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Monday, November 5, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Bija Mantras
Sounds Of The Chakras
Within each human being lies the power to affect change through the power of a chant, the spoken words, or even a gentle whisper. The body's chakras or energy centers, so closely intertwined with their corresponding regions of the body, can be represented in sound, which parallels the energy pattern of the chakras and is symbolic of their essences. These unique sounds are the bija, or seed, mantras. The mantras are the one-syllable seed sounds that, when said aloud, activate the energy of the chakras in order to purify and balance the mind and body. When you speak the bija mantras, you resonate with the energy of the associated chakra, helping you focus upon your own instinctive awareness of your body and its needs.
OM is the most renowned and expansive of the bija mantras. It is the mantra of assent and the form of creation, causing energy to surge upward and outward.
KRIM (pronounced as 'kreem') stimulates and transforms the lower chakras, awakening and purifying the body.
SHRIM (pronounced 'shreem') is associated with the head and third eye and, while promoting health, can be used to flood the senses with delight and beauty.
HRIM (pronounced 'hreem') holds creativity and healing powers. Speaking it has the power to awaken and purify the heart.
HUM (pronounced 'hoom') destroys negativity and inspires vitality throughout the body.
In traditional Hatha Yoga, the seven cleansing bija mantras associated with the chakras are:
LAM for the earth chakra (1)
VAM for the water chakra (2)
RAM for the fire chakra (3)
YAM for the heart chakra (4)
HAM for the throat chakra (5)
AUM for the third eye (6)
AH for the crown chakra (7)
But the seed mantras, which are vessels of a self-generating power, are by no means truly rigid. The meaning of each seed mantra can be subtly changed through their intonation and the intention of those who speak them. When you chant the bija mantras, either one at a time or in sequences most often beginning with OM, your mind will be gradually become attuned to the mantras' finer frequencies until the source energy is reached and the mantra becomes the seed of spiritual energy of the chakras
Within each human being lies the power to affect change through the power of a chant, the spoken words, or even a gentle whisper. The body's chakras or energy centers, so closely intertwined with their corresponding regions of the body, can be represented in sound, which parallels the energy pattern of the chakras and is symbolic of their essences. These unique sounds are the bija, or seed, mantras. The mantras are the one-syllable seed sounds that, when said aloud, activate the energy of the chakras in order to purify and balance the mind and body. When you speak the bija mantras, you resonate with the energy of the associated chakra, helping you focus upon your own instinctive awareness of your body and its needs.
OM is the most renowned and expansive of the bija mantras. It is the mantra of assent and the form of creation, causing energy to surge upward and outward.
KRIM (pronounced as 'kreem') stimulates and transforms the lower chakras, awakening and purifying the body.
SHRIM (pronounced 'shreem') is associated with the head and third eye and, while promoting health, can be used to flood the senses with delight and beauty.
HRIM (pronounced 'hreem') holds creativity and healing powers. Speaking it has the power to awaken and purify the heart.
HUM (pronounced 'hoom') destroys negativity and inspires vitality throughout the body.
In traditional Hatha Yoga, the seven cleansing bija mantras associated with the chakras are:
LAM for the earth chakra (1)
VAM for the water chakra (2)
RAM for the fire chakra (3)
YAM for the heart chakra (4)
HAM for the throat chakra (5)
AUM for the third eye (6)
AH for the crown chakra (7)
But the seed mantras, which are vessels of a self-generating power, are by no means truly rigid. The meaning of each seed mantra can be subtly changed through their intonation and the intention of those who speak them. When you chant the bija mantras, either one at a time or in sequences most often beginning with OM, your mind will be gradually become attuned to the mantras' finer frequencies until the source energy is reached and the mantra becomes the seed of spiritual energy of the chakras
Hari Om Tat Sat
Hari Om Tat Sat ‘Hari Om Tat Sat’ is a very ancient mantra from the Vedas. ‘Hari Om’ is one mantra and ‘Om Tat Sat’ another. I have joined the two in ‘Hari Om Tat Sat’. ‘Hari’ represents the manifest universe and life. ‘Om’ represents the unmanifest and absolute reality. By the word ‘reality’, I mean total existence. You may even use the word God. Reality, existence, God, Brahman, the absolute are all synonymous terms pointing to one being, but they do not really define it.
This reality has two stages. One is the absolute, the other is manifest. This gross universe, the millions of suns, moons and stars, space, that which is beyond it and beyond this little earth, as far as we can go, are all manifestations of that reality, not a creation of reality. There is a difference between the process of creation and manifestation. You take cotton and make yarn from it, and then a shirt. The cotton has become the shirt, it has not created the shirt. The cotton has transformed itself into a shirt. In the same way, there is a great invisible force. Nobody can see it and nobody has seen it, except for a few people who we call avataras.
The manifest reality, this world, is represented by the mantra ‘Hari’. ‘Om’ is the unmanifest reality, the unseen, invisible, uncreated aspect of the absolute. So, ‘Hari Om Tat Sat’ means ‘That is Truth’. That which I see with my eyes and that which is beyond my eyes are both the same, not different. The creator and the creation are not two. The creator has not created creation, but has manifested or transformed himself into creation.
