To yogaman (& mahamuni) on mantra

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> Mantra must be remain a secret as per all rules, I

> was even reluctant

> to write what I had written.

 

I often write out my mantra. Sometimes I write it 108

times on a page. I write it on the top of the page

when I write a snail-mail letter, something which I

hardly ever do these days, a casualty of e-mail. I

write it in the Sanskrit (devanagari) script. Writing

each syllable of the mantra is as powerful as chanting

it. I don't tell folks that I am writing my mantra,

though a Sanskrit-literate person may be able to

deduce the fact.

 

IMHO I don't think the secrecy of a mantra is breached

if you tell someone your ishta deva, i.e. "I have a

Krishna mantra" or "I have a Devi mantra", without

revealing the mantra itself.

 

 

>

> It is also my belief that neither Amma nor

> Karunamayi amma will

> initiate anyone in the two mantras below.

 

I could be wrong, but I believe Karunamayi only

initiates her devotees in the Saraswati mantra (Om Aim

Hrim Shrim Saraswati Devyai Namah)

 

Keval