Om Namah Shivaya japam

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namaste, shiva bhaktas

 

If anyone here is interested, there is a koti nama japam of the mantra " om namah

shivaya " going on at:

 

www. omnamahshivayajapam.blogspot. com (without the spaces)

 

Chanting for crore 3 is on. The goal is 10 crores.

 

with regards,

laksmi

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I found the following message about Panchakshari and pranava very useful. The

author, as you can see is Venkata Sriram .

 

advaitin , " Venkata Sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi

wrote:

 

Namaste.

 

Here are some of the pramanas.

 

Siva tattva sudha nidhi:

 

praNavEna vinA mantrah sOyam panchAkSharaih smritah

strIbhi ShUdraischa samkIrNE namOntO japya eva cha //

 

brahmOttara khanDa:

 

kim tasya bahubhirmantraih kim tIrthaih kim tapOdhvaraih

yasya om namah sivAyEti mantrO hridaya gOcharah

mantrAdhi rAjarAjO yasya sarva vEdAntasEkharah

sarvajnAna nidhAnamcha sO(a)yam saivaShaDakSharah

praNavEna vinAmantrah sO(a)yam panchAkSharah smritah

strIbhih shUdraischa samkIrnaiah dhyAyatE muktikAmkShibh //

 

From the above sastra vAkya, it is evident that traivarnikas should

be initiated in Saiva Shadakshari ie., (om namah sivAya) and

anadhikaris of veda should be initiated in Siva Panchakshari ie., (namah

sivAya). The praNava japa adhikara comes only to veda adhikaris ie., the dvijas

Who are upavItAs and anupavItAs should chant praNava-rahita panchAkShari.

 

Further in the Chandrajnana Tantra which details about the Siva Panchakshari

Japa Rahasya and Puja says:

 

sUkShmam mUlam bhavEsya sthUlam vivaraNam matam

tArEdhikArayuktastu tArayuktam manum japEt

japan anadhikArItu tAram gacchEt adhOgatim

tArENa tulya sArOpi sO(a)yam panchAkSharO manuh

shAsanAddEvadEvasya lOkAnugrahakAmkShiNah

 

This Saiva Tantra says that there are 2 panchaKsharIs ie., sthula panchakshari &

Sukshma panchakshari.

 

Sukshma Panchakshari is praNava (om) as it has 5 aspects ie.,

A,U,M,Nada, Kala. Sthula Panchakshari also has 5 aspects ie.,

NA, MA, SI, VA, YA. Adhikaris of Pranava should chant Panchakshari

With Pranava and anadhikaris should chant pranava-rahita panchakshari.

 

Further the Saiva Tantra says that if the guru initiates this great mantra

without Considering the adhikara bheda, commits dosha (sin). This sin is

applicable to both guru & sishya.

 

Further, Tantra Sastra says that there are two praNavAs ie., vaidika praNava and

tAntrika praNava. The Vaidika Pranava is " OM " whereas tantrika pranava is " AUM "

(pronounced as OWM as one pronounces the word OWL). This is called " prAsAda

bija " . The tantrika Bija " hrim " is also called tantrika pranava or sakta

pranava.

 

So, non-dwijas (stris and shudras) who are non entitled to study veda, when

initiated in Siva Panchaksari are either initiated in :

 

1) NAMAH SIVAYA 2) AUM NAMAH SIVAYA 3) HRIM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

To utter the Siva Panchaksahri with Omkara or pranava, one should be invested

with Sacred Thread.

 

Further for Bhajana of Siva Panchakshari, it is to be noted in Mind that this

mantra comes in Krishna Yajurveda. In Krishna Yajurveda, this comes in the

middle of Shatarudriya Mantras. In Shatarudriya Mantra, it comes in the middle

of the Anuvaka which forms the core of Shatarudriya Mantra. Which implies the

" Heart of Krishna Yajurveda " is Shatarudriya and its essence is Siva

Panchakshari Mantra. This is a veda mantra which should be uttered with

Proper intonations.

 

So, pranava-sahita panchakshari should never be sung in bhajans and should not

be given non-dwijas. If interested, they can recite pranava-rahita

panchakshari ie., NAMAH SIVAYA.

 

Now, you asked about the discourses of paramacharya regarding this mantra. My

gurunatha was an eye witness to one incident at Kanchipuram. During chaturmasya

at Kanchipuram, a group of disciples sought the blessings of swamigal and

initiation from His Holiness. They were non-dwijas. Kanchi Mahaswamigal gave a

gracious glance and gave them vibhuti & kumkuma as prasada and wrote `NAMAH

SIVAYA' on a piece of paper and asked them to chant 10 times. Blessing them

said that don't put pranava before and can freely chant this mantra irrespective

of time and niyamas.

 

Even if one is still bent upon doing the mantras without proper guru

initiations, it is upto them. They are requested to read SIVA PURANA which

refers to the adhikara nirnaya of panchakshari. I am not going to stop them to

decide as I have put the sastra pramana.

 

tasmAt sAstra pramaNam …….

 

Just my 2 cents.

 

Regs,

sriram

 

 

advaitin , " Shailendra Bhatnagar " <bhatnagar_shailendra@>

wrote:

>

> Dear Venkata ji,

> If possible please provide a link to Mahaperiyaval's comments on Panchakshari

and its japa/chanting.

> regards,

> Shailendra

>

>

 

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