ROBBER CAN TURN SAINT BY CHANTING

Rama – Navami greetings to you all. Happy Rama-Navami to all. Jay Sri Rama – Hor Gaya Kaam. You will be successful, you will conquer death , just by uttering the names of Lord Ram. Jay Sri Rama. So go on chanting the holy names of the Lord. Narada Muni gave this Rama mantra to Ratnakar. He was a famous robber. But as he chanted the holy names of Ram ! RAM! This happened ten lakh years back in Treta Yuga. Such is the power of the holy name. Just by chanting the names of Sri Rama he became famous as Valmiki Muni. Valmik means ant hill. Ants make a hill. As he was chanting andchanting the holy names of the Lord, sitting in one place for a very long time ,fully concentrating on hearing the holy names of Sri Rama he has forgotten that he had a body. Ants were crawling all over his body. They even ate up his body parts and made a little hill around his body, which is called valmik. Hence his name became Valmiki Muni.

Holy name of the Lord is non-different from Lord. Just by chanting the holy names of the Lord he became Ramarealised. Lord Sri Rama revealed Himself unto Valmiki Muni. Lord revealed his own pastimes to Valmiki muni while he was chanting. As he was seeing he became realised and confidently compiled Ramayan.

Today is the day of appearance of Sri Ram. May Lord appear in your heart.

anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ

May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love.
( CC. adi 1.4)

May Sacinandan manifest in your heart. Jay Sri Ram!! . Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave Sadbhuj darsana to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya. Three Lords in one, three moon like Lords combined in one form. Caitanyacandra, Krsnacandra and Ramacandra. I am making the point that Ram is non different from Gauranga. Krishna is non-different from Gauranga. So it was a special darsana.

Krsna is Avatari and Rama is avatar. Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakura in Brhad Bhagvatamritawrites , Rama, Narsimha and Sri Krsna come in a special category, higher than all other avatars of the Lord. Krishna is Avatari.

rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan
nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu
kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajām

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who manifested Himself personally as Kṛṣṇa and the different avatāras in the world in the forms of Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Vāmana, etc., as His subjective portions.( Brahmasamhita Verse 39). I

Today is Ram-navami . Today is also Laxman Navami and Bharat navami and Shatrughna navami. All of them are Lords. All of them appeared on the same day. Today all four Visnu Tattvas appeared – Vasudev, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

I will have to wind up early today. There is big event taking place here in Rajkot, Gujarat. Lord is appearing here today. Deities of RAM Laxman & Seeta & Hanuman will be installed.

I just wanted to mention, when I was born, it was Tuesday. Rama also was born on Tuesday. I was born 70 years ago. Rama appeared lakhs of years ago . That could be the reason that, I was given the name Raghunath. Later Prabhupada changed it to Lokanath, at the time of new birth, initiation. That is the connection. So keep chanting. Today chant more and more.

Today Bangalore devotees are going on Padayatra, spreading the holy name of Ramaand Krsna.They will spread the pearls and diamonds of the names of Ram and Krsna on the streets of Bangalore.Likewise you should stay busy in serving Sri Ram and in festivities of Ram Navami celebrations.

Hare Krishna!!