Mantra Recitation

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The chanting of the nama or the divine name has an important place in the

disciplines advocated by teh bhakthi tradition. The adoration of the divine by

the name takes two forms

Japa and stotra. Japa is the silent repetition generally of a singel divine name

or the mantra which may also be a long formula. The stotra, however is

invariably uttered aloud, and it may consist in chanting verses conveying the

glory and attributes of the divine. The sahasranama is perhaps the most popular

and the hoiest form of stotras among devotees.

According to the vedic tradition there is only one manifesting sound (sabda)

indicative of the superme being (para brahman) and it is called OM or AUM as

far as the human ears could caputer it.

Question: It may be asked what devotional purpose the elaboration of names servers.?

Inward concentration is the essence of devotional practice ( not

to prove who is great or who is powerless) but inward concentration is also the

most difficult to practice. Even great man like arjuna says to sree krishna ji

in geeta " The mind is fickle , turbulent, powerful and unyielding. to control

and concentrate it is as difficult as controlling the wind itself" Gita 6.34

1. loud invocation of the divine may take the shape of kirtana, which is singing

songs conveying the names and attributes of the diety, sometimes in the company

of few.

2. Stotra, is not set of music; it consist in chanting aloud verses in the praise of the deity.

 

Shasranama stotras in praise of most of the deities of the hindu pantheon, two

of them have attained great popularity and form parts of the devotional

programmes of the worship of the deities to whom they are related. These are

Lalita shasranamam in praise of the deity as the divine mother and vishnu

sahasranamam in praise of the lord conceived sas vishnu.

Visnu -sahasranama is a part of the santi parva of mahabharata. Tradition syas

that it was composed by sanaka, one of the kumaras (eternally living youth) and

was transmitted to bhisma who recited it in the presence of sri-krishna to teh

pandava brothers when he was questioned by yudhisthira " Who is that being who

is the supreme lord of all , who is the sole refuge of all an by praising and

worshipping whom man gains what is good and attains to salvation ?

The thousand names of visnu is the answer that bhisma gives to the enquiry on the death bed..

 

Sri sankaracharya thought it worthwhile to write commentary on it expounding the

meanings of the various names that find a place in it. An interesting tradition

has something to say on how sri sankara came to write his commentary. It seems

sankara wanted at first to write a commentary on Lalitha sahasra nama and asked

a disciple to fetch the test of the sahasranama. He brought visnu sahasranama.

Twice this was repeated and the acharya heard a disembodied voice asking him to

comment on this text. A tradition of this type is the way in which puranikas

expressed the importance of the text with telling effect.

Today of all sahasranamas, the visnu sahasranama is known as "the sahasranaamas"

It is the mose widely chanted by the people in all stations of life,

According to the orthodox hindu tradition a devotee should daily chant the

upanishad pertaining to his sakha, the gita, rudram, prushasukta and vishnu

sahasranamam..

It is believed that if he cannot do all this on any day, chanting visnu

sahasranamam alone is suffiecient. It is open to all to chant it, without any

distinction of caste, creed or sex. It can be chanted at any time and no

special ritual are obligatory on one chanting it. it is also interesting to

note that in some parts of india students are asked tolearn by heart the visnu

sahasranamam when they begin sanskrit studies...

 

Jai Sita Ram

 

 

 

JCsharanananda (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

In a message dated 10/23/2005 8:36:54 PM Central Standard Time, no_reply writes:

In other words you use which confines you to escape from confinement. A

coin/chakra has two sides. The lord is the same. Is it not?

I am not precisely sure of your statements meaning. If you are asking me if my

lord is the same lord as one who haves us believe in astrology and pray to

planets then I would say no, it is not the same lord. I have one lord and one

lord only which is Shiva Mahadev. He is not the lord of astrology,

superstition etc. My lord is the lord of Sri Basavanna and the sharanas.

If you were to ask me, "cant a shiva devotee believe in astrology"? I would

have to say that it is obvious that devotees of all kinds of gods believe in

all kinds of things. I know there is at least one hindu temple in bharat that

has a murti of nuclear bomb and worships nuclear power lol. is that the same

as my god? I dont think so. I know my god and what the sharanas have handed

down to me. I respect it as truth, I respect everyone elses freedom to worship

their gods freely. My god is not a god of superstition, astrology, caste/varna,

sati, etc

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Hari Om..

 

For vocal japa of MMJ, which mukhi Rudraksha mala is best ? can i use 54+1 7

mukhi

mala ?

 

Hari Om tat sat..

 

Saab Gorakh ki maya hai.

