Namasmaran, or remembering the name of God, is described as a practice that can help integrate mind, body, and spirit. It is suggested to be a universal practice that is beyond any one tradition, and can help people blossom into their highest potential. Regular namasmaran is said to connect one to their true self and have mental health benefits like reducing stress.

1. NAMASMARAN
AND
STRESS
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. NAMASMARAN & NEUROSIS
Indulgence and asceticism, atheism and
theism, romance and renunciation; and such
variety of apparently conflicting phenomena
render completion to life. If you try to take
away anyone of these, the life appears
incomplete.
In fact even as I was convinced intellectually
about the value of NAMSMARAN in life and
wrote books on it right from 1992, one of the
major hurdles in appreciating and
experiencing the cosmic benevolence of
NAMASMARAN was its depiction (or my
erroneous perception of the depiction) as an
activity of elderly, neurotic, inactive,
pessimists, escapists and failed individuals.
Even the books, movies, and dramas on saints
and bhakti sangeet (devotional music) made
saintly life and the practice of
NAMASMARAN appear miserable and
pathetic. I never thought this was the A grade
happiness, implied in spiritualism or self
realization.

3. Partly because of this and partly because of
the social justice and freedom implied in the
atheism, which I cherish even today, I could
not be involved completely in any particular
theist tradition of NAMASMARAN.
But even as I, due to my repulsion for the
pathetic life style (as depicted or interpreted
by me) felt material pleasures could not be
amputated arbitrarily from one’s life if one
were to evolve healthily, I was not at ease even
in the “best” of petty pleasures, which could at
best give B grade pleasure, not A grade
happiness, which is implied in (though often
ignored) and must be integral part of global
justice.
Thus neither could I identify myself with the
ascetics nor with the materialists. I kept on
vacillating from one side to another like a
pendulum.
But now it is more than clear, that
NAMASMARAN is a panacea, it is an

4. objective phenomenon and it can not be the
monopoly of any one camp such as ascetic,
indulgent, theist, atheist, scientific, religious
and so on.
It is an objective phenomenon with cosmic
benevolence for blossoming of one and all. It is
as objective and as vital for human
blossoming, as the oxygen is for human life.
It is beyond science, religion and philosophy. It
is beyond human thought. It is a matter of
practice and experience, not belief, feeling or
imagination.
NAMASMARAN connects you to the
center of life, time and cosmic
consciousness, i.e. with your true self.
NAMASMARAN (according to one’s
tradition) is the privileged express
highway to realize maximum potentials in
every possible way, for one and all!
NAMASMARAN: A MAHAYOG, A
MEGAFUSION,
EK MAHASAMANVAY

5. I feel that
NAMASMARAN means remembering the
name of God, i.e. one’s innate and true self
and thus helps to blossom from petty self into
cosmic self in the course of time!
Namasmaran links all the faculties in an
individual and helps him evolve integrity
between thoughts, feelings, instincts and
actions.
Namasmaran cements the generation gap with
consideration and love.
Namasmaran helps to rise above petty whims
and fancies and enjoy sublime bonds of love
amongst family members, relatives and
friends.
Namasmaran wields the bonds of
understanding amongst people of different
professions and of different strata.

6. Namasmaran builds lasting bonds amongst
people of different regions.
Namasmaran builds the bridges of acceptance
and love amongst different religions.
Namasmaran helps in uniting different races.
Namasmaran helps in nurturing love between
people of different nationalities.
Namasmaran brings the actual spiritualism in
day today life in every walk of life i.e. actually
catalyzes the reunification of spiritualism and
materialism.
Namasmaran therefore is MAHAYOG,
MEGAFUSION OR MAHASAMANVAY
I would be obliged if the practitioners of
NAMASMARAN comment whether these
views from their point of view; are realistic or
are infatuations and/or utopia.

7. NAMASMARAN: THE GOLDEN
CHANCE
The life begins with separation of petty
self from true self.
The geniuses, seers and prophets have
almost
complete awareness of true self.
The others are variably aware of petty
self and
true self.
The life manifests as a result of
conflicting
awareness of a true and petty self.
NAMASMARAN
is
a
GOLDEN CHANCE
for increasing awareness of the true
self.

