Guest guest Report post Posted May 9, 2005 does chanting the mahamantra effect these? also can i have some textual referance to read on my own. definition: Samskaras: This level of consciousness is the place where thoughts, emotions, images, and sensations go when they recede from their actions in the Waking and Dreaming states. These formless forms, or deep habit patterns are called samskaras, which are the driving force of actions, or karma. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jagatpurush 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2005 chanting is meant to cleanse the consciousness of samskaras. this is explained by Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the first verse of the Siksastakam: ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam cetah - of the heart; darpana – the mirror; marjanam -cleansing; bhava - of birth and death; maha-davagni - forestal conflagration; nirvapanam - extinguishes; sreyah - real fortune (gradual opening of the soul’s inner treasure); kairava - the evening lotus; candika - the moon’s cooling rays; vitaranam - blossom; vidya-vadhu-jivanam - a life of unconditional surrender in conjugal love; ananda - of ecstatic joy; ambuddhi - the ocean; vardhanam - ever-increasing; pratipadam - again and again; purna-amrta - of full nectar; asvadanam - tasting; sarva-atma - all phases of the self; snapanam - satisfied, purified and conquered; paranam - the topmost; vijayate - auspicious; sri-krsna - of Sri Krsna; sankirtanam - congregational chanting of the holy name. "The holy name of Krsna cleanses the mirror of the heart and forever extinguishes the fire of misery, that great conflagration in the forest of birth and death. As the evening lotus blooms in the moon’s cooling rays, the heart begins to blossom in the nectar of the name. And at last the soul awakens to its real inner treasure – a life of unconditional surrender for Krsna’s sweetest pleasure. Again and again tasting nectar, the soul dives and surfaces in the ever-increasing ocean of ecstatic joy. All phases of the self we may conceive are fully satisfied, purified, and at last conquered by the all-auspicious influence of the holy name of Krsna." taken from Ocean of Nectar, by Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
