Name to chant if Guru hasn't given one!

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Which Name should one chant if the Guru hasn't

given a Name?<br><br>In this case one should chant the

Name of the family deity (Kuldevta). Family Deity

refers to either the male family deity or the female

family deity.<br><br>1. A family is comprised of people

who are closely associated with each other. Depending

upon which family deity’s worship is necessary for

him, the individual is born in a particular family.

<br>2. Kul also means energy, Kundalini or Muladhar chakra.

Kuldevta refers to that deity whose worship activates the

Kundalini (spiritual energy) in Muladhar Chakra, i.e.

initiates spiritual progress. If one has both, a male and a

female family deity, one should chant the name of the

female family deity. She is more easily pleased due to

Her being close to the earth element. <br>3. If one

is not aware of the name of the family deity one

should chant the name of one’s favorite deity or chant

‘Shri Kuldevtayai Namaha’. Once this chanting reaches a

certain level, the seeker meets someone who guides him to

the family deity. Once the chanting of the family

deity reaches a certain level, the Guru Himself comes

into the seeker’s life and blesses him with

Gurumantra. <br>4. When the subtle body has imbibed all the

principals in the Universe, spiritual practice is said to be

complete. Cow is the only animal, which can attract the

frequencies of all the deities in the Universe. For the same

reason Cow is worshipped in India. Similarly, chanting

of the family deity’s name helps in imbibing all the

principles in the Universe and increasing them by 30%. As

against this, chanting the names of deities like Vishnu,

Shiva, Ganapati, Lakshmi etc. only helps in increasing

the principle in which one is deficient. This is akin

taking vitamin A, B, etc. as a supplement to reduce the

deficiency of that vitamin in the body. <br>5. Guidance for

different people born in different families: <br>Christian

– Catholic = “Hail Mary”, Protestant = “Hail Jesus”

<br>Hindu – Name of Family Deity. <br>Buddhist – “Om

Manipadme hum” or “Namo Buddhaya”<br>Islam – “Ya Allah”,

“Allah ho Akbar” or any 99 Names of Lord as per

Kuran<br>The chant according to post-Islamic Sufi lore –

“Dhikra” or “Jhikra” <br>Jain – Navkar Mantra “Om Namo

Arihantanam”<br>Sindhi – “Shri Jhulelalaya Namaha” or “Shri Nanakaya

Namaha”<br>Sikh – “Vahe Guru” or “Shri Vahe Guru” or “Sukhmani

Saheb” or “Japji Saheb”<br>Zoroastrian – Any name out of

101 Names. The seeker is asked to chant the Name

corresponding to the number obtained in Meditation.

<br><br>(Excerpts from Volume 21 – “Introduction to the Science of

Spirituality and Individual Spiritual Practice” published by

Sanatan Society for Scientific Spirituality – Complied by

H.H. Dr. Jayant Balaji Athavale)<br> <br>Love to

all,<br>Sanatan <br>Glenn-Sampada