JAPA - HOW & WHY

[Guest guest]

Please provide me some guidance on how to do japa and why ?

 

1. Is Mantra to be recited loudly, whispering or just in mind while doing Japa ?

 

2. I have been reciting Mantra in mind while at work, travelling etc. does it

amount to Japa?

 

3. Is concentration / visualisation required while doing Japa as in Meditation

? Or just reciting mantra will amount Japa.

 

4. Is counting necessary in Japa ? Counting becomes difficult while doing Japa.

Is there any significance for numbers like 108 , 1008 etc or the more is

better.

 

5. How to measure Japa? Is is count, time spent or something else ?

 

5. What are the fruits of Japa and when can we expect and get them?

 

Please guide me.

 

Regards,

 

Sriram.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I am no expert but here are a few tips - chant mentally (initial few

rounds can be done loudly), body should be perfectly still, breathing

very slow and deep (rhythmic breathing is preferable), focus with one-

pointed mind on the mantra as it is chanted mentally, best time is 3

hours before sunrise. Benefits of Japa are health, wealth and

prosperity, and if you are so inclined possibly moksha too LOL.

 

The best book for a beginner on Japa is Japa Yoga by Swami Sivananda

(Swamiji's book "How to attain success in Life and God-realisation"

is a wonderful companion book)

 

-yogaman

 

> Please provide me some guidance on how to do japa and why ?

>

> 1. Is Mantra to be recited loudly, whispering or just in mind while

doing Japa ?

>

> 2. I have been reciting Mantra in mind while at work, travelling

etc. does it amount to Japa?

>

> 3. Is concentration / visualisation required while doing Japa as

in Meditation ? Or just reciting mantra will amount Japa.

>

> 4. Is counting necessary in Japa ? Counting becomes difficult

while doing Japa. Is there any significance for numbers like 108 ,

1008 etc or the more is better.

>

> 5. How to measure Japa? Is is count, time spent or something else ?

>

> 5. What are the fruits of Japa and when can we expect and get them?

>

> Please guide me.

>

> Regards,

>

> Sriram.

>

>

>

>

>

> Check out the new Front Page. www./a

>

>

[Guest guest]

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, "childofdevi" <childofdevi

> I am no expert but here are a few tips - chant mentally (initial few

> rounds can be done loudly), body should be perfectly still,

breathing very slow and deep (rhythmic breathing is preferable), focus

with one-pointed mind on the mantra as it is chanted mentally, best

time is 3 hours before sunrise. Benefits of Japa are health, wealth

and prosperity, and if you are so inclined possibly moksha too LOL.

 

Just two remarks:

Not necessary to do japa in night, people may be having family and

work LOL. But it is good if japa is done same time every day. Perhaps

it should be easy to do either in the morning or before sleep (or

both).

It is VERY good to chant mantra mentally along the day - without mala

etc. The best japa in fact is continuous one .

Finally, and VERY important - DO NOT DO japa for material benefits!!!

And for sure NEVER in beginning. ONLY to get nearer to God, to have

some of His grace...

 

A.

[Guest guest]

Japa can be done aloud if the mind is busy and silently as the

mind becomes quieter. Silent Japa has several layers: first, you

will still feel the vocal chords working, then you will be repeating

the Mantra mentally and finally transcendentally.

 

You should repeat your mantra as often as possible during your

daily life and not just during a formal meditation practice in front

of your altar. All Mantra repetition is Japa but Japa done during a

formal meditation practice is the most efficacious.

 

While performing Japa you should also concentrate on one of

two focal points - either the Ajna chakra if you have a rational

approach to life or the Anahata chakra if you have an

emotional/devotional approach to life. In addition, the attitude

with which you perform is Japa is very important. Your attitude

should be peaceful, serene, and filled with dedication to your

ishta-devata if you have one.

 

Counting is not necessary in Japa but as a disiplinary and

focusing device you could use a mala which has 108 beads and

therefore commit yourself to a certain number of malas of Japa.

Eventually, the use of a mala will be unnecessary.

 

With regard to your questions about how to measure Japa and

the fruits of Japa, you use mala or time as disciplinary devices

only. The true measure and fruit of Japa is absorption in the

Divine. Japa uses audible and inaudible frequencies to awaken

dormant centres in the brain and psyche and to attune your

psychological, physiological and spiritual faculties to that original

and sustaining vibration of creation that some call God, Aum,

Brahman, or Devi, etc. When you repeat a Mantra, you bring all

aspects of your being consciously in tune with the Supreme

Vibration as contained in the Mantra and eventually you come to

identify with that Supreme Vibration and with the Divine ground

from which it emerged.

 

Omprem

 

 

 

 

, SRIRAMA DONGRE

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> Please provide me some guidance on how to do japa and why

?

>

> 1. Is Mantra to be recited loudly, whispering or just in mind

while doing Japa ?

>

> 2. I have been reciting Mantra in mind while at work, travelling

etc. does it amount to Japa?

>

> 3. Is concentration / visualisation required while doing Japa as

in Meditation ? Or just reciting mantra will amount Japa.

>

> 4. Is counting necessary in Japa ? Counting becomes difficult

while doing Japa. Is there any significance for numbers like 108

, 1008 etc or the more is better.

>

> 5. How to measure Japa? Is is count, time spent or something

else ?

>

> 5. What are the fruits of Japa and when can we expect and get

them?

>

> Please guide me.

>

> Regards,

>

> Sriram.

>

>

>

>

>

> Check out the new Front Page. www./a

>

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