Guest guest Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Dear Group, Also typically mantras are short where as stotras are long.Also Stotras are for the stuti ( praise) of the planet/god in consideration. Where as mantras are to invoke ( hope I have used the right word) The mantra needs to be repeated typically for 108 times where as stotras once /thrice or at the most 11 times Stotras have a author typically say for example Ganpati stotra has been( if I may use the word)written by Narada where as mantras have their origin in the vedas. Also mantras can be used while meditating. Best Regards Nilesh PS : Dear Wendyji - Hope all is well with you and family. Have been busy lately with work at office and offcourse spend a lot of time with the traffic jams in Bangalore :-) jyotish-vidya, "Haresh \(Harry\) Nathani" <haresh1405> wrote: > > Dear Kamal > > I am not aware of any general mantra or stotram, but I can suggest you a Guru Mantra and it is "HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE" This maha mantra is a good & safe mantra to chant. One can chant this mantra at any point of time and in any state of mind. Their is no restriction on its chanting. > > Harry > > SIGHT SOLUTIONS <sightsolutions> wrote: > Dear Harry, > > if there is no specific problem. is there any good all purpose mantra or stotra? Or some thing for general happiness or one to remain contented. It is human nature to get deviated towards things which are not good for oneself or others. I feel I have been blessed and like many human feel worried if there is any thing around the corner. Like they say prevention is better than cure > regards > > kamal > - > Haresh (Harry) Nathani > jyotish-vidya > Monday, May 22, 2006 10:33 AM > Re: difference between mantra and stotra > > > Dear Kamal > > One must chant or read the prayers for getting rid of problem areas. If u have financial problem read Shree Lakshmi Strotam & Kanakdhara Strotam, health problems read Shree Narayan Kawach, not able to get married read Shree Chandi Devi Strotam etc etc etc. > > Harry > > SIGHT SOLUTIONS <sightsolutions> wrote: > Dear Harry and Ganesh > > many thanks for clarifying the matter. So they have different content. Can one do all nine planet mantras or should do only which need to be strengthened. this count of many thousand of recitation is once a day ? > > thanks > kamal > - > Haresh (Harry) Nathani > jyotish-vidya > Monday, May 22, 2006 9:54 AM > Re: difference between mantra and stotra > > > Mantra & Strotam both are prayers to the Lord. Strotams are the distilled form of prayers wherein the Lord is glorified, it is slow in giving results, it has no negative effects when the strotam prayers are misprnounced or are not chanted with concentration whereas mantras are power prayers which give instant results. Mantras are to be chanted without any stammering or mispronounciation, with full concentration & have negative results if not chanted properly. > > Harry > > Wendy Vasicek <jyotish> wrote: > Dear Kamal, > > If my understanding is correct, the mantra/s for the grahas (etc) consist of the Bija mantras specific to the grahas. Whereas a stotram is a prayer to the grahas (or whatever) which can be different depending upon who composed the prayer. Perhaps we could say a stotram is like a poem. > > I'm sure our Hindu members can offer more insight into this :-) > > Best Wishes, > Mrs. Wendy > http://JyotishVidya.com > ______________________________ > > - > SIGHT SOLUTIONS > jyotish-vidya > Monday, May 22, 2006 2:05 AM > difference between mantra and stotra > > > Dear Group > > is there any difference between mantra and stotra. I can read Sanskrit, though do not understand. I have received two version from the net which appear to be different to each other. > > hope you all had a good weekend > > kamal > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Dear Nilesh, //PS : Dear Wendyji - Hope all is well with you and family. Have been busy lately with work at office and offcourse spend a lot of time with the traffic jams in Bangalore :-)// Good to hear from you. My family is holding together (thank you) in spite of the fact that my eldest son (Andrew) had a stroke last week....left side of brain (area that controls speech). He's doing amazingly well and is expecting to go home from hospital today. Best Wishes, Mrs. Wendy http://JyotishVidya.com ______________________________ - "Nilesh Joshi" <niljoshi27 (AT) (DOT) co.in> <jyotish-vidya> Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:07 AM Difference between mantra and stotra Dear Group, Also typically mantras are short where as stotras are long.Also Stotras are for the stuti ( praise) of the planet/god in consideration. Where as mantras are to invoke ( hope I have used the right word) The mantra needs to be repeated typically for 108 times where as stotras once /thrice or at the most 11 times Stotras have a author typically say for example Ganpati stotra has been( if I may use the word)written by Narada where as mantras have their origin in the vedas. Also mantras can be used while meditating. Best Regards Nilesh PS : Dear Wendyji - Hope all is well with you and family. Have been busy lately with work at office and offcourse spend a lot of time with the traffic jams in Bangalore :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Dear Group, let us first understand what is mantra, tantra & yantra.... man + tra , mann means your heart ur imotions .. tray means to get rid off problems.. if u hv some imotional problems , any sort of depression then mantra is effective.. in case of tantra, tan + tra , tan means ur body.. if u hv any sort of problems releated to body, some illness etc than tantra works. similarly , yantra ... yan means ur surounding.. if u want improve energy level in the ur place .. than tantra works.. strota.. i agree with nilesh. vijendra nanavati Nilesh Joshi <niljoshi27 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: Dear Group, Also typically