To Shabd regarding your Mantra question

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Namaste Shabd: Please look for the post from Swami which answers your

question. I am sorry I misunderstood your question. Swami understood

it the first time.

Thanks for asking it.

 

Jai Ma Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

-- In , " Michael Denney "

<thehealingdrum wrote:

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> Thank You Surya,

> Yes that answered my question. I suspected that the mantra portion I

> was asking about probably needed to be chanted in context with the

> whole. I had not previously seen the mantras you shared with me. Thank

> you. Your reply was very helpful.

> Shabd

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> , " Surya " <mahamuni@> wrote:

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> > Namaste Shabd,

> >

> > I decided to add a few things to Vishweshwaji's comments because I

> think he might have missed the point of why you were asking this

question.

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> > First, the mantra you are referring to is one of the mantras to

> remove the curses by Brahmaa (Brahmaadi Shapa Vimochanam). The whole

> mantra is actually (without the diacritical marks of course):

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> > Om aim hrim klim namah sivayai abhedya kavaca svarupinya brahma

> vasistha visvamitra sapad vimukta bhava

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> > Like all the mantras in this section, which is one of the sections

> repeated before we chant Sri Sri Chandi Path, it is for a specific

> purpose. It is not a personal deity mantra, so it is not a mantra for

> japa in that way.

> >

> > I am going to guess that you have some attraction for it because

> possibly you feel you want to worship Shakti and Shiva together.

> First let me say, that either form of the One Divinity certainly

> contains the other (and all others). So by worshipping one, you

> worship the other. You can't lose out here.

> >

> > But each form has its certain rasa and bhava in the earlier stages

> especially. So there is nothing wrong with this type of desire. Here

> are three mantras you could repeat, if you feel drawn to do so:

> >

> > Om Hrim Namah Shivaya

> > This is known as Siva Gauri Panchakshari Mantra

> >

> > Om Shiva Shakti Aikya Rupinyai Namah

> > This is the 999th name (in Namavali form) of Lalita Tripurasundari

> from the Lalitha Sahasranam. It translates as Om I bow to She who is

> the form of the unification of Shiva and Shakti. This is used for

> japa by many people in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, etc, that wish to worship

> God in this way. The Kahadi tradition, one of the 3 " schools " of Sri

> Vidya, has its focus in Shakti and Shiva together as One Supreme,

> rather than the Kadi school which focuses on Shakti as the Absolute

> (the most prolific tradition of which the Devi Mandir belongs) or the

> Hadi school which focus on Shiva as the Absolute.

> >

> > Om Ardhanarishwaryai Namah

> > Ardhanarishwara is the form of Shiva that is Half Shiva/Half

> Parvati, after they merged.

> >

> > As far as your question about rearranging the syllables, which a few

> other people have mentioned recently if memory serves me correctly,

> this is seen with the Namah Shivaya mantra in some South Indian

> traditions, like in Tamil Nadu. The 5 syllables (Na Ma Shi Va Ya) are

> arranged and recited in different order for different effects. I

> believe there is a stotram of this composed by the great Tamil Siddha

> Tirumoolar (Thirumular). I am not familiar with specifics and I

> believe this might be the only mantra this is done with. As far as I

> know, this tradition is not practiced at the Devi Mandir. There are

> so many, many esoteric traditions in India! Fortunately they all lead

> to the same place!

> >

> > I hope this helps fill in the blanks. Forgive me if I assume

> wrongly as to what information you were seeking.

> >

> > JAI AMMA!

> >

> > Surya

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> > , " Michael Denney "

> > <thehealingdrum@> wrote:

> > >

> > > while reading the Chandi Path book, on page 53, I read " Om Aim

Hrim

> > > Klim Namah Shivayai " Is this an accepted mantra for Japa? Or

will it

> > > not work out of context?

> > > Thanks for your answers..

> > > Shabd

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