All these truths are represented in the mantra ‘Hari Om Tat Sat’. When I say ‘Hari Om Tat Sat’, it reminds me that the seen and the unseen, are both one.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Kartviryarjun defeated Ravan
Ravan was always looking for somebody who could be a match to him in strength. On finding any such person, Ravan challenged him to a duel.
There was a king named Kartviryarjun. He was also named Sasrarjun because he had thousand hands.(The word Sahasra means thousand). He got thousand hands as a boon from Lord Dattatreya(incarnation of Lord Vishnu). In brief he is also called as Arjun. But one must not confuse him with Arjun of Mahabharat.
Ravan heard of Kartviryarjun power and went to challenge him. Before challenging Kartviryarjun, Ravan saw river Narmada. He went to the bank of Narmada and started offering worship to Lord Shiva. He found that water started flowing in opposite direction. Ravan asked his men to find out the reason. They found that at some distance Kartviryarjun was taking bath in Narmada. Some women of his gynaecium were with him. He made water flow in opposite direction with his thousand hands.
Ravan got angry that his puja was interrupted because of Kartviryarjun and wanted to have war with him. Ravan's ministers advised him that Kartviryarjun was relaxing in the water of Narmada at that time and was also in the company of women, therefore it was not appropriate to challenge him at that time. But Ravan did not listen.
Initially there was war between Ravan's soldiers and Kartviryarjun's soldiers. When Kartviryarjun was still inside water, Ravan's soldiers had upper hand and they were destroying the soldiers of Kartviryarjun. Kartviryarjun came out without any worry and defeated the soldiers of Ravan. He challenged Ravan to have single combat. Ravan and Kartviryarjun fought. Kartviryarjun easily won. He took Ravan to his(Kartviryarjun's) jail and imprisoned him.
Ravan's grandfather Pulastya came to know of this. He reached Mahismati(Kartviryarjun's capital) and requested Kartviryarjun to release Ravan. Since Kartviryarjun defeated Ravan, therefore he had the right to take anything from Ravan. If he wanted, he could also take Ravan's kingdom. But, out of respect for the great sage Pulastya, Kartviryarjun did not ask for anything and released Ravan. Not only that, he even accepted Ravan as his friend.
Some stories say that sage Pulastya asked Kartviryarjun to free Ravan and some say that Lord Brahma did that. It is possible that both Lord Brahma and sage Pulastya went to Kartviryarjun.
There was a king named Kartviryarjun. He was also named Sasrarjun because he had thousand hands.(The word Sahasra means thousand). He got thousand hands as a boon from Lord Dattatreya(incarnation of Lord Vishnu). In brief he is also called as Arjun. But one must not confuse him with Arjun of Mahabharat.
Ravan heard of Kartviryarjun power and went to challenge him. Before challenging Kartviryarjun, Ravan saw river Narmada. He went to the bank of Narmada and started offering worship to Lord Shiva. He found that water started flowing in opposite direction. Ravan asked his men to find out the reason. They found that at some distance Kartviryarjun was taking bath in Narmada. Some women of his gynaecium were with him. He made water flow in opposite direction with his thousand hands.
Ravan got angry that his puja was interrupted because of Kartviryarjun and wanted to have war with him. Ravan's ministers advised him that Kartviryarjun was relaxing in the water of Narmada at that time and was also in the company of women, therefore it was not appropriate to challenge him at that time. But Ravan did not listen.
Initially there was war between Ravan's soldiers and Kartviryarjun's soldiers. When Kartviryarjun was still inside water, Ravan's soldiers had upper hand and they were destroying the soldiers of Kartviryarjun. Kartviryarjun came out without any worry and defeated the soldiers of Ravan. He challenged Ravan to have single combat. Ravan and Kartviryarjun fought. Kartviryarjun easily won. He took Ravan to his(Kartviryarjun's) jail and imprisoned him.
Ravan's grandfather Pulastya came to know of this. He reached Mahismati(Kartviryarjun's capital) and requested Kartviryarjun to release Ravan. Since Kartviryarjun defeated Ravan, therefore he had the right to take anything from Ravan. If he wanted, he could also take Ravan's kingdom. But, out of respect for the great sage Pulastya, Kartviryarjun did not ask for anything and released Ravan. Not only that, he even accepted Ravan as his friend.
Some stories say that sage Pulastya asked Kartviryarjun to free Ravan and some say that Lord Brahma did that. It is possible that both Lord Brahma and sage Pulastya went to Kartviryarjun.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Sri datta Sharanaashhtakam
dattaatreya thava sharaNaM, dattanaadha thava sharaNam. ..
Oh Dattatreya, Datta natha, I surrender to you.
triguNaatmaka triguNaateetha
tribhuvana paalaka thava sharaNam. .
shaashvatha muurthe thava sharaNaM
shyaama sundara thava sharaNam. .. 1..
