stotra vs list + Amma says

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Yes, I agree that not only is the original form the Stotra, and is the most

advocated (historically). While any chanting will bring it's good

devotional results, it assumes the traditional approach that you do a

puja before a stotra. The Phalasruti also, does not differentiate

between the two forms. The Stotra is the most commonly available

recording outside of Amma's ashram productions.

 

Most if not all the quotes about the LS from Amma refer to Archana (list

form) usually translated in the books as "worship". I can't find the

posting from a couple years ago, but I thought someone did ask Amma

which was best, List or Stotra, and Amma said it was like a mother

preferring "mother" or "mom" (neither was better than the other).

 

I have to agree with Dayamrita that the List is more powerful than the

Stotra, but only once you're comfortable with it. Doing the Stotra

smoothly will bring better results rather than attempting the List and

becoming fatigued half way through.

 

That's why groups usually chant a single response rather than the same

mantra as the leader. Too many groups I've seen try to chant the List

in unison which isn't as effective (one-pointedness wise). Even

chanting the stotra in unison can have it's "crashes". Once, a group I

chanted with had some of their booklets with pages out of order,

and "whoa!" what scene near the end when the group split in their

chanting.

 

tom

 

Ammachi, "manoj_menon"

<ammademon wrote:

>

> I have my thoughts of whether the Naamavali is better than the Stotra.

>

> The original LS (Hayagreeva imparts to Agastya) in Brahmaanda

Puraana

> is in stotra format.

>

> So logically, the Naamavali seems to be a new format designed by a

> later-day religious head, more for the purposes of doing a more

> elaborate puja. It may mostly be a Kaula SriVidya practice, as the

> visualization required for the Manasa Puja and the elaborate rituals

> are essentially tantric tools, and a puja is done mainly with plenty

> of salutations (om namah). this is all theory, don't have any facts to

> support it as yet.

>

> In either the stotra or the LS, one has to chant the same anuswaras

> and hidden bija mantras. The real benefit comes from the

transforming

> power of the vibrations of these powerful properly-

chanted "keywords".

>

> Devotion and concentration are also indispensable; these aids lead to

> better chanting, and better chanting improves devotion and

concentration.

>

> start from any one side; over time and with grace, the other side is

> bound to follow.