 

anil

, Dharmi <psk_2> wrote:

>

> Jai Sita Ram Punnyatman,

> The chanting of the nama or the divine name has an important place in the

disciplines advocated by teh bhakthi tradition. The adoration of the divine by

the

name takes two forms

> Japa and stotra. Japa is the silent repetition generally of a singel divine

name or the

mantra which may also be a long formula. The stotra, however is invariably

uttered

aloud, and it may consist in chanting verses conveying the glory and attributes

of the

divine. The sahasranama is perhaps the most popular and the hoiest form of

stotras

among devotees.

> According to the vedic tradition there is only one manifesting sound (sabda)

indicative of the superme being (para brahman) and it is called OM or AUM as far

as

the human ears could caputer it.

> Question: It may be asked what devotional purpose the elaboration of names

servers.?

> Inward concentration is the essence of devotional practice (

not to prove

who is great or who is powerless) but inward concentration is also the most

difficult

to practice. Even great man like arjuna says to sree krishna ji in geeta " The

mind is

fickle , turbulent, powerful and unyielding. to control and concentrate it is as

difficult

as controlling the wind itself" Gita 6.34

> 1. loud invocation of the divine may take the shape of kirtana, which is

singing

songs conveying the names and attributes of the diety, sometimes in the company

of

few.

> 2. Stotra, is not set of music; it consist in chanting aloud verses in the

praise of the

deity.

>

> Shasranama stotras in praise of most of the deities of the hindu pantheon, two

of

them have attained great popularity and form parts of the devotional programmes

of

the worship of the deities to whom they are related. These are Lalita

shasranamam in

praise of the deity as the divine mother and vishnu sahasranamam in praise of

the lord

conceived sas vishnu.

> Visnu -sahasranama is a part of the santi parva of mahabharata. Tradition syas

that it

was composed by sanaka, one of the kumaras (eternally living youth) and was

transmitted to bhisma who recited it in the presence of sri-krishna to teh

pandava

brothers when he was questioned by yudhisthira " Who is that being who is the

supreme lord of all , who is the sole refuge of all an by praising and

worshipping

whom man gains what is good and attains to salvation ?

> The thousand names of visnu is the answer that bhisma gives to the enquiry on

the

death bed..

>

> Sri sankaracharya thought it worthwhile to write commentary on it expounding

the

meanings of the various names that find a place in it. An interesting tradition

has

something to say on how sri sankara came to write his commentary.

> It seems sankara wanted at first to write a commentary on Lalitha sahasra nama

and

asked a disciple to fetch the test of the sahasranama. He brought visnu

sahasranama.

Twice this was repeated and the acharya heard a disembodied voice asking him to

comment on this text. A tradition of this type is the way in which puranikas

expressed

the importance of the text with telling effect.

> Today of all sahasranamas, the visnu sahasranama is known as "the

sahasranaamas"

It is the mose widely chanted by the people in all stations of life,

> According to the orthodox hindu tradition a devotee should daily chant the

upanishad pertaining to his sakha, the gita, rudram, prushasukta and vishnu

sahasranamam..

> It is believed that if he cannot do all this on any day, chanting visnu

sahasranamam

alone is suffiecient. It is open to all to chant it, without any distinction of

caste, creed

or sex. It can be chanted at any time and no special ritual are obligatory on

one

chanting it. it is also interesting to note that in some parts of india students

are asked

tolearn by heart the visnu sahasranamam when they begin sanskrit studies...

>

> Jai Sita Ram

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> JCsharanananda@a... wrote:

> In a message dated 10/23/2005 8:36:54 PM Central Standard Time,

no_reply writes:

> In other words you use which

> confines you to escape from confinement. A coin/chakra has two sides.

> The lord is the same. Is it not?

>

> I am not precisely sure of your statements meaning. If you are asking me if

my lord

is the same lord as one who haves us believe in astrology and pray to planets

then I

would say no, it is not the same lord. I have one lord and one lord only which

is

Shiva Mahadev. He is not the lord of astrology, superstition etc. My lord is

the lord

of Sri Basavanna and the sharanas.

> If you were to ask me, "cant a shiva devotee believe in astrology"? I would

have to

say that it is obvious that devotees of all kinds of gods believe in all kinds

of things. I

know there is at least one hindu temple in bharat that has a murti of nuclear

bomb and

worships nuclear power lol. is that the same as my god? I dont think so. I

know my

god and what the sharanas have handed down to me. I respect it as truth, I

respect

everyone elses freedom to worship their gods freely. My god is not a god of

superstition, astrology, caste/varna, sati, etc

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