Remember that nothing in this world is as powerful as the Lord’s name to protect it. It is not arms and bombs that will save the world. Only God’s grace will protect the world. It is man’s foremost duty to pray for God’s grace. Prayer is of supreme importance. Together with melody and rhythm, you must impart feeling to your singing to make the bhajan a sacred offering to the Divine. A ragam (tune) without bhavam (feeling) is a rogam (disease). Giving up conceit and exhibitionism, sing bhajans in a spirit of humility and devotion. That is the right way to sing bhajans. Tyagaraja, in one of his songs, urged the mind to chant Rama’s name with full awareness of the power of the name. In daily life also awareness is needed at every step and in every prayer. When all participants in a bhajan sing in unison, imagine the sacred vibrations that are produced and the divine energies that are released! When these vibrations fill the world, what changes can they not bring about! – Divine Discourse, Feb 13, 1991