8. This awareness is usually associated
with
increase in braveness, buoyancy and
benevolence in all the walks of life in
different forms!
The other features of this awareness
are
perspective, policies, plans and actions
for
evolving awareness of true self
universally .
NAMASMARAN: WHEN & WHY?
If there is a thorn inside, then it hurts badly and
the child cries. But if you try to remove it, then it
resists and cries more. A sick child refuses to take
injection because it is apprehensive about the
pain it produces. The list of such instances can be
very long in fact unending. The point is simple. If
you do not know the cause and nature of your
problem and the efficiency of its solutions, then
you tend to despise and reject the solutions.

9. Today, most of the people are complaining of one
thing or another. Some people are not
complaining but the others are complaining about
them! This is especially important because
“normal” people are suffering! There is no
clinical disease and yet they are suffering or at
least they say so!
The suffering is largely because of immature or
maturing perception, feelings and actions. The
solution is to development and maturation of
these. This requires consciousness that emerges
triumphantly out of the biologically dominated
perceptions, feelings and actions. This is actually
the freedom of your soul or your conscience!
This requires NAMASMARAN in every place
you go and in situation face. This is why you
need NAMASMARAN.
But it is most important to realize that
NAMASMARAN is a supreme option open to
you and is a golden opportunity. You are
privileged to know about and practice
NAMASMARAN.

10. The answer to “when” NAMASMARAN is; from
the moment you come to know about it and
always! The answer to “why?” is, because it is an
accurate and radical solution to the problems, for
which you seek a solution!
WHAT IS NAMASMARAN?
Namasmaran means; remembering the name of
God, Guru, great souls; such as prophets and holy
objects such as planets and stars. It may be
remembered silently, loudly, along with music,
dance, along with breathing, in group or alone,
either with counting by rosary (called SMARANI
or JAPAMALA) or without counting. The
traditions vary from region to region and from
religion to religion.
However the universal principle underlying
NAMASMARAN is to reorient your
physiological being with your true self. In
fact while reorienting with true self you aim
to establish and strengthen the bond or
connection; between; your physiological

11. being; with your true self. You aim at
reunification with yourself!
Since remembering your true self is the
pinnacle of or culmination of individual
consciousness, and individual consciousness
is the culmination of every activity in life,
remembering any name of God or Guru (any
symbol of your true self) is equivalent to opening
the final common pathway for the individual
consciousness associated with
every possible activity to get funneled into or
unified with objective or cosmic consciousness.
Thus NAMASMARAN is in fact the
YOGA of YOGA in the sense that it is the
culmination of consciousness associated with
every possible procedure and technique in
the yoga that you are familiar with. It is the
YOGA of YOGA because it is the
culmination of consciousness associated with
all the activities in the universe, which it
encompasses as well! It is YOGA of YOGA
because everybody in the world irrespective
of his/her tradition and the beliefs; would

12. eventually, ultimately and naturally reach it
it; in the process of liberation. Even so called non
believers also would not “miss” the “benefit of
remembering the true self
through one symbol or another”!
Just as NAMASMARAN is YOGA of YOGA it
is meditation of meditation also! It is the natural
and ultimate climax of every form of meditation.
In short NAMSMARAN is super-bounty of
cosmic consciousness for every individual to
realize it (cosmic consciousness)! This is truly a
super-bounty because a person who
experiences it, rises above mercenary,
commercial and even professional and
charity planes and manifest super-
transactions in his or her life!
These are just few observations to give rough
idea about what is NAMASMARAN.
NAMASMARAN is an ocean of bliss. Its true
meaning is beyond description in words and has
to b experienced, most preferably, by billions!

13. WHY NAMASMARAN?
Some said that poverty is due to exploitation.
Some said that the misery is due to invaders.
Some said the malady is due to imperialists.
Some said the strife is due to religious fanaticism.
Some said the stress is due to social oppression
and injustice. Some said that the stress is due to
deprivation of biological instincts.
These are not completely wrong, but not entirely
accurate also. Such partial understanding usually
breeds indiscriminate hatred and violence,
towards others.
On the other hand there are many theories
basically indicating the root of the distress in
individual frailty.
These are also not completely wrong but not
totally accurate either. They usually lead to self
abnegation and indiscriminate violence towards
oneself.

14. There is one simple and practical process that has
benevolent and emancipating impact on
individual and the environment. This process is
called NAMASMARAN i.e. remembering the
God i.e. your true self.
Billions of people of the world actually are
engaged in it without using this terminology. If
billions more get engaged in it, the blossoming of
the individuals and the world are absolutely
inevitable.
There is no proof for this; so; one need not
believe in this, but as the idea of proof itself has
its limitations one need not disbelieve also!
Unprecedented events have no proofs. They are
realized only after they happen!
YOGA, KARMA & NAMASMARAN
One of the enigmas of Geeta (Gita) philosophy is
NISHKAMA KARMA, which means action
without expectation of a particular result.

15. How can you perhaps do anything without
expectation of a result, when you see that
everything is associated with result?
Excepting perhaps involuntary actions and
activities during sleep, every action and its
planning are associated with anticipation or
projection of its result.
It is understandable that if you focus on; or get
obsessed by a particular result or start day
dreaming about it, then it can distract you from
the procedural skills and concentration. But how
can you completely forget or get rid of the
thought or idea of the result?
It is also true that you should not get involved in
the result, because it can disappoint you if you
don’t get the expected result. This is also fair and
pragmatic. It can protect you from imminent
reactive depression or psychiatric maniacal
elation.
But still, how can you totally dissociate the vision
about the result from the action?

16. While thinking about these questions; suddenly I
realized that even as most actions are associated
with results, all the actions and their results i.e.
cause and effect relationship; do not follow the
same logic. This is especially true of subtle
actions; for example, my thinking or feelings are
not describable in terms of their physicochemical
details and hence their cause and effect
relationship/s with their results and the nature of
their also can not be defined!
It is true that actions are roughly and in general;
associated with successes and failures.
But the human civilization is evolution of actions
(including the thoughts and feelings and the
vision). As they evolve further; they become
subtler and cosmic. Their nature and results; can
not be qualified or quantified by routine gauging
and assessment. Further, neither the actions nor
the results remain personal or subjective and
hence their “Ownership” or “Credit” ceases
completely! So we no longer remain attached to
it. This is NISHKAMA KARMA!

17. Geeta (Gita) inspires us for evolution of our
actions from crudity, tight attachment to or
insistence on cause and effect relationships,
arbitrariness and subjectivity; to; subtlety where
subjectivity and objectivity and the procedure and
the results conceptually merge and the ownership
ceases!!
One such absolutely evolved action is
NAMASMARAN i.e. remembering God or one’s
true self! Billions are already practicing it in
different religions and billions more are most
likely to practice it and emancipate themselves
and others!
One can ponder over these explanations and
decide about the option of NAMASMARAN!
YOGA, STRESS & NAMASMARAN
YOGA is integration of right and left parietal
(cerebral) cortex i.e. right and left brain.

18. Inability to realize the unity of universe, inability
to realize unity of different ‘pathies’ in medicine
and inability to understand the interrelationship,
interactivity, interdependence and
complementarity in various fields of transactions
such as agriculture, science, technology, industry,
trade, culture, politics; is due to deficient
development and disintegration between right and
left brain.
This inability leads to mismanagement of stress
and sectarian prejudices and fanatic bigotry,
prevalence of injustice, exploitation, hatred and
crimes in different forms.
Even if a person is intelligent in terms of
memory, analytical thinking, and innovation and
so on, i.e. (left cerebral development) he/she can
be vicious, perverted and antisocial if not
balanced and integrated with right brain.
Conversely; a person with excellent development
of right brain but without integration with left
brain is likely to be artist or a saintly individual
but oblivious to social reality.

