A funny story, and a question: LS stotram vs. namavali?

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Aum Amriteswaryai Namah!

 

The want to chant comes from within a person. You feel the craving to

taste the sweet nectar of a mantra, and you go for it.

 

No one can convince you on the need to chant any mantra, regardless of

how many advantages of the stroram or namavali are presented.

 

All reasoning vanishes before the devotion to ones' Guru.

 

May u dissolve into the silence beyond the mantra.

 

EnJoY!

 

Namah Sivaya!

In Amma,

arun mon

 

 

On Dec 08, 2004 11:33 AM, ammasiswari <ammasiswari wrote:

 

>

> The second time I went to see Amma, I have to admit that, well...I

> tested Her.

>

> Among the questions I asked was one about what my daily spiritual

> practice should be.

> Any time I had heard this asked publicly, or had read about such

> questions being asked in

> books of Her dialogues with devotees and bramacharis, She would always

> tell people to

> chant, in addition to their mantra, Lalita Sahasranama. However, I

> thought to myself, "I am

> never going to do that. If She tells me to do that, I won't do it, and

> I'll know She doesn't

> know me at all!" So, when I asked the question, She surprised me, by

> saying, "Do some

> spiritual practice, any practice, that gives you joy for at least a

> few minutes every day." Her

> answer to me was so perfect, both in its not requiring anything

> specific (at that time, I was

> involved with multiple traditions), or lengthy. It was so spacious,

> that I couldn't object! ;-)

>

> And yet, She is having the last laugh on me....because what does my

> heart now desire, so

> deeply, after my time with Her last week? I want to learn Lalita

> Sahasranama. Heh. It only

> took me, what...six years? Very funny, Amma! ;-P

>

> Because of time constraints, it'd be most practical for me to chant

> the stotram

> version...but I'm wondering...is there considered to be much of a

> difference, on any level,

> between the stotram format and the namavali? Any thoughts would be

> appreciated...

>

> Namah Shivaya,

> Iswari

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