Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Om Gurave Namah Namaste All, I also have a doubt regarding the chanting of the Ashtakshari and the Dwadasakshari mantras. Both " Om Namo Narayanaya " and " Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya " are maala mantras and can be chanted by all for upliftment. Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala mantras do not work in this fashion? Do I hear Sarbani saying... " elementary, my dear.. " ? :-)) Regards, Lakshmi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Elementary, my dear Love, Swee swee www.brihaspati.net B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] 08 February 2004 13:40 varahamihira |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt Om Gurave Namah Namaste All, I also have a doubt regarding the chanting of the Ashtakshari and the Dwadasakshari mantras. Both " Om Namo Narayanaya " and " Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya " are maala mantras and can be chanted by all for upliftment. Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala mantras do not work in this fashion? Do I hear Sarbani saying... " elementary, my dear.. " ? :-)) Regards, Lakshmi |Om Tat Sat| http://www.varahamihira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Om Gurave Namah Dear Swee, Since we both agree on the " bottom line " :-)), I just want to know which mantra I should chant. See, 8th house is the house of my Ishta Devata, has GL and SL and the 8th Lord (Moon) is in a cosy relationship with the Lagna lord. My natural preference is also towards " Namo Narayanaya " . But, the Dwadasakshari is always highly recommended by Gurudeva, and my 12th house is lorded by AK (5th lord too)...so I am in a dilemma. Help please. Luv, Lakshmi varahamihira , " Swee Chan " <swee@c...> wrote: > Elementary, my dear > > Love, > Swee > swee@b... > www.brihaspati.net > > > > B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] > 08 February 2004 13:40 > varahamihira > |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt > > Om Gurave Namah > > Namaste All, > > I also have a doubt regarding the chanting of the Ashtakshari > and the Dwadasakshari mantras. Both " Om Namo Narayanaya " and > " Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya " are maala mantras and can be > chanted by all for upliftment. > > Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly > chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala > mantras do not work in this fashion? > > Do I hear Sarbani saying... " elementary, my dear.. " ? > :-)) > > Regards, > Lakshmi > > > > > |Om Tat Sat| > http://www.varahamihira > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 || Jaya Jagannath || Dear Lakshmi, " Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala mantras do not work in this fashion? " Yes, it does and hence the astakshari is to eradicate all weakness one carries from the previous births and the Dwadasakshari is for moksha. Best Wishes Sarajit B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] Sunday, February 08, 2004 7:40 PM varahamihira |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt Om Gurave Namah Namaste All, I also have a doubt regarding the chanting of the Ashtakshari and the Dwadasakshari mantras. Both " Om Namo Narayanaya " and " Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya " are maala mantras and can be chanted by all for upliftment. Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala mantras do not work in this fashion? Do I hear Sarbani saying... " elementary, my dear.. " ? :-)) Regards, Lakshmi |Om Tat Sat| http://www.varahamihira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Jaya Jagannatha A 14 syllabled mantra I'd expect to activate the 2nd. Trimsamsa: Venus is on own in the 8th and is your 6th in Rasi. 3rd house (8th from the 8th) has Mercury. Any takers here? Love, Swee B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] 08 February 2004 16:47 varahamihira Re: |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt Om Gurave Namah Dear Swee, Since we both agree on the " bottom line " :-)), I just want to know which mantra I should chant. See, 8th house is the house of my Ishta Devata, has GL and SL and the 8th Lord (Moon) is in a cosy relationship with the Lagna lord. My natural preference is also towards " Namo Narayanaya " . But, the Dwadasakshari is always highly recommended by Gurudeva, and my 12th house is lorded by AK (5th lord too)...so I am in a dilemma. Help please. Luv, Lakshmi varahamihira , " Swee Chan " <swee@c...> wrote: > Elementary, my dear > > Love, > Swee > swee@b... > www.brihaspati.net > > > > B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] > 08 February 2004 13:40 > varahamihira > |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt > > Om Gurave Namah > > Namaste All, > > I also have a doubt regarding the chanting of the Ashtakshari > and the Dwadasakshari mantras. Both " Om Namo Narayanaya " and > " Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya " are maala mantras and can be > chanted by all for upliftment. > > Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly > chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala > mantras do not work in this fashion? > > Do I hear Sarbani saying... " elementary, my dear.. " ? > :-)) > > Regards, > Lakshmi > > > > > |Om Tat Sat| > http://www.varahamihira > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Dear Lakshmi, Just a couple of clarifications. Mantras which are more than 20 aksharas are known as Mala Mantras, hence both the ashtakshari and the dvadasakshari are not Mala Mantras. There are various kinds of Mala Mantras, like the Nakshatra Mala Mantra which is composed of 27 aksharas. Secondly, as we all know, we see the ishta devata from the 12th from the karakamsha. Ishta Devata is the one who leads us to moksha, and is not connected to our physical body; hence it has nothing to do with the rashi chart. We must limit ourselves to the navamsha here, insofar as we are determining ishta devata. We do see the placement of the ishta devata planet in the rashi chart only to see the areas of our life, through which we reach the ishta. Both the ashtakshari and the dvadasakshari mantras are for the moksha marga, as the 8th and the 12th houses lie in the moksha trikona. The ashtakshari has the added advantage of cleansing us of our past sins, as the 8th house is connected to our past karmas. We also see the placement of the karakamsha and the 12th from it vis-à-vis the navamsha lagna, but I am not getting into that here. Yes the first choice of the ishta devata mantra is a dvadasakshari mantra for the appropriate Vishnu avatar. This is as per the Bhagavat Purana, which begins with 'Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya' and has dvadasakshari mantras for all the Vishnu avatars. In your case, the ishta devata planet is the Moon, representing the Krishna avatar of Vishnu. So you need a dvadasakshari mantra for Krishna. You have already identified it as Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. This does not mean you cannot also do Om Namo Narayanaya, as this is a prasiddha mantra and can be done by anybody, specially given that you are such a devout bhakta of Narayana! The Vasudeva mantra as you know is also used to worship Jagannath Mahaprabhu, who is a parabrahma rupa, so you can reach the nirakar Narayana through the Vasudeva mantra as well! Best regards, Sarbani B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:17 PM varahamihira Re: |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt Om Gurave Namah Dear Swee, Since we both agree on the " bottom line " :-)), I just want to know which mantra I should chant. See, 8th house is the house of my Ishta Devata, has GL and SL and the 8th Lord (Moon) is in a cosy relationship with the Lagna lord. My natural preference is also towards " Namo Narayanaya " . But, the Dwadasakshari is always highly recommended by Gurudeva, and my 12th house is lorded by AK (5th lord too)...so I am in a dilemma. Help please. Luv, Lakshmi varahamihira , " Swee Chan " <swee@c...> wrote: > Elementary, my dear > > Love, > Swee > swee@b... > www.brihaspati.net > > > > B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] > 08 February 2004 13:40 > varahamihira > |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt > > Om Gurave Namah > > Namaste All, > > I also have a doubt regarding the chanting of the Ashtakshari and the > Dwadasakshari mantras. Both " Om Namo Narayanaya " and " Om Namo > Bhagavate Vasudevaya " are maala mantras and can be chanted by all for > upliftment. > > Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly > chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala > mantras do not work in this fashion? > > Do I hear Sarbani saying... " elementary, my dear.. " ? > :-)) > > Regards, > Lakshmi > > > > > |Om Tat Sat| > http://www.varahamihira > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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