The Glory of Mantra-Diksha ....

1)      Man cannot live by bread alone; but he can live repeating the Name of the Lord along. 

2) A Yogi crosses the ocean of Samsara by his Chitta-vritti-nirodha, controlling the

modifications that arise in the mind; a Jnani by his Brahmakara-Vritti (by raising 

the pure thought of Infinity); and a Bhakta by doing Nama –Smarana. There is 

no end of Lord’s powers.

3) The Name of the Lord has a very great power. It brings you face to face

with the Supreme Being and makes you realise your oneness with the 

Infinite and the whole world at large. It bestows immortality. Feel the

wonderful and infinite power the Name of the Lord possesses and chant 

His Name constantly. Time if fleeting . The best way to utilise it is to

remember Him, to chant His Name, sing His glories and meditate on Him.

 4) The Name of Rama turns impossible into possible. It was by the 

glory of Rama-Nama that the stones floated in water, and the bridge, 

the Setu (Varadhi ) over the sea, was built by Sugriva and his 

companions at Rameshvaram. It was Rama-Nama that cooled Prahlada, 

when he was thrown into a conflagration of fire.

 5) Any Name of the Lord is nectar. It is sweeter than sugar-candy. 

It is the essence of the Vedas. Amrita came out, in days of yore, 

during the process of the churning of the ocean by the Devas and 

the Asuras. Even so by churning  the four Vedas, the Name of Rama, 

the nectar, ws brought out to quench the three kinds of Taapa (affliction)

of the ignorant Jivas. Drink it again and again by constant repetition, 

just as Valmiki did in days long gone by.

 6) The world without Hari Sankeertana is only a burial ground.

 7) Japa is a very great purifier. It checks the force of the thought-current

moving towards objects and forces the mind to move towards God.

 8) Japa eventually helps in obtaining Darshan of God.. The 

Mantra-Chaitanya is hidden in every Mantra.

  9) Japa reinforces the Sadhana-Sakti of the Sadhaka. It makes him 

morally and spiritually strong.

 10) The vibration produced by the chanting of a Mantra corresponds 

to the original vibration that arose from Hiranyagarbha.

 11) The rhythmical vibration produced through Japa regulates the 

unsteady vibration of the five sheaths.

12) Japa changes the mind-stuff from worldliness to spirituality, from 

Rajas and activity to Sattva and illumination.

13) The Name of the Lord is an inexhaustible storehouse of the 

spiritual knowledge.

14) Even mechanical repetition of a Mantra plays a great part in the 

evolution of the soul. Even a simple parrot-like repetition of a Mantra, 

too, is beneficial. It has got its own effect.

(Courtesy from The Divine Life Society, Sivanandanagar, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand)