To Surya re. Om Namah Shivaya (Was Teachings of Babaji: Mantra Bomb

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Very beautiful posting Lata...in simple words but very effective.

 

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, "V. Sreelatha"

<venkatarama_sastry> wrote:

>

> > I was curious to ask you ... "Om namah shivaya" donset

> > need initiation? I am a huge fan of lord shiva ... but

> > I stop repeating this mantra because I dont know the

> > rules that go with it .. are you aware of any?

>

> Dear Surya,

>

> I hope you don't mind me responding to this question.

>

> First of all, yes, Om Namah Shivaya is a Siddha mantram, which

means

> that anyone can obtain the full benefit of it with or without

> initiation.

>

> Secondly, I believe that if a mantra is chanted with sincerity and

> devotion, it will never do any harm. Suppose your toddler is

trying

> to say "Daddy", but he only manages "Da-Da". Will you be angry

with

> him about the mispronunciation? Or will you ignore him until he

> masters saying it the right way? Or will you come to him, and help

> him anyway, since you know his intentions? If we believe that the

> Lord is more compassionate than any human, why would we ever think

> that He/She would not be at least as kind as a human parent?

>

> Sanjay Rath Ji has written a wonderful book called Vedic Remedies

in

> Astrology where he discusses Mantra Shastra in detail. After

> elaborate discussions, he too concedes that there is no substitute

> for sincere devotion, and that *any* mantra chanted with devotion

> will give results. BTW, he also has a list of mantras that are

> exempt from rules re. initiation, and Om Namah Shivaya is one of

> them, as are other popular mantras. This is the traditional view

too.

>

> Om Namah Shivaya takes energy from the 3rd house of the horoscope

> and gives it to the 6th. The third house is the parakrama house,

> where all desires, passions etc. originate. The sixth house is the

> house of enemies. The greatest enemeies of man are inside oneself,

> these are the shadripu, the Six Enemies, Kaama (lust), Krodha

> (anger), Lobha (greed), Moha (illusion), Mada (arrogance) and

> Maschara (avarice). Hence,this great mantra provides two benefits

at

> one time. Our desires and passions are the root cause of all our

> suffering, and these are lessened. Simultaneouly, we have more

> strength to defeat the internal enemies that cause unnecessary

> grief.

>

> There is another variation on this mantra, Namah Shivaya. This

> mantra takes the energy from the 2nd house and gives to the 5th.

> This is the popular Panchaakshari, and is considered an ideal

mantra

> for a householder, since the spiritual blessings from the family

and

> lineage (2nd) are passed on to the offspring (5th). Om is called

the

> Guru Beeja or the Moksha beeja, and the addition of OM to this

> mantra leads one to ultimate salvation. (previous para)

>

> Yes, there are some mantras that you are supposed to chant to

> certain meters, at certain times etc etc. My experience has been

> that if you start chanting with devotion, the meter (chandassu)

etc

> will come by themselves ... sooner or later I fell into a rythem

> without knowing it, and later came to learn that this was indeed

the

> correct rhythem! Guidance will come....

>

> All of this is ONLY for mantras that are chanted for positive

> outcomes - mantras to cause evil to others are another story

> altogether, and yes, those can terribly harm the chanter at some

> point because of the bad karma generated by trying to hurt others.

I

> know this is not what you are talking about, Surya, but just

wanted

> to make the point that intentions are the key.

>

> I heard a charming story once. A hunter once came to a Rishi,

> requesting a mantra. The rishi tried to teach him the Rama mantra,

> but the poor hunter was so illiterate that he could not even

> pronounce that simple word, rama. The rishi though for a while,

and

> advised the hunter to chant the word "mara" with devotion. Mara

> means to kill, and this was very familiar to the hunter, since

that

> was what he did, he killed animals in the forest. The hunter

> sincerely meditated on this word, and as he chanted it, the

> syllables merged into each other and "Mara... Ma... Ra.. Ma..Ra.."

> became "Ra..Ma.. Ra..Ma.." and sounded the name of Lord Shree

Rama!!

> The hunter obtained moksha for his sincere devotion - note that

the

> word he started meditating on was to kill, which is a terrible

sin,

> but his devotion, and his faith in the rishi's words led him to

the

> Lord himself.

>

> As always, ,y humble opinion,

> Sreelatha