Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 OM GURUR BRAHMA GURUR VISNU GURUR DEVO MAHESHVARAH GURUH SAKSHAT PARAM BRAHM TASMAI SRI GURVE NAMAH OM NAMAH SIVAYA OM NAMAH SIVANANDAYA Blessed Self, Please find here the details about Mantra Japa. Sadhana The Spiritual Way by Swami Krishnananda http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/sadh/sadh_06.html The mantra itself is a power. The words of the mantra are not mere haphazard letters. They are associated in a particular systematised manner, so that when they are recited in the proper intonation, the words combine and create a new chemical effect, you may say,as, when you mix the acidic and the alkaline, there is a third effect following immediately. A chemical force is generated by the juxtaposition of the letters of the mantra, so that the mantra itself is a power. The other power associated with the mantra is the thought, the vision, the power of the sage who visualised it, -- so two forces are impregnated into the mantra. There is a third power: the divinity which is the presiding principle of the mantra. The very mantra indicates a god. The thought of the god is also a communication that you are establishing between your mind and the presence of that great power in the divinity, so that through the medium of your thinking, the force of the divinity also gets charged into the mantra. The sage's thought is a power, the letters of the mantra themselves are a power, and the divinity's immanence in the mantra also is a power. There is another thing called "metre." The way in which the mantra is composed is called a metre, just as in poetry there is a metre. By the recitation of the poem which is written in a particular metre, you are roused into a particular feeling which cannot be there if you read a mere prose, or a translation of that in ordinary vernacular. A tremendous power of all these kinds gets concentrated in the mantra. Knowing this well, feel that this combined force is entering into you while you are reciting the mantra. There are other formalities that you may follow: the place that you choose for the chanting of the mantra, the direction you have to face, and the other attitudes that you have to maintain. Usually, you have to face the east, is what the elders tell us, because the sun rises in the east. The moment the sun is about to rise, the whole atmosphere is charged with a new prana shakti. The Upanishad says that the sun rises as the very prana of all living beings in the world. In the entire direction of the east, the atmosphere is charged with prana shakti of Surya Bhagavan,the Sun. When you face the east for your mantra recitation, you are imbibing the impress of that force that is coming from the eastern direction. Some people say that the northern direction also is good, because it is believed that there is an electromagnetic force that passes from the North Pole to the South Pole. For this reason, people say that you should not sleep with your head toward the north; otherwise, your brain can be affected by the electromagnetic waves that are charged from the north to the south. The force will pass through your head, through your body and go to the south. That is why you should not sleep with your head toward the north, it is said. But for meditation it is good because if the charge is on your personality when you are actually meditating, it will enrich you with more vigour. So, the eastern and northern directions are prescribed for this purpose. But in places like Rishikesh, facing the Ganga also is very good; whatever be the direction, it is immaterial here. Here everything is holy and all directions are good. Facing the Ganga is as good as facing any divine emanation of force. If you are living on Swargashram side, you will face the Ganga in one direction; if you are here, you will face it in another direction. So, likewise, the direction is chosen and the mantra is recited in this manner with the concentrated feeling that you are in the midst of a tremendous electromagnetic power charging you from all sides. How long will you do the japa? As long as your heart is not satisfied, as long as you do not feel the presence of the divinity of the mantra, as long as you do not feel the effect of the chanting of the mantra, so long go on continuing it for months and years. You can go on doing it throughout your life, also. Many people take to japa as their only sadhana and do not do anything else. That is wonderful. What does Bhagavan Sri Krishna tell you in the Bhagavad Gita? "Of all spiritual sacrifices, I am japa." No worship, no yajna, no sacrifice, no havan can equal japa. So, take to japa sadhana, the recitation of mantra; chanting of the divine name may also be through kirtana and bhajana as accompaniments. As far as possible, choose the same time every day, because the time also has an effect upon you. As the time process is a cyclic movement, a particular time that you have chosen for a special practice gets charged by the very cyclic movement of time at that hour. Similar is the case with the place that you choose, because the particular location where you are seated for japa also gets charged; even the seat under you is charged with the divinity. Your whole body is divinised at that time. In intense types of japa, an electric energy is produced in the body; a sensation of a peculiar nature will arise in you, and the energy will try to go out of your body and get down into the earth, if you contact the earth and sit on bare ground without any seat. It is, therefore, said, "Do not sit on bare ground, because the charge will go down to the earth." The earth with its gravity will pull down all the energy of your body. So, have a seat that is not a conductor of electricity; -- it should be a non- conductor. The same place, the same time, the same attitude, the same mantra, the same divinity, -- don't change these things experimentally. You should not change the mantra, as if something else