Guest guest Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 I had to cancel my trip to see Amma in Dallas where I was planning on asking her for a mantra. I will have to wait until next year to do so, but in the meantime I'd like to work on my mantra practice. My problem is choosing a mantra and sticking with it until then! I have chanted the maha mantra (hare krisna hare krishna hare hare etc.), but I don't identify with Krishna as much as Siva, or the Unmanifest Truth. I find myself repeating Mata Amritanandamayi Devi over and over sometimes, but that is more out of comfort. Anyone know mantras for: Siva Devi/Kali Amma Unmanifest Deity If you do and can explain its meaning, I'd greatly appreciate the help. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 Namaskaram Brother, The best way to choose a mantra if you do not have anyone to guide is to use astrology- find out who your istadeva is as per your astrology (consult a vedic astrologer for this), that deva is the most likely to give you the quickest results. A good book for beginners is to use Mantras by Thomas Ashely Farrand- once you find out who your istadeva is preferably chant a simple mantra(without beejas) a few million times before you meet Amma next year for mantra diksha. For people who start on mantra sadhana, there is the overwhelming tendency to change a mantra or deva- usually this is a result of inability to face subconscious filth coming out - the best way to avoid this is to make a firm resolve to do a certain number of chantings of the mantra every day; and when you have to temptation to jump mantras, do so after your required quota of the first mantra has been done. Good luck to you! Warm regards yogaman Ammachi, "MSoliz" <msoliz2000> wrote: > I had to cancel my trip to see Amma in Dallas where I was planning on > asking her for a mantra. I will have to wait until next year to do > so, but in the meantime I'd like to work on my mantra practice. > > My problem is choosing a mantra and sticking with it until then! I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 I also forgot to add; regardless of whatever mantra you chant you can always chant the Lalitha Sahasranama- this is a great hymn with a lot of powerful mantras in it, that has been made available to humanity by our Beloved Amma and is one of the best for material as well as spiritual progress. I think most people do not know the historical use of this mantra- as per scripture, Hayagriva(a horse headed avatar of Vishnu) and Dakshinamurti(Siva as the supreme teacher) is supposed to have issued a dictate that only very select people and that too after having reached a certain stage after chanting other mantras, were allowed to chant the LS; indeed upto 40 years ago, most people were afraid of chanting this scripture for fear of making mistakes. We must thank our Beloved AMMA for making this available to all and the remove the shroud of fear/exclusivity around this mantra. Those who chant the mantra 5-10 times at least everyday will not lack in anything that life can offer. Aum Namasivaya yogaman Ammachi, "MSoliz" <msoliz2000> wrote: > I had to cancel my trip to see Amma in Dallas where I was planning on > asking her for a mantra. I will have to wait until next year to do > so, but in the meantime I'd like to work on my mantra practice. > > My problem is choosing a mantra and sticking with it until then! I > have chanted the maha mantra (hare krisna hare krishna hare hare > etc.), but I don't identify with Krishna as much as Siva, or the > Unmanifest Truth. I find myself repeating Mata Amritanandamayi Devi > over and over sometimes, but that is more out of comfort. > > Anyone know mantras for: > > Siva > Devi/Kali > Amma > Unmanifest Deity > > If you do and can explain its meaning, I'd greatly appreciate the > help. > > Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 namah shivaya msolitz, even just chanting AMMA AMMA AMMA is one of the greatest mantras you could use! you can always also go with the popular mantras like 'om namah shivaya' (salutations to shiva or i'll bow to the eternal truth) 'om amriteshwaryai namah' (salutations to the immortal goddess or i'll bow to amma!) 'om parashaktyai namah' (salutations to the supreme energy) in fact, to get a really great vibe for mantras and if you like to chant for comfort (that's how i understood you) then you should really get the SRI LALITA SAHASRANAMA book (ammachi.org), as yogaman wrote you already. here you have a thousand mantras all dedicated to the divine mother! for practice you should get a small archana book, also at ammachi.org, but the LS book explains all the meanings of the mantras. chanting the divine names would be great practice and give you even more comfort. it takes about an hour to chant these. you could also start with the 108 names of devi (those are contained within the 1000 names) but take only 10 minutes to chant. it depends on how you make time. hope this was some help. in ammas service -c --- MSoliz <msoliz2000 wrote: > I had to cancel my trip to see Amma in Dallas where > I was planning on > asking her for a mantra. I will have to wait until > next year to do > so, but in the meantime I'd like to work on my > mantra practice. > > My problem is choosing a mantra and sticking with it > until then! I > have chanted the maha mantra (hare krisna hare > krishna hare hare > etc.), but I don't identify with Krishna as much as > Siva, or the > Unmanifest Truth. I find myself repeating Mata > Amritanandamayi Devi > over and over sometimes, but that is more out of > comfort. > > Anyone know mantras for: > > Siva > Devi/Kali > Amma > Unmanifest Deity > > If you do and can explain its meaning, I'd greatly > appreciate the > help. > > Thank you! > > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 That is all extremely helpful!!! I did decide to get those books already, I'm just waiting to get a paycheck! Thank you for the translations as well... --- Christiane Gude <gudechristiane wrote: > namah shivaya msolitz, > > even just chanting AMMA AMMA AMMA is one of the > greatest mantras you could use! > > you can always also go with the popular mantras like > > 'om namah shivaya' (salutations to shiva or i'll bow > to the eternal truth) > 'om amriteshwaryai namah' (salutations to the > immortal > goddess or i'll bow to amma!) > 'om parashaktyai namah' (salutations to the supreme > energy) > > in fact, to get a really great vibe for mantras and > if > you like to chant for comfort (that's how i > understood > you) then you should really get the SRI LALITA > SAHASRANAMA book (ammachi.org), as yogaman wrote you > already. here you have a thousand mantras all > dedicated to the divine mother! for practice you > should get a small archana book, also at > ammachi.org, > but the LS book explains all the meanings of the > mantras. chanting the divine names would be great > practice and give you even more comfort. it takes > about an hour to chant these. you could also start > with the 108 names of devi (those are contained > within > the 1000 names) but take only 10 minutes to chant. > it > depends on how you make time. hope this was some > help. > > in ammas service > > -c > > > --- MSoliz <msoliz2000 wrote: > > I had to cancel my trip to see Amma in Dallas > where > > I was planning on > > asking her for a mantra. I will have to wait > until > > next year to do > > so, but in the meantime I'd like to work on my > > mantra practice. > > > > My problem is choosing a mantra and sticking with > it > > until then! I > > have chanted the maha mantra (hare krisna hare > > krishna hare hare > > etc.), but I don't identify with Krishna as much > as > > Siva, or the > > Unmanifest Truth. I find myself repeating Mata > > Amritanandamayi Devi > > over and over sometimes, but that is more out of > > comfort. > > > > Anyone know mantras for: > > > > Siva > > Devi/Kali > > Amma > > Unmanifest Deity > > > > If you do and can explain its meaning, I'd greatly > > appreciate the > > help. > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc. > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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