Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Namaste friends, I received a mail from a reader who was reading a mantra for many years with "namoh" instead of "namah" or "namo". Technically, the mantra means nothing with this error. He was wondering if he should stop it. This touched me. So I want to say something fundamental, aside from technicalities. Mantras of saattwik devatas or mantras with a saattwik purpose NEVER HURT YOU. If the mantra that should give fruits in the 9th house ends up giving fruits in the 8th house bacause of a mispronunciation, it is not a bad thing. Perhaps you can correct yourself, but don't worry too much apout it. Whether a mantra gives fruits in the 6th house or 7th house or 8th house or 9th house, it will not give any undesirable results, as long it is saattwik. If you are doing a tantrik mantra for a krura devata for a rajasik or tamasik purpose, you'll have to be perfect in your rituals and pronunciation. But, Vishnu, Shiva, Jupiter, Krishna etc will give you only good results if you pray to them for a saattwik purpose. They'll never hurt you. Irrespective of the source house from where energies are being drawn and the house where fruits are being given and where the devata sits, the results will only be auspicious. So never worry about it. For that matter, even mistakes that render a mantra meaningless do not matter much. After all, to protect the mind and activate various energy centers in the body, any combination of sounds uttered continuously will suffice as long as the image formed by them in the mind is saattwik. Whether it has meaning in a language or not matters less. If it has a meaning in your mind and if the meaning is saattwik, that is more than enough. For example, if you just repeat "May Jupiter's light shine on us" 108 times everyday thinking of the splenderous Jupiter - god of wisdom and sattwa - in your mind, it will give you excellent results. This mantra (!) has 6 words, 8 letters and devata in 10th. Once I started using it at the end of my posts, it made a big difference to me. My 6th house (source) has my AK Moon. The 8th house has 4 planets in my chart and governs occult knowledge. Jupiter is stationed in the 10th house of activities and gives fruits related to occult. Any saattwik thought can be used as a mantra to protect the mind. It's good to know the technicalities and try to perfect what one's doing, but don't worry too much about technicalities! As long as the thought in your mind when reciting a mantra is not saattwik, even a perfectly uttered mantra will do nothing for you. Number of letters and words (as determined from how it is pronounced) and devata sthana is only one factor. The image and thoughta in mind are a more important factor. I hope this puts all the technical discussions in the right perspective! May Jupiter's light shine on us, Narasimha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Dear PVRji, "> Any saattwik thought can be used as a mantra to protect the mind. It's good > to know the technicalities and try to perfect what one's doing, but don't > worry too much about technicalities! As long as the thought in your mind > when reciting a mantra is not saattwik, even a perfectly uttered mantra will > do nothing for you. Number of letters and words (as determined from how it > is pronounced) and devata sthana is only one factor. The image and thoughta > in mind are a more important factor." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Very well said. I still have a question though. I understand the notion of correct pronounciation or number of letters and words as the vibrations get altered by these and they affect different energy centres differently. However, what is the logic behind repeating a mantra specific number of times? What difference does it make if I chant a mantra 108 times or 105 times? Shouldnt we be more worried about the concentration and devotion while reciting the mantra rather than counting beeds with it? I find trying to keep count affecting my concentration and I chant mantras as long as I can stay in a state of high concentration, totally ignoring the count. Is it a right approach? Please advise. Thanks, Siva. vedic astrology, "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr@c...