Guest guest Posted August 14, 2001 Report Share Posted August 14, 2001 Hello All, How are you? My best wishes to all. Regards Pritesh Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Messenger http://phonecard./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2001 Report Share Posted August 15, 2001 Hello Pritesh, Welcome to GJlist! I apologize for not responding sooner, having undergone a day of concern for the health of my oldest brother--he's much better now, for which I am thankful and feeling much happier myself. I hope you and everyone else on the list are all doing well, and if not, will soon be in good health and spirits and find all your needs anticipated and supplied in advance. We discussed mantras on this list some time ago, and I have recently discovered a wonderful book copyright 1999 by Thomas Ashley-Farrand called, "Healing Mantras", published by The Ballantine Publishing Group in New York. This book has an extensive explanation of mantras, their history and the effects and meanings with easy-to-say pronunciation guides to each mantra. It is a wealth of information for the beginner and probably of interest to those who have been chanting mantras for some time. This book is filled with personal stories of the author's experiences: the effect on his life of specific mantras which he has chanted, as well as the experiences of others who have chanted specific mantras. Not only do we learn about the results of such chanting, we also learn about what happened when the repeated mantra brought about its desired gift, but the chanter was not sufficiently prepared to properly avail himself of that gift. A fascinating book--and for me, a great way to learn how to enunciate these mantras correctly. An example from this book is the Gayatri Mantra, with its phonetic pronunciation followed by its translation: Om Bhuh, Om Bhuvaha, Om Swaha, Om Maha, Om Janaha, Om Tapaha, Om Satyam Om Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimachi Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayat (OM BOO OM BOO-VAH-HA OM SWAH-HA OM MAH-HA OM JAH-NAH-HA OM TAH-PAH-HA OM-SAHT-YAM OM TAHT SAH-VEE-TOOR VAHR-EHN-YUM BHAHR-GO DEH-VAS-YAH DEE-MAH-HEE DEE-YOH YOHN-AH-HA PRAH-CHOH-DAH-YAHT) "O Self-effulgent Light that has given birth to all the lokas (spheres of consciousness), who is worthy of worship and appears through the orbit of the Sun, illumine our intellect." Best wishes to you and welcome again to our list! Sincerely, Carol Hook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2001 Report Share Posted August 17, 2001 Hi, Pritesh, Best wishes to you too. Namaste, Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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