Ganputi Mantra

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Sat Nam (again)!

 

I'm just a 'posting fool' today! I had another request for an

explaination of the Ganputi Mantra. I just finished a 90 day med of

this one. Below is a quote taken from Gurunam's CD Blissful Spirit:

 

"Ganputi Mantra: Sa Ta Na Ma Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung

This mantra is linked to samskaras, karma, and dharam. It will take

away all the negative karmas you carry from past lives and have to

pay for now, as well as the karma you create from what you do in your

daily life. The suffering or happiness we currently experience is due

to past debt or credit. It clears the way for dharam - what good you

do today will be rewarded tomorrow."

 

So why did I pick this one to do for 90 days? Are you ready for

a 'chuckle'? Honestly, I wanted to try to clear away any karma I had.

I know I had some, although I didn't know what. I'm one of those

people that wants deal with the bad stuff first and then settle down.

So when I looked around to pick a 40 day med, I chose this one and

another one. After I finished 40 days, I wasn't sure if I was doing

it long enough. I didn't know 'how much' karma I was carrying. So I

decided to extend the meditation length to get rid of as much karma

as I can. (ok, feel free to go ahead and laugh now - but this is the

way my little mind works)

 

So, now that I've finished that, I'm ready to do meditations that

focus on specific 'issues' that I think I need to deal with. The

first being my heart center. I do feel this slowly opening up. But I

think the Smiling Buddha meditation will help me to facilitate that

aspect. For this reason I'm also toying with trying the Divine Mother

meditation. Brad....I mean Deva, have you felt an impact on your

heart center at all, or has the energy been concentrated in your head?

 

Christa

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I had a question asked about mudra, breath and visualization with

this meditation. And I honestly hadn't thought of those things when I

started doing the med (chalk it up to being a novice). Gurunam didn't

give any mudra or breath on the CD. I 'defaulted' to gyan mudra in

easy pose. I chanted the mantra over 3 breaths: 1 for Sa Ta Na Ma, 1

for Ra Ma Da Sa and 1 for Sa Say So Hung. I just focused at the third

eye and imagined light shining down on me, clearing away all the old

karma and making me feel light and new. I'm not sure if that's

correct or not. But that's what I did. If anyone has done this before

and knows a better or more appropriate mudra/pose/breath to couple

with this, I would definately like to hear about them.

 

Thanks!

 

Christa

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There is no reason you can't just chant it however you feel like doing it.

Ganputi Kriya, however, is done with mantra in one breath. It can be

done in a monotone, the same melody as in kirtan kriya, or in an ascending

scale. With each syllable a different finger is touched so you end up

having touched each finger (with your thumb) three times.

 

Seva Simran