> wrote: > Namaste friends, > > I received a mail from a reader who was reading a mantra for many years with > "namoh" instead of "namah" or "namo". Technically, the mantra means nothing > with this error. He was wondering if he should stop it. > > This touched me. So I want to say something fundamental, aside from > technicalities. > > Mantras of saattwik devatas or mantras with a saattwik purpose NEVER HURT > YOU. If the mantra that should give fruits in the 9th house ends up giving > fruits in the 8th house bacause of a mispronunciation, it is not a bad > thing. Perhaps you can correct yourself, but don't worry too much apout it. > Whether a mantra gives fruits in the 6th house or 7th house or 8th house or > 9th house, it will not give any undesirable results, as long it is saattwik. > > If you are doing a tantrik mantra for a krura devata for a rajasik or > tamasik purpose, you'll have to be perfect in your rituals and > pronunciation. But, Vishnu, Shiva, Jupiter, Krishna etc will give you only > good results if you pray to them for a saattwik purpose. They'll never hurt > you. Irrespective of the source house from where energies are being drawn > and the house where fruits are being given and where the devata sits, the > results will only be auspicious. So never worry about it. > > For that matter, even mistakes that render a mantra meaningless do not > matter much. After all, to protect the mind and activate various energy > centers in the body, any combination of sounds uttered continuously will > suffice as long as the image formed by them in the mind is saattwik. Whether > it has meaning in a language or not matters less. If it has a meaning in > your mind and if the meaning is saattwik, that is more than enough. > > For example, if you just repeat "May Jupiter's light shine on us" 108 times > everyday thinking of the splenderous Jupiter - god of wisdom and sattwa - in > your mind, it will give you excellent results. This mantra (!) has 6 words, > 8 letters and devata in 10th. Once I started using it at the end of my > posts, it made a big difference to me. My 6th house (source) has my AK Moon. > The 8th house has 4 planets in my chart and governs occult knowledge. > Jupiter is stationed in the 10th house of activities and gives fruits > related to occult. > > Any saattwik thought can be used as a mantra to protect the mind. It's good > to know the technicalities and try to perfect what one's doing, but don't > worry too much about technicalities! As long as the thought in your mind > when reciting a mantra is not saattwik, even a perfectly uttered mantra will > do nothing for you. Number of letters and words (as determined from how it > is pronounced) and devata sthana is only one factor. The image and thoughta > in mind are a more important factor. > > I hope this puts all the technical discussions in the right perspective! > > May Jupiter's light shine on us, > Narasimha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Dear Siva, People use beads etc for counting, so that it can be done without much involvement of the conscious mind. If counting still interfers with your concentration, I advise you to do the mantra without counting. Yes, 11 times, 40 times and 108 times etc are for guidance only. After all, there are two aspect of a mantra - sound and thought. The vibrations of sound are important, but the vibrations of the thought are also as important. Both work in harmony for the best mantras. This aspect is often ignored, but as important if not more important than sound. If rajasik and tamasik thoughts fill your mind when you read a saattwik mantra, it will not do anything for you. Understand the meaning of the mantra and keep your mind focussed on the meaning or the image of the deity or something nice like that. May Jupiter's light shine on us, Narasimha > Dear PVRji, > "> Any saattwik thought can be used as a mantra to protect the mind. > It's good > > to know the technicalities and try to perfect what one's doing, but > don't > > worry too much about technicalities! As long as the thought in your > mind > > when reciting a mantra is not saattwik, even a perfectly uttered > mantra will > > do nothing for you. Number of letters and words (as determined from > how it > > is pronounced) and devata sthana is only one factor. The image and > thoughta > > in mind are a more important factor." > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Very well said. I still have a question though. I understand the > notion of correct pronounciation or number of letters and words as > the vibrations get altered by these and they affect different energy > centres differently. However, what is the logic behind repeating a > mantra specific number of times? What difference does it make if I > chant a mantra 108 times or 105 times? Shouldnt we be more worried > about the concentration and devotion while reciting the mantra rather > than counting beeds with it? I find trying to keep count affecting my > concentration and I chant mantras as long as I can stay in a state of > high concentration, totally ignoring the count. Is it a right > approach? Please advise. > > Thanks, > Siva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Om Namo Narayanaya, Dear Jyotishas, Can someone let me know where I can find the correct Panchang with Festivals and important days for 2003? Best wishes Zoran -- ZORAN RADOSAVLJEVIC Jyotish Teacher of Shree Jagannath Vedic Centre email: ahimsa web: www.sjvc.co.yu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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