Chanting RAMA Its benefits http://oldthoughts.wordpress.com/ Written by atya arada !

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-rom my childhood elders at home and school ha.e always ad.ised me to say /Rama% Rama0 when in doubt% fear or trouble. 1hey told me that Rama nama would protect me from all manner of troubles and bless me in e.ery way. I sincerely belie.ed in and followed this ad.ice% with the additional belief that you only ha.e to chant ri Rama2s name and 3anuman is personally present ne4t to you and on your side. 1his was a great thrill for me5 Recently in my yoga class% my 6eda guru% ad.ised me to touch the tip of my tongue to the top of my palate% for as much time as possible. he said that that yoga mudra helped people achie.e emotional balance. In trying to teach some of my young friends how to do this I as7ed them to ma7e the sound /ra0. 1he Indian sound% not the /rolled0 American one. Also in pranayama class% we ha.e to say% /mmmmmmmm0 li7e a bee when we breathe out for the bhramari form of praa8aayaama% as well as in some of the yogaasanaas. o7ay% now% what is ra 9a 9 mmmmmmmmmmm 9 a: Rama; <f Course; My elders were ha.ing me do a .ery easy and beneficial yoga mudra 9 pranayama% while filling my head with delightful and cheerful thoughts of ri Rama and 3anuman. In the 6ishnu ahasranaama% i.a tells ,ar.ati that one utterance of Rama2s name is e=ual to a thousand names of 6ishnu. 1han7s to the good old Rama ethu issue% Rama2s name is on the lips of all belie.ers and non>belie.ers ali7e% doing a world of good to politicians% lawyers% ?udges% ?ournalists and lay people too. @ither with de.otion or hatred% with faith or with reason e.eryone in this country and interested in this country is chanting the name of ri Rama% and gathering at the .ery minimum the yogic benefits of the same.