‘G’ stands for Generator, ‘O’ for Operator and ‘D’ for Destroyer. GOOD has two ‘O’s ; When you think there are two Operators – one being the Almighty and the other being you, that is GOODNESS. When you realize that there is one and only one Operator – the Almighty, that is the state of GODLINESS.
--- SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI
Sri Ramanujam, the pracharak and speaker of our Kendra thus writes:
During the recently concluded Udayastamana Saptaham at Guruvayoor, Hari and myself had the fortune of accompanying Sri Sri Swamiji to the temple to have the Lord's darshan. The temple was heavily crowded on that particular day and we felt that having darshan was close to impossible. We stood in the outer 'Prakara' and were continuously chanting the Maha Mantra.
Hari and I told Sri Sri Swamiji that we shall talk to some officials to get special entry into the
Sri Sri Swamiji persisted his denial, saying that the Lord knew that Sri Sri Swamiji performed Nama Kirtan always and it is purely Guruvayoorappan's wish to either let us have darshan or not.
Just then to our surprise, out of nowhere, someone approached us and asked Swamiji 'darshanam aayo?' (did You have darsanam already?).
This person did not even wait for a response from Sri Sri Swamiji! He took along Sri Sri Swamiji in for darshan through the special side entrance and let Him stay in the sanctorum as long as He wished!
The Lord Guruvayoorappan indeed chose to meet Sri Sri Swamiji, even as there were so many other thousands of devotees wishing to have Guruvayoorappan's Darshan!
During Sivaratri, Abhisheka is done in all Siva temples. Why did Sri Sri Swamiji choose to perform Abhisheka to Lord Panduranga at Vittalapuram?
Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:
It is believed that Lord Panduranga has the 'amsa' (divine aspects) of Lord Siva. Adi Sankara, in his 'Panduranga Ashtakam' ends every verse with the word 'lingam' signifying the same ('Parabrahma lingam Bhaje Pandurangam!')
In general, both Hanuman and Panduranga are considered to have 'Shiva amsa' in them.
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You can chant the 'Rama' mantra to any deity. In fact, Lord Siva Himself chants the 'Rama' mantra all the time. Hence you are absolutely right in chanting the Rama mantra.
Similarly in Bhakti, only this same idea that the Lord is 'mine' can nurture and nourish bhakti towards the Lord. Without this idea, the devotion still remains within banal limits.
-- Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Once our Guru Maharaj said, "While describing the Ashrams of the great Rishis who personified universal love, it is said that all creatures in the vicinity reflected love. Tigers and deers, snake and frogs were friends. Why has the same not been said of humans who lived there?"
With a smile, our Guru Maharaj continued, "May be its because animals do not resist inflow of Divine Grace from the Mahatma, where as, humans do on account of their sense of ego!"
