Simple Methods to realise Lord.

  Lord Sri Krishna says,  "whichever method one practices  to realise Me, in that same method I consolidate his Faith, and help him to reach Me ". This simple secret of God realisation is mentioned in this Sloka.

      

                    Yo.  Yadha mam prapadyanthe tham thadeiva srujAmyaham 

                     Mama  varthanuvarthanthe manushyaha PArdha sarvasaha.

 There are many ways and methods, to realise God. Some are simple, and some a little time taking. Whatever method may one adopt, one should have total  belief, total commitment  and

pure mind to persue the goal. Lot of patience and perseverence are required in practicing thee methods. Some  nine  simple methods are prescribed in SrimadbhAgavatham, in this verse.

                  SravaNam  Keerthanam VishNoh smaraNam  padasevanam

                   Archanam. Vandanam. Dasyam sakhyamadathmanivedanam.

Hearing scriptures, Kirthana, Chaunting Vishnunamas, Serving Lords' feet, worshiping, Saluting, the Servant sentiment, the friend sentiment, self surrenderence

Are few means to realise God. 

 

SravaNam means, hearing the glories of lord with great reverence. Hearing  the great

Spiritual scriptures like Ramayana, Bhagavatha, Bhagavadgita, and other Puranas takes  ones' belief to an  exalted levels, strengthens the faith. With strengthened 

Fath one never forgets Lord, even single minute. He attributes all his achievements

and failures to Lord, as if they are all His prompted actions.

Keerthanam means praising the glories, stories of Lord by singing. The Devine names and Devine  characteristics of Lord are praised through Keerthanam which fills ones' heart with the sentiment of Love towards Lord. Many singer saints like Meera bai, thulasiDas, KabeerDAs, 

Nanak, Thukaram ThyAgarAjaswAmi, etc etc had God Realisation by just singing His glories.

Of course, in this present busy era, anybody has very little time to sit andread the scriptures.

For such group of people, SravaNam and Keerthanam are highly practical methods to remember  Lord Every minute.

SmaraNam is a simple practice of remembering God all the time, by Chaunting Lords' names.

Sahasranamas, sataka as., ashtottara namas of any deity exemplify the glories of  That Diety. 

Hence, by remembering these names, one remains in the glance of The Diety. Not only this,

Mantras such as, " namo NArAyaNAya , Hare Rama Hare Krishna , Om Namassivaya,

are,when chaunted purifies one's mind and helps to orient towards almighty always.

Padaseva, means worshiping the Sacred Lotus feet of God. This is Idol worship.

The idol of the Diety is  considered as Lord alive and  it's' feet is worshiped by flowers and incandescent  sticks and other offerings like fruites.  

Archana is another interesting method followed by many sects of to strengthen their faith.Archana means worshiping  God in a ritualistic way.  Worshiping  includes chanting along

With  actions ( kriyas ). Worshiping  ones' beloved Diety in a particular prescribed procedure 

Takes him to an exalted state of mind, from where he links to the universal Mind, ie God.

Vandanam, a simplest way to link to God. By saluting before Lord, with  total surrenderence is

Enough for anybody  to bag His blessings.  The person, who salutes or bows flat before Lord,

Be holds nothing for himself. Vandana  means a selfless  surrenderence . Selflessness is the

Fundamental  characteristic required to reach God because,  God is selfless universal Self.

Dasyam is a servant attitude exhibited towards God. God takes care of  only those,  who totally  gives up everything including his Ego. Lakshmana , brother of (Lord Rama,) Hanuma, (Bhakta of Rama )followed the same methed, Dasya and succeeded in reaching God.

Those who dedicate themself to Almighty, by doing Egofree,Selflesss services are taken care by 

God without failure. This servant Sentiment is very simplest way to practice.

Friend sentiment is also simple to follow to realise God. One can feel God as his friend by 

Opening up all his feelings to his beloved Diety. When one hides nothing from God by confessing every thing before Him, his welfare becomes God's  responsibility.

                Ananyachetaha yo mam smarathi nithyathaha  thasmaham sulabhaha  PArdha

                 Nithyaukthasya Yoginaha.

Atmanivedanam means Self surreenderance. When one surrenders his self to God, he becomes  egoless. This Egofree state of mind opens the gates of spiritual world, links to that

Supreme Self.

All above mentioned  different methods are very very simplest ways , tested , proved by many

Bhaktas.  Many religions of differnt countrie  also following these ways , and succeeding in

Realising  God.

All above mentioned methods direct  one towards the same destination , ie." God realisation."

      

                                           Om that sat