19. Can NAMASMARAN be useful to integrate left
and right brain and enhance stress management
and blossom individual and global life?
PHYSIOLOGY & NAMASMARAN
Meru is a golden mountain that supports the
heaven, earth and hell. It supports the three levels
of consciousness. It also means Tartar range of
mountains north of Himalaya. This golden
mountain is analogous to the brain, which
supports all the aspects of individual life. One of
the meanings of the word Meru (Sanskrit) seems
to be brain. Hence the vertebral column is called
Meru danda (Column or Rod).
Meru-mani means a big bead, in the japamala i.e.
rosary.
It is said that while reciting or remembering the
name of God; and counting it on the japamala,
i.e. while practicing namasmaran; you are not
supposed to cross the meru-mani.

20. What could be the reason for this?
According to me, the penance of any kind;
including namasmaran; is aimed at reaching the
controlling center of the inner and outer universe.
Physiologically it is clear that there is a
continuous flow of impulses to and fro the
cerebral cortex on either side. Impulses flow from
right brain to the left body and from left body to
right brain.
When you start counting the name of God, you
tend to replicate the above process and go from
meru-mani to the japamala and back. This is like
going from left brain and coming back. The next
counting is begun by reversing the position of the
meru-mani as if starting from right brain to the
body and coming back.
One can tally this explanation with one’s
experience.
POSITIVE THINKING AND
NAMASMARAN

21. Most of the times it is said advised by most of the
people to most of the people to think positively!
But most of the times it is forgotten that a person
does not think negatively by choice and does not
have any conscious plan; of not thinking
positively either!
However most of the times this advice of positive
thinking is given and taken passively and
superstitiously as if there is no other option!
It has to be appreciated that a person in
depression or frustration may have negative
thoughts which are destructive and need to be
shunned. But the strength for this is what is
utterly lacking at the point of depression or
frustration. Hence in this point of depression the
positive thoughts are countered by equally
powerful and far more convincing negative
thoughts by that person. Sometimes the positive
thoughts sermonized by the others become
irritating as they appear too unrealistic and

22. utopian to the person in depression and
frustration; and hence can be counterproductive.
The utter weakness of depression or frustration
can be overcome by NAMSMARAN which
revitalizes and rejuvenates the person.
It is in fact the best preventive and curative
measure against depression and frustration.
VALUE EDUCATION AND NAMASMARAN
Many people related to the field of education
keep talking about VALUE BASED
EDUCATION as a panacea to all the problems in
the world.
The idea of value based education is probably
well intended in case of some of the proponents,
but ….
1. The influence of value system of the
society (now global values) (which does not
come in the purview of any formal education)
influences ideas and behavior of the students and

23. every one connected with education
tremendously.
2. Common men follow the celebrities in
different fields, in the world. The celebrity status
is decided by the global value system and the
media hype in accordance with it! Today, all of
us in the world are suffering with the disease of
“individualism, superficiality and pettiness”.
Interestingly, it is disguised in glamour, glitter,
hype and glorification! We have become
caricature of ourselves. We are unable to think
and behave conducive to our happiness and that
of others.
3. The value system (enlightenment and
inclusiveness or otherwise) of the constituent
assemblies decide the contents and drafting of the
laws.
4. The laws (whether they represent the
noble aspirations of the millions or not) and the
legal system (whether it provides any kind of
assurance, support or solace against being
subjected to injustice and/or crimes) influences
common man’s (and hence of every one related
to the field of education) beliefs and interactions.

24. 5. Our listlessness and emaciation to rise
above individualism, pettiness and superficiality
and our sectarian and fragmented perspective and
thinking (the cause of global problems) are
because of getting disconnected from our
powerhouse (our true self)! NAMASMARAN
can reconnect us with our powerhouse. In other
words, this is like watering our roots!
6. In absence of NAMASMARAN, arbitrary
teaching of some arbitrary values, become
pitiable and utterly ineffective in serving the
purpose viz. providing any kind of solution to
global or individual problems.
7. One need not believe in this, but think
over the issue and verify the empowering and
rejuvenating experience of cosmic benevolence
of NAMSMARAN and its byproducts.
TOP PRIORITY AND NAMASMARAN
For all those; who believe that all the human
efforts should culminate in individual and
universal blossoming, the holistic perspective and
activities in tune with it; form the only way of
success!

