What is the supremacy of chanting the Rama nama? Bhagawan explains quoting a precious episode from the Ramayana today. The name, Rama, was once indicated by Rama Himself as a potent liberator. When Rama was passing through the forests with Sita and Lakshmana, hermits who recognised Him as Divine gathered around Him with a prayer that they be initiated by Him and be given some mantra. Rama replied that He was a prince in exile and could not presume any authority to initiate hermits into a spiritual path, and he moved on along the jungle tracks. Watching Him walking fast, with Sita immediately behind Him and Lakshmana following, an aged hermit exclaimed, “Friends! See! Rama is initiating us! He is awarding us the mantra! God is leading. Nature (His constant companion) is following; the jivi (individual), part of the Lord, a wave of the ocean, is in the rear; one can see the Lord only if the deluding Nature is propitiated or by-passed. This is indeed a silent lesson in sadhana! ‘Ra’ is God; ‘ma’ is the individual who has fallen behind; ‘Aa’ is Prakrithi (Nature); Rama Rama is the mantra He is vouchsafing so graciously. Take it and save yourselves.”