Subject: Hamsa and Soham

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V.Krishnaraj, M.D; F.R.C.P (Canada) -- pediatrician in practice

 

Om Namasivaya

 

Mantra is the sound-body of a god; Yantra depicts the sound-body in

a diagram. Mantra = (Man = is to think or meditate + Tra = is to

protect or liberate.) Yantra = instrument, engine, apparatus, amulet

with mystical diagram endowed with protective occult powers. Mantras

are solar (Saura) and masculine, lunar (Vidya, Saumya) and feminine,

and neuter. Neuter and masculine Mantras terminate in Namah, Hum,

Phat; feminine in Tham or Svaha. Ajapa (A + Japa = No + Chant) is

the primal Mantra. This chantless Mantra pervades the breath going in

and out, the subtle sound `sah' going in and the subtle sound `ham'

going out. Ham rhymes with rum. (Sa = Siva, Vishnu, Lakshmi, or

Gauri [Parvati or Sakti]; Ham = I am; so = Parvati.} As one chants

this subtle-sound Mantra `soham', a derivative of `sah-ham,' `Hamsa'

comes into being by inversion. Soham, Hamsa and AUM (Pranava) are

equipotent. Tirumular says that AUM, though a three-letter word, is

one-letter Mantra. Soham is the unintonated sound of normal

breathing, meaning `I am He.' Hamsa, meaning `Swan' as in RamaKrishna

Parma-Hamsa, stands for an ascetic --Hamsan. All of us including all

air-breathing living beings recite this Mantra `Soham' unknowingly

for a lifetime. This chantless Mantra (Ajapa Japa) is called Ajapa

Gayatri. As you are breathing this chantless Soham in and out, you

are identifying your individual self with the Great Self of the

Supreme Being. Every breath (and the Mantra) that you take pervades

the whole universe of your body. This life giving force or Mantra has

the Great Self as the basis. Every time you chant a Mantra, it leads

the individual soul to the Great Soul-- the Source, the Essence. All

Mantras inclusive of Sakti, Vishnu and Siva Mantras and many but not

all rituals are Tantric in origin; that is the reason why Tantra is

called Mantra Sastra. Devi or Sakti says that any Sastra that is in

opposition to Sruti, Smrti, and Oneness (Siva and Sakti in Saiva

tradition, Vishnu and MahaLakshmi in Vaishnava tradition); Bhairava,

Gautama, Kapala, Sakala and the like are created by her Maya power

for bewilderment of those devoid of Her Grace.

 

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anil hingmire

 

Monday, April 23, 2007 4:49 AM

Re: Hamsa and Soham

 

 

 

Om Namah Shivay

 

Soham mantra is the japa-ajapa mantra. and that is related to our Swas

(pran). while taking inner Swas(purak) that produce sound like hamsa

& while leaving it (Rechak) it produce sound like soham. And

concentrating on this breathing is the japa-ajapa mantra. while

concentrating on vayu & observation of that (where the pran/vayu is

circulating in body-means in nadi), you feel spiritually peaceful &

energy vibrates in the chakra.

 

soham mantra is good in various mudra, (Khechari mudra , jalander

bandh etc.) that help to initiate the shakti from the muladhar.

 

 

 

 

bhatnagar_shailendra <bhatnagar_shailendra wrote:

 

Om Namah Sivaya

 

I request the knowledgeable members to please comment on the

significance of the mantra 'Soham'. Hamsa or swan is considered a

symbol

of liberation and how is it related to Soham ? Does Soham roughly

mean -

" that you are " ?

 

regards,

 

Shailendra

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Anil Hingmire

Dept. of Computer Engg.

Vidyavardhini's college of Engineering & Technology,

Mumbai, India

Office: (0250) 2338234 Ext.121.

Mobile: 09860173170

 

 

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