THE VISION, February 2025, Vol. 92, Issue 5:
Please click on the bold darker colours to read the article and on the arrow icon to get back to the contents. Beloved Readers, “In this world-play, there is one Power at work, there is one Consciousness that witnesses all its movements, one Intelligence that guides and controls all affairs; in fact, one spiritual radiance is flooding the entire earth. This power and radiance is God, and His will ever triumphs,” says Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas. Beloved Papa advocates Nama chanting as a means to remember this Power — God. Although devotees sincerely chant the Divine Name to the extent possible and experience joy while chanting, the remembrance of the Power is often not maintained, which slows down the spiritual progress. Here comes the relevance of Beloved Papa’s exhortation that chanting should go side-by-side with concentrated meditation on the attributes of God, whose name is chanted. The attributes can be drawn from perceptible factors: God is within us in t...