Badram karnebhis srunuyama devaha

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

Mantras - Better to Listen or Chant ,Agreed ears never

get tired like others instruments like mouth or eyes.

 

I am a bit confused. pls correct me. first say a

chanting.usually this is veda parayana,or sloka

parayana or say parayana of ramayana,devi mahatmya,

bhagvatam, narayaneeyam etc or say something like

saharnama archana etc.

This requires a bit of mastery of the subject not

possible for all so we usually chant this or this

listen to this.

but when u say a mantra this is usually given to us by

our guru with a advise of saying the same. this we

usually say this loudly,do a mananam or upamsu

(without movement of lips)

so all upadesa mantras should always be said as

advised by our guru.

I also feel mantras a full of beeja asksharas this

inturn do create a sort of vibration in the person of

the sayer of the mantras,hence this should be said.

 

Incase u want to transfer the power of the chanting

to someone else this is usually achieved by doing a

sankalpa and a homa with said mantra or chanting with

(a vessel containing water of the ganges) kumba or

doing a yantra pratistapana with mantra and the user

wearing the yantra.

 

These are the methods i have heard .but the desired

effect does not come by simply listening to a

dvd/cd/tape of a mantra.

May be this can be a nice timepass.

pls send in your comments pls

with warm regards

shankar

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Respected Shankar:

 

Subject matter "Badram karnebhis srunuyama devaha" it self tell us

the the significance of this mantra, because if you can not hear it

properly then you will never understand the meaning of that mantra.

Therefore it is invoked as a "shanti mantra".

 

There is famous shloka that tell us that if we make a mistake in the

pronouncation of a vowel than it changes the meaning, however if you

happen to change the dhatu (root verb) that the mantra itself becomes

the cause of destruction of the person who recites it. The shloka is

as follows:

 

anaxaram hataaya shyama visvara.m vyaadhi piiDitam .

axataa shastra ruupena vajrama patati mastake ..

 

I urge the devotees and aspirants to recite the mantra with

understanding. That has been the advice from our ancestors. They

created these mantras and established the procedures. It is

unfortunate that we do not wish to follow it as advised. It is very

similar to taking prescription drugs and totally ignoring the

established guidelines from the drug manufacturers. One can use

knife to cut the cloth to stitch clothe but the results are far

better if you use scissors rather than a knife.

 

Finally, it is your practice and your life and I wish you well in

your practices.

 

Regards,

 

Dr. Yadu

[Guest guest]

Respected Sirs,

 

I have been following the chain of disccusssion and would love to know how do we

learn chanting of vedas . Where to obtain the relevant text and which vedas

usually is learnt first in traditional approaches ...........

 

Please enlighten us on this matters....................

 

Jai Maa!!!