25. If you believe in realizing and manifesting the
universal unity and harmony, then the simple way
is NAMASMARAN. Through NAMASMARAN
you begin to blossom and realize universal unity
and harmony and ironically, land up in
magnificent bliss and infallible conviction (some
may call it obsession) of NAMASMARAN!
It is through such conviction, that you realize the
need for top priority to training of children (and
also adults) in first aid, nursing, home remedies,
cooking, farming, gardening, stitching, carpentry
and various such household skills and crafts,
power sports, gymnastics, athletics, martial arts
and everything related to physical and mental
fitness, which have to be aimed at empowering
the individuals to streamline the resources in
problem solving; and achieve individual and
global prosperity and profundity.
SPIRITUALISM, MATERIAISM AND NAMASMARAN
In the district of Satara in Maharashtra state
there is a place called Gondavle (Budruk).

26. I first visited this place; where there is a samadhi
mandir (shrine) of Sadguru Shri
Brahmachaitanya Gondavlekar Maharaj; about
thirty years ago. I have also visited the place
called Shirdi where there is a shrine of Shri
Saibaba and Shegaon; where there is the shrine
of Shri Gajanan Maharaj.
These are the places where millions of devotees
visit with reverence; every year. I respect their
feelings.
However the questions that used to gnawing me
were; “Why are these places full of activities
responsible for the downfall of mankind? Why
can’t these (and other) spiritual masters change
these (and other respective) places for better;
through their devotees, local administrative
heads and/or the political leaders? Why are these
places immune to spiritual rejuvenation and or
revitalization? Why do we come across the
socioeconomic and political misery? Why do we
find people in pitiable life conditions in most
respects?”

27. The answer to all these questions; is the
development of the split or chasm; between the
spiritualism and materialism!
The saints and their shrines provide the
enlightenment and empowerment; but we are
intoxicated by petty selfishness to such an extent
that we visit these and other places of pilgrimage
in a parasitic mindset. We visit these shrines and
temples with beggarly mentality. We approach
these abodes merely for trivial gains for our own
selves or our families. All this is because we
have forgotten our DHARMA, which is different
from the concept of religion.
We have forgotten the concepts of pitru dharma,
matru dharma, putra dharma, acharya dharma,
kula dharma, raja dharma etc. (duties or
privileges assigned to father, mother, son,
teacher, pedigree, ruler etc. respectively for
individual and global blossoming).
As a result; we are being dragged by petty,
narrow, superficial, glamorous, and

28. individualistic considerations born out of
disrespect (for our ancestral traditions; wherever
we belong to); and leading to; hollowness on the
one hand; and we are being compelled by our
insecurity to visit shrines and temples out of
helplessness and meekness on the other!
The split between the spiritualism and
materialism is evident today in the form of
lopsided materialism associated with the
cancerous growth of mercenary vested interests
on the one hand and lopsided spiritualism
associated with unjustifiably glorified pathetic
escapism on the other!
Namasmaran is the solution, which follows the
answer to our questions!
Namasmaran empowers, enlivens and enables us
to get reoriented to and explore the dharma
concept and reestablish the dynamic harmony
and justice within ourselves and the society;
ensuring individual and global blossoming!

29. In nutshell, with namasmaran; we begin to
understand and get inspired to rectify individual
and social conditions so as to achieve individual
and global blossoming (including the places of
worship). Further, it is to be noted that
namasmaran lifts us up conceptually; above the
dehumanizing and shackling concepts of
development prevalent in socialistic and/or
capitalistic ideologies and societies. With
namasmaran we evolve holistic intellectual,
emotional, instinctual and physical responses in
the form of perspective, policy making, planning
and implementation; in all the walks of life.
Namasmaran helps us to live holistically; and
neither lopsidedly spiritually nor lopsidedly
materially!
MIND MANAGEMENT AND NAMASMARAN
The physical needs, passions, emotions; at different
ages; are governed by physiological principles.

