Prantyangira, ugra & Shantha

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You are correct in your translation Len. I would beg to differ with the view

that only shantha moorthies should be invoked. It is the guru who decides what

is appropriate for each of his/her disciple to undertake and gives diksha.

Without guru, it is better to follow paths other than mantra japa even for

shantha moorthies. We should look beyond the mere forms of the deities & not

confuse their looks to decide if they are wrathful. That is an affront to the

inherent divinity in them.

 

There are beej mantras which can be used in some cases. Beej Mantras are single

character mantras which are as capable as

any bigger mantra. Beej Mantras are free from all restriction; there are no

rules, no rosary or yantra is required and no diksha is necessary. And best of

all, these can be recited mentally anywhere while doing anything. To recite

mentally, imagine hearing the mantra again & again in your own voice.

 

Beej Mantras are available for each deity or god, thus have solution for any

situation. The best example of their power is the Bhuvaneshwari Mantra -'Hreem'

which is a Beej Mantra. The method is simple. Pick a Beej Mantra based on the

situation and recite it as much as you can till the problem is solved. You can

do it in office, in gym, in restaurant and even while sleeping.

 

Beej mantras yield almost instant results. Please note, correct pronounciation

is a must for these mantras to work. BEWARE, if you'll try to use these mantras

for wrong purposes, they WILL NOT work and you'll face terrible consequences.

 

Parthyangira is the ugra avatara rupam of parvathy created to quench

sharabheshwara ugra rupa. As Mr. S. Menon very correctly put it, Pratyangira

Sadhna is a very tough one & without a guru should not even be thought about.

 

||Om Shree Matre Namah||

[Guest guest]

--- bsubramaniam wrote:

> ...I would

> beg to differ with the view that only shantha

> moorthies should be invoked.... We should look

> beyond the mere forms of the deities & not confuse

> their looks to decide if they are wrathful. That is

> an affront to the inherent divinity in them.

 

I'm certainly aware that some people seem "called" to

worship wrathful-looking deities. Kali Ma, even in

her most outre aspects, always struck me as PROTECTIVE

rather than scary.

>

> There are beej mantras which can be used in some

> cases. Beej Mantras are single character mantras

> which are as capable as

> any bigger mantra. Beej Mantras are free from all

> restriction; there are no rules, no rosary or yantra

> is required and no diksha is necessary. And best of

> all, these can be recited mentally anywhere while

> doing anything. To recite mentally, imagine hearing

> the mantra again & again in your own voice.

>

 

Again, there are differences of opinion. I know one

American-born "sadhu" who instructs people to chant

simple mantras with the beeja as prefix (example: Om

Aing Saraswatyai namah). Other, Indian-born devotees

have insisted to me that one should use the honorific

prefix "Shree" instead of a beeja, at least until a

Guru has given you permission otherwise.

 

And Kevin Ashley Farrand insists that "wrathful"

deities should not be invoked with "Svaha," only with

"Namah," again unless the Guru instructs otherwise.

 

> Beej Mantras are available for each deity or god,

> thus have solution for any situation. The best

> example of their power is the Bhuvaneshwari Mantra

> -'Hreem' which is a Beej Mantra. The method is

> simple. Pick a Beej Mantra based on the situation

> and recite it as much as you can till the problem is

> solved. You can do it in office, in gym, in

> restaurant and even while sleeping.

>

> Beej mantras yield almost instant results. Please

> note, correct pronounciation is a must for these

> mantras to work. BEWARE, if you'll try to use these

> mantras for wrong purposes, they WILL NOT work and

> you'll face terrible consequences.

>

> Parthyangira is the ugra avatara rupam of parvathy

> created to quench sharabheshwara ugra rupa.

 

So it's the worship of a wrathful form of Parvati

(Parvati is always peaceful, I thought!), who did

battle with the strange bird-lion-man monster form

that Shiva assumed to pacify Narasimha?

 

In Re: obscure or rare forms of the Devas... Are

there any warnings I should be aware of concerning

practices devoted to Heramba Ganapati? I am drawn to

this five-faced Ganesha who rides a lion, and will be

getting a murthi of him soon. One book says his moola

mantra is based on the beeja "Guung" (with a long

"u"). I've been visualizing him sending white healing

light to me, and thence outwards to others who need

healing or protection.

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma