Sankirtan brings darshan of God, or attainment of divine
consciousness, in this Kali yuga. Sankirtan develops love. Sankirtan is the
easiest, surest, safest, quickest way to attain God consciousness. Those who do
sankirtan in the beginning for the sake of mental enjoyment will realize the
purifying effects of sankirtan after some time and then they will themselves do
it with bhava (intense feeling) and shraddha (faith). There is a mysterious
power in the name of the Lord. Man cannot live on bread alone, but he can live
on the name of the Lord.
The harmonious vibrations produced by the singing of the names of the Lord help
the devotee to control the mind easily. They produce a benign influence on the
mind. They elevate the mind at once from its old ruts or grooves to magnanimous
heights of divine splendour and glory. If one does sankirtan from the bottom of
one's heart with full bhava and prem (divine love), even the trees, birds and
animals will be deeply influenced. They will respond. Such is the powerful
influence of sankirtan. Rishis and siddhas visit the place where sankirtan is
held. You can see brilliant lights all round the pandal where it is held.
The mind is purified by constant sankirtan. It is filled with good and pure
thoughts. Daily sankirtan strengthens the good samskaras. The mind of a person
who trains himself to think good, holy thoughts develops a tendency to think
good thoughts. His character is moulded and transformed by continuous good
thoughts. When the mind thinks of the image of God during sankirtan, the mental
substance actually transforms into the form of the image of God. The impression
of the object is left in the mind. This is a samskara. When the act is repeated
very often, the samskara gains strength by repetition and a tendency or habit is
formed in the mind. One who entertains thoughts of divinity actually becomes
transformed into the divinity by constant thinking and meditation. The bhava and
disposition is purified and divinized. The meditator and the meditated, the
worshipper and the worshipped, the thinker and the thought, become one and the
same. This is samadhi. This is the fruit of sankirtan.
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