mantras are short where as stotras are long.Also Stotras are for the stuti ( praise) of the planet/god in consideration. Where as mantras are to invoke ( hope I have used the right word) The mantra needs to be repeated typically for 108 times where as stotras once /thrice or at the most 11 times Stotras have a author typically say for example Ganpati stotra has been( if I may use the word)written by Narada where as mantras have their origin in the vedas. Also mantras can be used while meditating. Best Regards Nilesh PS : Dear Wendyji - Hope all is well with you and family. Have been busy lately with work at office and offcourse spend a lot of time with the traffic jams in Bangalore :-) jyotish-vidya, "Haresh \(Harry\) Nathani" <haresh1405> wrote: > > Dear Kamal > > I am not aware of any general mantra or stotram, but I can suggest you a Guru Mantra and it is "HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE" This maha mantra is a good & safe mantra to chant. One can chant this mantra at any point of time and in any state of mind. Their is no restriction on its chanting. > > Harry > > SIGHT SOLUTIONS <sightsolutions> wrote: > Dear Harry, > > if there is no specific problem. is there any good all purpose mantra or stotra? Or some thing for general happiness or one to remain contented. It is human nature to get deviated towards things which are not good for oneself or others. I feel I have been blessed and like many human feel worried if there is any thing around the corner. Like they say prevention is better than cure > regards > > kamal > - > Haresh (Harry) Nathani > jyotish-vidya > Monday, May 22, 2006 10:33 AM > Re: difference between mantra and stotra > > > Dear Kamal > > One must chant or read the prayers for getting rid of problem areas. If u have financial problem read Shree Lakshmi Strotam & Kanakdhara Strotam, health problems read Shree Narayan Kawach, not able to get married read Shree Chandi Devi Strotam etc etc etc. > > Harry > > SIGHT SOLUTIONS <sightsolutions> wrote: > Dear Harry and Ganesh > > many thanks for clarifying the matter. So they have different content. Can one do all nine planet mantras or should do only which need to be strengthened. this count of many thousand of recitation is once a day ? > > thanks > kamal > - > Haresh (Harry) Nathani > jyotish-vidya > Monday, May 22, 2006 9:54 AM > Re: difference between mantra and stotra > > > Mantra & Strotam both are prayers to the Lord. Strotams are the distilled form of prayers wherein the Lord is glorified, it is slow in giving results, it has no negative effects when the strotam prayers are misprnounced or are not chanted with concentration whereas mantras are power prayers which give instant results. Mantras are to be chanted without any stammering or mispronounciation, with full concentration & have negative results if not chanted properly. > > Harry > > Wendy Vasicek <jyotish> wrote: > Dear Kamal, > > If my understanding is correct, the mantra/s for the grahas (etc) consist of the Bija mantras specific to the grahas. Whereas a stotram is a prayer to the grahas (or whatever) which can be different depending upon who composed the prayer. Perhaps we could say a stotram is like a poem. > > I'm sure our Hindu members can offer more insight into this :-) > > Best Wishes, > Mrs. Wendy > http://JyotishVidya.com > ______________________________ > > - > SIGHT SOLUTIONS > jyotish-vidya > Monday, May 22, 2006 2:05 AM > difference between mantra and stotra > > > Dear Group > > is there any difference between mantra and stotra. I can read Sanskrit, though do not understand. I have received two version from the net which appear to be different to each other. > > hope you all had a good weekend > > kamal > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Dear All, i am reproducing the article on mantra yoga from sivananda daily readings...i will try to upload later a translated article on mantras and stotras... ganesh *MANTRA YOGA* Mantra yoga is a great science. "Manana trayate iti mantrah" - "by manana (constant thinking or recollection) one is protected or released from the round of birth and death - that is mantra." That is called mantra, by meditating on which the jiva or soul attains freedom from sin, enjoyment in heaven and final liberation. And, by its aid it attains in full the fourfold fruit (caturvarga) i.e., dharma, artha, kama and moksa (virtue, wealth, pleasure and liberation). A mantra is so called because it is achieved by the mental process. The root 'man' in the word mantra means 'to think'. And 'tra' comes from 'trai' meaning to protect or to free - from the bondage of samsara or the phenomenal world. By the combination of 'man' and 'tra' comes mantra which calls forth the four aims of being caturvarga. A mantra is divinity. It is divine power manifesting in a sound body. The mantra itself is the devata (deity). The aspirant should try his level best to realise his unity with the mantra of the divinity. To the extent he does so, the mantra-power supplements his worship-power. Just as a flame is strengthened by winds, so also the aspirant's individual sakti (power) is strengthened by mantra sakti. Then the individual sakti joins with the mantra sakti to make it more powerful. The mantra is awakened from its sleep through the sadhana-sakti (worship power) of the aspirant. The mantra is a mass of radiant energy. Even to visualise the Lord in meditation just once, to utter the divine name of the Lord, with love, even a single time, has surely got a tremendous, transforming influence upon the soul. You are free here and now. Only you are not aware of it, through the force of maya (or ignorance). This atman is peace. Realise this peace that passeth all understanding and be free for ever. Peace is thy birthright. Peace is thy real, essential nature. Peace is Brahman. Peace and Brahman are one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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