Guest guest Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Radhe Krishna To All, The yoga sutras of Patanjali - Samadhi pada tajjapastadarthabhÄvanamḠ.. 28.. Excerpts from The Recitation of Mantra by Swami Krishnananda direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda God is not any particular thing. He is the most general of all beings, satta samanya, as He is called, the universal substratum or the greatest common factor present in every conceivable thing, anywhere. Therefore, the designation of God should be possessed of similar characteristics - namely, it should be very comprehensive. That is, when the name of God is chanted, it is not that any particular finite idea is generated in the mind, but a vaster and more comprehensive notion is generated, which works in such a way that it removes the finitude of consciousness in our mind. Tajjapaḥ tadarthabhÄvanam (I.28) - 'japa' is the word used here in this sutra. Japa is a holy recitation, a constant hammering into the mind of a particular formula, an idea, or a name, in order that the same idea may be allowed to originate in the mind, and nothing else is allowed. The mind is made in such a way that it cannot think one and the same thing continuously and,therefore, it is necessary to repeat the designation or formula of a particular given object again and again, without any remission or gap, so that the mind reconstitutes itself into the form of that object, and there is a new type of vyapti or pervasion taking place in the mind, which is our intention in the recitation of the mantra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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