30. We need a society and laws; in which these are
neither suppressed, nor unleashed, because both are
counterproductive!
Gita, Dasbodh and such light houses guide us in
developing such a society, in which the physiological
needs are neither condemned nor glorified. They
guide us to sublimate our needs smoothly into
individual and global blossoming!
But as it may not be possible for every one to study
these and interpret them, as it was in my case and
many like me.
Hence I have written a book SUPERLIVING
describing some simple tips (the most important
being NAMASMARAN) for people from every
possible field; but especially children, so that
empowerment and enlightenment rejuvenate the
society (which in turn would revitalize me and many
like me)!
YOGA MANAGEMENT AND NAMASMARAN

31. I think yoga has been discussed by many scholars
with more or less common perspectives, which
lead to drifting of yoga from the mainstream life
of vast majority of common persons.
Thus; either yoga is left for the privilege of
ascetics, or it is practiced in the form of physical
exercises, posture and breathing exercises.
Yoga is an art of learning to ride and manage the
horse that life is!
Due to the dominating influence of barbaric forces
of regimentalization in the past several centuries
and crudely individualistic and/or socialistic
ideologies, in the modern times, the Indian fabric
of society was terribly damaged.
It is important and urgent to salvage the Indian
and the world society by beginning to re-explore
the wisdom from the scriptures.
But that requires a simultaneous practice of yoga,
which is the art of reorienting yourself to the

32. concept of simultaneous blossoming of individual
and the universe. This; in other words is
purification.
There are many ways for this. But the simplest
and most feasible way, which can revitalize and
rejuvenate the mainstream life style, is
NAMASMARAN.
COW, BEEF AND NAMASMARAN
Once; someone ridiculed the idea of consuming cow
urine; as a therapeutic agent.
I had not studied Ayurveda in those days and was not
sure whether the cow products such as ghee, curd,
milk, urine and dung, of cow are really beneficial for
health and if so in what way and how. So I argued
that it was not fair to ridicule the ideas without proper
study and research, merely on the basis of some
unfounded prejudices and delusions. Cow and many
other animal products can be useful medicinally.
Having said that; it must be realized; that mere
utilitarian view point can be counter productive. It is

33. important to acquire and practice holistic perspective
and holistic rectification of our concepts and our
actions in every field, which is possible only through
the individual and global blossoming, through
NAMASMARAN i.e. remembering your true self.
(You can get more explanation about
NAMASMARAN in my articles and books).
Presently we are being governed by superficiality,
pettiness, dullness, lassitude, parasitism,
ethnocentricity, individualistic obsessions, and many
perverted elements (which we justify and feel proud
of) at the cost of other living and nonliving elements
in the nature, hence we come across such statements.
At that time I was not in retaliatory mood, so I did not
point out that every person who consumes meat in
one form or another actually consumes dead bodies of
animals (can be called some kind of necrophagia) and
also consumes the urine and the dung of that animal
(can be called some kind of urophagia and
coprophagia)!
Even as we uphold the principle of nonviolence we
are slaves of our cruel obsession to keep on practicing

34. not merely violence per se, but viciously perverted
violence in killing and eating dead animals and
glorifying and glamorizing it as if it is the ultimate
pleasure in life! The shameless hype of all this leads
to perpetuation of the perversion into the next
generations far and wide in the world!
I do not want to blame any one but only to appeal to
find out if we are in inner harmony through all this or
we are simply delirious!
Such introspection is possible through universally
acceptable and practical process of
NAMASMARAN! NAMASMARAN is like a
process of oxygenation of the dying organism! We
urgently need it!
More explanation about NAMASMARAN is given in
my articles and books, uploaded for free download
(like this article)!
ANIMAL SACRIFICE AND NAMASMARAN

