Thank You, Swamiji, for answering Henny's questions.

[Guest guest]

Swamiji replied today to three questions about the MahaMrityunjaya

Mantra from Henny. Henny thought that others might like to know as

well. Henny: Why do we chant this mantra (in Prayer Club)? Swamiji:

We all look for any opportunity to recite this mantra, and the Prayer

Club is an excellent forum. Maha means Great; Mrityun means Death;

Jaya means Victory: the mantra which confers victory over the great

death. We have learned that the soul never dies. Also, energy is

never destroyed, only transformed. Then the great death is forgetting

our spiritual nature, losing ourselves to worldly concerns. This

mantra reminds us who we are and from where we have come. Henny:

Where does it come from? Swamiji: Yajur Veda. Henny: Why is it

considered to be so effective?Swamiji: Because it extols the Father

of the Three Worlds, Lord Shiva, who pervades everything like the

fragrant scent of excellent flowers, and reminds us that just as a

cucumber or any fruit is plucked from the stem, so also shall we

leave our attachments to dwell in excellent immortality. Jai Maa!

Jai Shiva! Jai Swamiji!

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