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Mahatma Gandhi on Reciting Ramnam 
April 7, 2006 |
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Mahatma Gandhi
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more about the recitation of Ramnam
(also known as Ramanama)
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
"One may repeat any mantra one pleases. I have suggested
Ramanama as I have been familiar with it since childhood, and
as it is my constant support in my struggles. One must be completely
absorbed in whatever mantra one selects. The mantra becomes
one’s staff of life and carries one through every ordeal."
Navajivan, 6/5/1924
"When a child, my nurse taught me to repeat Ramanama whenever
I felt afraid or miserable, and it has been second nature with
me with growing knowledge and advancing years."
Harijan, 8/17/34, p213
"Ramanama or some equivalent is necessary, not for the
sake of repetition, but for the sake of purification, as an
aid to effort, for direct guidance from above."
Young India, 10/21/1926
"Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it
is no mere repetition of empty formula. Any amount of repetition
of Ramanama is futile, if it fails to stir the soul. It is better
in prayer to have a heart without words, than words without
a heart."
Young India, 1/23/30
There is no doubt that Ramanama is the surest aid. If recited
from the heart, it charms away every evil thought, and with
every evil thought gone, no corresponding action is possible.
Harijan, 5/12/46
"Ramanama gives one detachment and ballast, and never throws
one off one’s balance at critical moments."
Young India, 10/21/1926
"This incantation of Ramnam will free you from addictions
and make you clean and everyone will adore you. Your whole day
will pass happily and your nights be free from bad dreams, if
you take Ramnam after you get up in the morning and before you
go to sleep at night."
Day-to-Day with Gandhi, Volume 5, p. 217
"I laugh within myself when someone objects that Rama or
the chanting of Ramanama is for the Hindus only, how can Mussalmans
(Muslims) therefore take part in it? Is there one God for the
Mussalmans and another for the Hindus, Paris (Parses) or Christians?
No, there is only one omnipotent and omnipresent God. He is
named variously and we remember Him by the name which is most
familiar to us."
Harijan, 4/28/46
"The Rama of our prayers is not the historical Rama, the
son of Dasharatha, the King of Ayodhya. He is the eternal, the
unborn, the one without a second. Him alone I worship. His aid
alone I seek, and so should you. He belongs equally to all.
I, therefore, see no reason why a Mussalman (Muslim) or anybody
should object to taking His name. But he is in no way bound
to recognize God as Ramanama. He may utter to himself Allah
or Khuda so as not to mar the harmony of the sound."
Harijan, 4/28/46, p. 111
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