उपयोग भावी पिढ्यांना व्हावा हीच सदिच्छा.
श्री गोंदवलेकर महाराज प्रसन्न.
श्री राजीव सदाशिव उपळेकर
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Please scan and upload Baba's books! I'll be very grateful �� Adhyatma Samvad is available in pdf format and it is truly a great read.
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