Gautam

The name Gautam is most well-known as that of the Buddha, who is also often called Gautama Buddha. Swamiji says that this name has the power to bring about an aura of Loving-Kindness, which is a main quality demonstrated by Lord Buddha to thousands of devotees and disciples. It was His great capacity to show loving kindness to all who approached him, that changed the natures and the lives of so many people. The great power of a person who has understood and evolved through love is beyond reckoning. It envelopes and changes those who seek their blessings. Such was the great love-aura around Gautama Buddha that wherever he went, he was sought out by the poor, the wealthy and the royal to explain his philosophies of love and compassion for all beings and non-attachment to the impermanent and material. Each name has a power and a spiritual vibration. If you sit quietly and recite your spiritual name you can experience its resonant energy. This especially applies to the great name Gautam.