Lord Ganesha's bija or seed mantra endings

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Namaste Billy,

 

There are 'accent' and 'ascent' to be taken into consideration in

regards pronounciation. Try "Ung" or "Lung" and you get "GuNg".

Gum, Gam and Gung are one and the same Beeja Mantra for Ganapatiji.

Depending on one's background and whether mantrams are learnt from

North or South India, accents may differ. At the same time, I was

once set right by Sri Rajatyboy who mentioned that pronouncing "Gam"

or "Gum" as in the English way of pronounciation is equivalent to a

word in India that means "grief". Gotta say I tried his method of

GuNg and lo and behold, things turned around.....! (Can never thank

Sri Rajatyboyyyy enough for this insight, bless his boots.)

 

Om GuNg Ganapataye Namaha

Simone

 

, "biosoundbill"

<biosoundmeditation@i...> wrote:

> Om Ganesh Everyone,

>

> From what I know Ganesha's bija or seed mantra is GUM or GUNG.

> Getting the correct pronunciation for "GUM" is easy thanks to

Thomas

> Ashley Farrand, but getting the correct pronunciation for "GUNG"

is

> posing many problems for me. Is there a wav file of "GUNG"

anywhere

> on the net?

> BTW Can anybody tell me why are there 2 endings "M" or "NG"? Is

> the "NG" version Tantric?

> I also think that I read somewhere that "GUM" is specifically for

> Lord Ganesha, and that "GUNG" is for the whole group-whatever that

> means, please correct me if I'm wrong!

> Looking forward to getting your replies.

>

> Namaste,

>

> Billy

[Guest guest]

Namaste Simone,

 

Many Thanks for your reply and helpful advice.

Doing a search of the archives of this group, and the web I found

the following:-

 

1. ****** His Bija Akshara (root syllable) is Gung, pronounced

to rhyme with the English word "sung".

 

2. Ganesh Puja bija mantra with a clearly pronounced "Gung"

@ http://www.geocities.com/anandakapila/Mantras.html

 

 

3. Ganpati Mantra For Sound Physique (April 1994 issue) which

also has a clearly pronounced "Gung"

@ http://www.siddhashram.org/audio.shtml

 

 

 

Om GuNg Ganapataye Namaha

 

Billy

 

, "Simone" <syzenith> wrote:

> Namaste Billy,

>

> There are 'accent' and 'ascent' to be taken into consideration in

> regards pronounciation. Try "Ung" or "Lung" and you get "GuNg".

> Gum, Gam and Gung are one and the same Beeja Mantra for

Ganapatiji.

> Depending on one's background and whether mantrams are learnt from

> North or South India, accents may differ. At the same time, I was

> once set right by Sri Rajatyboy who mentioned that

pronouncing "Gam"

> or "Gum" as in the English way of pronounciation is equivalent to

a

> word in India that means "grief". Gotta say I tried his method of

> GuNg and lo and behold, things turned around.....! (Can never

thank

> Sri Rajatyboyyyy enough for this insight, bless his boots.)

>

> Om GuNg Ganapataye Namaha

> Simone

>

> , "biosoundbill"

> <biosoundmeditation@i...> wrote:

> > Om Ganesh Everyone,

> >

> > From what I know Ganesha's bija or seed mantra is GUM or GUNG.

> > Getting the correct pronunciation for "GUM" is easy thanks to

> Thomas

> > Ashley Farrand, but getting the correct pronunciation for "GUNG"

> is

> > posing many problems for me. Is there a wav file of "GUNG"

> anywhere

> > on the net?

> > BTW Can anybody tell me why are there 2 endings "M" or "NG"? Is

> > the "NG" version Tantric?

> > I also think that I read somewhere that "GUM" is specifically

for

> > Lord Ganesha, and that "GUNG" is for the whole group-whatever

that

> > means, please correct me if I'm wrong!

> > Looking forward to getting your replies.

> >

> > Namaste,

> >

> > Billy