{"id":69937,"date":"2025-11-23T01:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=69937"},"modified":"2025-11-22T07:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:15:29","slug":"a-reflected-glimmer-of-the-holy-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/a-reflected-glimmer-of-the-holy-name\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reflected Glimmer of the Holy Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>Chaya and Pratibimba are two types of Abhasa – Chaya Namabhasa<\/span><\/h2>\n

Chaya o pratibimba bhede abhasa dui prakara – chaya namabhasa<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two types of abhasa[1]<\/a>: pratibimba[2]<\/a> and chaya[3]<\/a>. These two types create sraddhabhasa[4]<\/a>. These are all products of Your power of illusion, Maya.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chaya-sraddhabhasa[5]<\/a> produces chaya-namabhasa[6]<\/a>. This namabhasa creates auspiciousness for the Jiva.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>A reflected glimmer of the Holy Name<\/span><\/h2>\n

Pratibimba namabhasa<\/span><\/p>\n

One who sees pure sraddha in other Jivas can attain sraddhabhasa within himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

They may still desire bhoga[7]<\/a> or moksa[8]<\/a> and struggle day and night to obtain them.<\/span><\/p>\n

External symptoms of sraddha may also be visible, but it is not a true sraddha. The Sastras say that this is pratibimba-sraddhabhasa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wherever there is pratibimba-sraddhabhasa, there will always be pratibimba-namabhasa.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>The deception of Mayavada arises from Pratibimba Namabhasa<\/span><\/h2>\n

Pratibimba-namabhase mayavada kapatata utpanna kare<\/span><\/p>\n

This kind of namabhasa leads to the wicked philosophy of mayavada by entering into which one becomes a cheater.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>This deceptive Pratibimba Namabhasa is actually Namaparadha<\/span><\/h2>\n

Kapata pratibimba-namabhasa namaparadha<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who thinks that the Holy Name is merely an instrument to achieve a higher eternal goal dishonors the glories of the Holy Name and this offense destroys him[9]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>The difference between Chaya Namabhasa and Pratibimba Namabhasa<\/span><\/h2>\n

Chaya namabhasa o pratibimba-namabhasera bheda<\/span><\/p>\n

Chaya-namabhasa comes only from ignorance, due to a state of hrdaya-daurbalya[10]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Holy Name purifies all these defects. But pratibimba-namabhasa increases those defects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Glimmer.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Reflection.<\/span><\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Shadow.<\/span><\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> A glimpse of sraddha.<\/span><\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> A shadow of a glimmer of sraddha.<\/span><\/p>\n

[6]<\/a> A shadow of a glimmer of the Holy Name.<\/span><\/p>\n

[7]<\/a> Enjoyment of the senses.<\/span><\/p>\n

[8]<\/a> Liberation.<\/span><\/p>\n

[9]<\/a> The Holy Name is the end (sadhya) and only incidentally also the means (sadhana).<\/span><\/p>\n

[10]<\/a> Weakness of heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a section of the book \u201cHarinama Cintamani (English)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

To buy the complete book,<\/span>\u00a0click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chaya and Pratibimba are two types of Abhasa – Chaya Namabhasa Chaya o pratibimba bhede abhasa dui prakara – chaya namabhasa There are two types of abhasa[1]: pratibimba[2] and chaya[3]. These two types create sraddhabhasa[4]. These … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":60828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,189],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-69937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-kadacha-eng","tag-harinama-cintamani-eng"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 01:01:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}