(comprehensive), The Thousand Holy Names of ... - Mandhata Global

Preface
The spiritual world is called Vaikuëöha, which means “without
anxiety.” In material consciousness everything is uncertain and
temporary, and therefore everyone is full of anxiety (sakuëöha).
In the spiritual world Vaikuëöha, everything is known
and certain by the causeless mercy of the Lord. Birth, old age,
disease and death are nonexistent there, and therefore
everyone there is free from all anxiety. Chanting the Holy
Names gives us the opportunity to transfer our existence to the
Vaikuëöha world, where we can exist eternally without any
suffering. This occurs as soon as we change from the material
conditioned platform of consciousness to blissful Vaikuëöha
consciousness through chanting the Holy Names.
Unfortunate people in material consciousness are not very
enthusiastic to chant the Holy Names of the Lord, just as a
patient suffering from jaundice does not relish the taste of
sugar candy, even though sugar candy is the specific medicine
for jaundice. Nevertheless, chanting the Holy Name of the
Lord is the only effective remedy for ending the material
suffering of the conditioned soul. Although chanting the Holy
Name of the Lord may not be very palatable for people
suffering from the disease of material existence, anyone who
wants to be cured of the material disease must do it with great
care and attention.
Even among people who accept the spiritual path, there are
many who are frustrated by pursuing processes of selfrealization
that are impractical in this fallen, contaminated age.
In the present age the vibration of the Holy Names of the Lord
is the only yoga process that can actually help one attain a
transcendental position, beyond all material contamination.
harer näma harer näma harer nämaiva kevalam
kalau nästyeva nästyeva nästyeva gatir anyathä
“Chant the Holy Name [in the neophyte stage], chant the Holy
Name [in the clearing stage], certainly you must chant the Holy
Name [in the liberated stage of life] constantly. In the Age of
Kali there is no other way [by the austere yoga practices
recommended for the Satya-yuga], no other way [by the
elaborate Vedic sacrifices recommended for the Treta-yuga],
no other way [by the opulent Deity worship recommended for
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