35. In the process of evolution at some stage, the art, skill
and courage involved in hunting (RAJOGUNA) were
vital in view of the fact that the survival of the
individuals and the societies depended on hunting. In
the process of protecting from the predators, the
animals were killed in as much as they were killed to
satisfy the need of food. The fishing and hunting were
practiced not only without any guilt, but in fact with
some kind of pride and dignity, because of their
utility for the society!
When the mankind began to sense the influence of
unknown and unseen deities, he began to offer his
food (sacrificial animal) to the deity.
To celebrate and cheer up; the yajnas were performed
and bravery was invoked, admired, promoted and
celebrated! This is probably the logical basis of the
dignity that the sacrificial killing (RAJOGUNA)
enjoyed in yajnas.
The respect and honor for hunting and killing
animals; was logical also because cowardice
(TAMOGUNA) in those circumstances could have
meant destruction of the individual and the specie.

36. As and when the mankind evolved further, the
tradition of sacrificing animals in yajnas became
redundant and did not signify bravery (RAJOGUNA)
but signified basal, carnal, animalistic and cowardly
behavior (TAMOGUNA); in view of preferred
vegetarian food being easily available; and hence
gradually declined to almost zero.
But I was once told that the practice of sacrificing
animals as offering to their deity still goes on!
Irrespective of the region or religion; this is not
bravery (RAJOGUNA) but cold blooded risk free
cowardly cruelty; worst than mere cowardice and
hence worst than TAMOGUNA.
In my view this is a perverted and brutal (and not
brave) hangover of the redundant traditions and
customs belonging to the primitive stage of the
development of the society, which belonged to
RAJOGUNA and were much required in those times.
But those traditions are rendered retrogressive and
detrimental (TAMOGUNA) in the present context!

37. Once my friend asked, why don’t majority of the
people offer animals to the deities?
I did not have instant and satisfactory answer at that
time and thought that probably it could be blind
following of the egalitarian or god fearing tradition of
offering vegetarian food to deities.
But later I came to realize that unnecessary killing
belongs; as alluded to earlier; to worst form of
TAMAS OR TAMOGUNA (fanaticism) and those
who evolve in the course of evolution; rise from
TAMOGUNA and RAJOGUNA to SATVA GUNA
and choose not to opt for brutal, cruel and absolutely
unnecessary killing of cows, bullocks, sheep, goats
and other animals or birds for any purpose; eating,
offering or any other luxury!
Through probably the practice of NAMASMARAN, I
realized that as the mankind evolves, the SATVA
GUNA becomes preponderant and hence he gradually
does not need to perversely assert his bravery by
killing; especially when absolutely not required for
protection or feeding. A SATIVK individual
irrespective of his or her region or religion; does not

38. fancy killing harmless and in fact loving and serving
animals; ungratefully; for so called offering and/or
eating but prefers vegetarian food, for all offerings
and celebrations.
COW, MOTHER AND NAMASMARAN
I have realized is, eating animals is a matter of slavery to one’s
own cravings, which are aggravated by media hype, promotion,
glamorization, glorification of such slavish trends; upheld by
many slaves in the positions of leadership (political, economic,
cultural, scientific etc.)!
I have begun to understand that:
1. Considering cow as a mother is far more evolved
and cultured than killing and eating her.
2. Considering rivers as mothers is far more evolved
and cultured than simply treating them as utility of
life.
3. Treating plants as goddesses such as holy basil i.e.
ocimum sanctum and ceremoniously worshipping
them, is far more evolved and cultured than
treating it is as a living element low in the scale of
evolution.

39. 4. This applies to the earth also. Considering earth as
mother viz. DHARANI MATA is far more
evolved and cultured than treating it as an obvious
element on which we live!
5. In short, it is a far more advanced culture, in
which the nature around is worshipped with
festive spirit and never exploited.
6. The cruelty, exploitativeness, ungratefulness are
(even if they are glamorized, glorified, hyped and
promoted as superior) counterproductive and cast
detrimental influence on others; thus throttling,
suffocating and thwarting the blossoming process
of individuals and universe!