Tuesday, June 10, 2008

The Power of Mantra

Mantra: The Original Power of the Spoken Word
The science of mantra is thousands of years old. And it is still practiced by millions of people from several of the world's Great Religions. Why? Because mantras work. Mantras are so powerful that it can even make or break a act. Just think out of our history, in those ancient days Sages use to carry blessings & curse in there mouths. One word could destroy or creat a entire world so much power it carries.
The Science of Sound: How ancient sages created sanskrit mantras out of primeval sounds that stimulate the chakras in the subtle body.
Our Karmic Predicament: The four types of karma and the means to reduce or transcend the effects of past karma.
Planetary Influences: Eastern and Western approaches to astrology; correspondences between planets and bodily organs; mantras for purifying the energies we receive from each planet; mantras for receiving power from the Sun.
Mantra Traditions: The Hindu and Buddhist approaches to mantra. The esoteric mantra practices of Tibet.
Mantras for Specific Conditions: The specific formulas for attaining health, wealth, protection, happy marriage, control of emotions, and more.
The Classical Method of Mantra Discipline: The use of malas or rosaries; 40-day sadhanas; Ganesha sadhana to remove obstacles.
Gurus and Teachers: The significance of teachers in mantra practice; mantras that are imparted "with power"; the nature of the Upaguru, or inner teacher in all of us.
Specialized Practices: The use of "seed" mantras; India's most celebrated mantra, the Gayatri; celebrations of the Buddha's birthday (Wesak).
What is MANTRA
Mantra is a divine combination of divine syllables or sounds which when chanted with devotion,faith and emotion gravitate the concerned God or Goddess or deity and secure their divine blessings. For divine help one must link with divine forces but majority of humans are unaware of these forces and have no link whatsoever. But when an individual starts chanting Mantra related to a particular deity regularly the gap between him and the concerned divine force steadily decreases. By regular use of Mantra a subtle link is formed and through this one could then obtain any desired boon within the power of the deity. One could obtain wealth, prosperity, fame, fearlessness, success and spiritual upliftment, but for each a different Mantra is chanted and a different deity propitiated.
A Mantra is a special set of words through only that particular deity could be summoned. If I write or speak in Chinese you won't be able to understand and my words will not produce any effect. But if I speak the language you know its effect shall be with doubt. Praying to these deities in one's language won't help much but if one uses the words that they can understand the result shall be instant.
These words are the Mantras evolved by Rishis and Yogis who actually prepared them and used them to prove their worth. Over the ages these have helped thousands of Sadhaks achieve even that which appeared impossible to them. Within doubt that whose chanting fulfils one's wish is a Mantra.