is better. As every object in meditation is as good as any other object, every mantra is equally good, and there is no particular distinguishing factor among them. --------- Pranam OM > > The purpose of Mantra japa is destroy the ego that > analyzes the world. The manifestation of the deity > happens by His grace and not by our self effort of > chanting the Mantra. By chanting the mantra of a > specific deity, we efface our individuality and merge > into the deity. This is the manifestation of the > deity. > > Therefore there is no meaning in conducting scientific > enquiry into the manifestation of a deity. The person > who conducts the scientific enquiry himself being > ignorant, what is the use of the outcome of such a > task ? > > Regards, > Anand > > > Respected members, > > > > Does anyone know if there has been any scientific > > research done on > > mantras and corresponding deity manifestations? > > > > > > > > > Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions./ > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > Please Note the New Changes at the Mail Server > For details, visit: /local/news.html > Post message: advaitin > Subscribe: advaitin- > Un: advaitin > URL to Advaitin: advaitin > File folder: advaitin > Link Folder: advaitin/links > Messages Folder: advaitin/messages > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > ------------ Get FREE E-Mail http://www.valuemail.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 The purpose of Mantra japa is destroy the ego that analyzes the world. The manifestation of the deity happens by His grace and not by our self effort of chanting the Mantra. By chanting the mantra of a specific deity, we efface our individuality and merge into the deity. This is the manifestation of the deity. Therefore there is no meaning in conducting scientific enquiry into the manifestation of a deity. The person who conducts the scientific enquiry himself being ignorant, what is the use of the outcome of such a task ? Regards, Anand > Respected members, > > Does anyone know if there has been any scientific > research done on > mantras and corresponding deity manifestations? > > Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 Namaskaaram ! I don't know of any scientific research, but here's a reference to an brief explanation: (source: Hindu Dharma, Translation of Deivathhin Kural, speeches of His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi MahaSwamiji)at http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part1/chap5.htm "... What is special about sanatana dharma or Hinduism as it has come to be called? Alone among all religions it reveals the one and only Godhead in many different divine forms, with manifold aspects. The devotee worships the Lord in a form suited to his mental make-up and is thus helped to come closer to the Lord with his love and devotion. These different forms are not the creation of anyone's imagination. The Paramatman has revealed himself in these forms to great men and they have had close contact, so to speak, with the deities so revealed. They have also shown us how we too may come face to face with these divinities, given us the mantras to accomplish this and also prescribed the manner in which the divine forms, whose vision they have had, are to be adored. ...." Best regards Venkatesh ------------------- > Respected members, > > Does anyone know if there has been any scientific research done on > mantras and corresponding deity manifestations? > > Gasusima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 Namaste, An American practioner of Mantras has a web-site at URL http://www.sanskritmantra.com/ Whether this satisfies a definition of 'scientific', is something one will have to decide for oneself! Regards, s. advaitin, Venkatesh MaduraiSubramanian <venky@o...> wrote: > Namaskaaram ! > > I don't know of any scientific research, but here's a reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 namaste. Isn't "mantra research" a contradiction in terms? Research is an effort initiated by the intellect to understand a topic to its satisfaction. In this research effort, there can be expansion of intellectual capabilities. But still, research by its very nature, is an intellectual exercise. MantrA-s are intuitive expressions. They have no intellectual equivalent. Intelectually, they are just words or chantings. The power of the mantra is beyond the intellect. I do not think, however much the intellect is expanded, intuition falls within the intellect. Mantra and the power of the mamtra is thus beyond research. The only research result one can arrive at is that mantra is what the intellect cannot understand. Regards Gummuluru Murthy --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 Dear Respected Members, Several responses have been posted to my original query repeated below: >Does anyone know if there has been any scientific > research done on mantras and corresponding deity manifestations? Thank you for your responses. Here is an interesting site in this connection , although they do not talk about deity manifestations. *Sacred symbols, Universal Symbols If a yantra can be produced from a mantra, is it possible to produce the manifestation of the presiding deity of a particular mantra?. Is there a possibility at all that in intense research the "I" can disappear? If so, the intuition begins to function. Then does not the intuition coming from inside manifest outside? In the unconventional super science spiritual forms may even be visible. Regards, Gasusima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 Dear Members, Sorry, it looks like the link did not come through. Here is the URL: http://www.inner-net.com/bmr/bmrpg2d.html > Here is an interesting site in this connection , although > they do not talk about deity manifestations. > > *Sacred symbols, Universal Symbols > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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