www.telugubhakti.com FAQ--- Rituals / Pujas - We are unable to repeat the Mantras which the pundits say.

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Dear Sri Ravishankar Gopal,

Namaste.

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

All most all your messages are so worthy and more devotional.

The present one is regarding Mantras.

The clarification is from a great venerable Swamiji and I being an ordinary

devotee am incompetent to and dare not to comment on it. But for your message,

being an orthodox devotee, I am forced to bring some facts to your notice and

also to other members.

There is nothing equal to the name “Rama” in this universe. Chanting the

Mahamantra once is equal to sahasranamas of Lord Vishnu.

His Holiness Paramacharya’s words are still in my mind. He said “There are two

powerful 'Taraka Namas'. One is Aum and another is Rama. All mantras have to be

prefixed with Aum (Primordial sound) for obtaining the benefits of those

mantras, whereas there is no need to prefix Aum when the name 'Rama' is recited

because the name itself is 'Taraka Namam " .

On all probabilities, the Mahamantra is supreme like Aum, which can be

prefixed to all mantras but not to replace puja and mantras. So let us take the

preaching of Sri Sri Swamiji in good spirit and continue our puja and Mantras as

far as feasible. Regarding the pronunciation, it should be practiced. None is

a pundit/ scholar by birth. It should not be considered as genuine difficulty

and the clarification need not be saught for, from a Guru, just to minimise our

basic efforts. Let us not dispense with the traditional Puja and mantras, since

Ramayana itself is the guiding factor for human life. Sreerama never declared

himself as God; but gave the guidelines as to how a human should live. He

himself chanted Astra mantras and also performed Aswamedhayaga which is a ritual

of and emperor. Seethamatha performed Mangalagouri Puja from the beginning to

end.

Ramayana is the great glorious purana (legend) to the entire humanity.

It shows the path to Dharma. Through this Purana, an ordinary person can

understand the essence of Vedas and Upanishads.

This teaches the dharma to the readers and makes them to live in the

full-fledged way in the world.

Dharma is in the form of Rama, who is the personification of this Hindu

concept of duty and harmony and established a code of conduct, which is widely

considered by Hindus, to be the benchmark for posterity.

Keeping the above in my mind, I ventured to make out a precised version of

Sundarakanda in English format together with some illustrations on Kavya and

Kanda and sending the same to the devotional sites, from tomorrow, chanting the

Mahamantra all the time. I do not know how far, our friends and devotees regard

the same.

Yet, it is our bounded duty to see that the younger generation should not

renounce the practice of chanting Mantras, Puja and rituals, which will only

maintain our Sanatanadharma and fulfill the object of Sri Rama avatar.

Srunvan raamakathaanaadam kOnayaati paraam gatim,

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry

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Ravishankar Gopal <ravishankar_g wrote:

 

Dear Members,

 

Question: While performing rituals, pujas etc. we are

unable to repeat the Mantras which the pundits say.