1. You are the three gunas - Satva, Rajas and Tamas. You are beyond the three Gunas. You are the protector of the three worlds. I surrender to you. You are eternal. You are Vishnu, the dark blue one. I surrender to you.
seshhaabharaNaa seshabhuushaNa
seshhasaayi guru thava sharaNam..
shaDbhuja muurthe thava sharaNaM
shaDbhuja yathivara thava sharaNam... 2..
2. A serpent is your ornament. You are adorned with a serpent. You are Vishnu reclining on the serpent Shesha. To that Guru I surrender. You have six arms and you are all pervading. You are a yathi with six arms. To that one I surrender.
danDa kamanDalu gadaa padmakara
shankha chakradhara thava sharaNam..
karuNaa nidhe thava sharaNaM
karuNaa saagara thava sharaNam. .. 3..
3. You are adorned with Danda, Kamandalu, Gada, Padma, Shanka and Chakra. To that Vishnu I surrender. You are an ocean of compassion. To that Dattatreya, I surrender.
shreepaada shree vallabha guruvara
narasiMha sarasvathi thava sharaNam.
shree gurunaatha thava sharaNaM
sadguru naatha thava sharaNam... 4..
4. You are Guru Sripada Vallabha, Narasimha Saraswati. You are Gurunatha and Sadgurunatha. To that Guru I surrender.
kRishNaa sangama tharuvara vaasi
bhaktha vatsala thava sharaNam.
kRipaa nidhe thava sharaNaM
kRipaa saagara thava sharaNam... 5..
5. You live in the Sangam of the Krishna river. You have love for devotees. You are an ocean of kindness. To that one I surrender.
kRipaa kaTaaksha kRipaavalokana
kRipaa nidhe prabhu thava sharaNam.
kaalaanthaka thava sharaNaM
kaala naashaka thava sharaNam.. 6..
6. Your very glance is grace for your devotees. You are a treasury of mercy. You are Time and you are the annihilator of Time, to that one I surrender.
poornananda poorna paresha
puraaNa purushha thava sharaNam.
jagadeesha thava sharaNaM
jagannaatha thava sharaNam.. 7..
7. You are full of bliss. You are perfect. You are Iswara, the giver of salvation. You are Vishnu, Lord of the three
worlds. To that Lord I surrender.
jagath paalaka jagadaadeesha
jagadoddhaara thava sharaNam.
akhilaanthaka thava sharaNaM
akhileshvarya thava sharaNam. .. 8..
8. Oh protector of the universe, you are the Lord of the whole world. You are the redeemer of the world. You are entire time and space. I surrender to you.
bhakta priya vajra panjara
prasanna vaktra thava sharaNam.
digaMbaraa thava sharaNaM
deenadayaa ghana thava sharaNam. .. 9..
9. You have love for devotees. Oh Lord Shiva, you are always the embodiment of peace. You are blue in color and you are the sky. You have compassion for the poor and the humble. To that one I surrender.
deenaanaatha deenadayaaLa
deenoddhaara thava sharaNam.
thapo muurthe thava sharaNaM
tejoraashi thava sharaNam. .. 10..
10. You are the Lord of the poor, you have mercy for the poor and you are the redeemer of the poor. Oh all pervading ascetic, you are brilliance. To that one I surrender.
brahmaananda brahma sanaathana
brahma mohana thava sharaNam.
vishvaatmaka thava sharaNaM
vishva rakshaka thava sharaNam. .. 11..
11. You are the Supreme bliss. You are ancient, timeless. You are Brahman engaged in divine play. Oh protector of the universe, you are the Supreme Being. I surrender to you.
vishvaaMbhara vishva jeevana
vishva paraatpara thava sharaNam.
vighnaanthaka thava sharaNaM
vighna naashaka thava sharaNam.. 12..
12. You are the Supreme Spirit, the all-pervading Vishnu. You are the giver of life for the universe. You are the
remover of obstacles. To that one I surrender.
praNavaateetha premavardhana
prakaasha muurthe thava sharaNam.
nijaananda thava sharaNaM
nijapada daayaka thava sharaNam. .. 13..
13. You are the OM. You are all pervading brilliance. You are bliss and the giver of salvation. To that one I surrender.
nitya niranjana niraakaara
niraadhaara thava sharaNam.
chidaatma roopa chidaananda
chitsukha kanDa thava sharaNam. .. 14..
14. You are ever-lasting, without blemish and formless. You are the support of all and the Supreme Spirit. You are
full of bliss and full of peace. To that Brahma, I surrender.
anaadi muurthe thava sharaNaM
akhilaavathaara thava sharaNam. .
ananthakoTi brahmaanDa naayaka
aghatitha ghaTana thava sharaNam. .. 15..
15. You are the beginning, the eternal and the complete avatar. You are infinite, endless. You are the Lord of the Universe. You are the movable and immovable Brahman. To that one, I surrender.
bhakthoddhaara thava sharaNaM
bhakta rakshaka thava sharaNam. .
bhaktaanugraha guru bhakta priya
pathithoddhaara tava sharaNam. .. 16..
16. You are the redeemer of devotees, the protector of devotees. One who has devotion towards Guru will receive the grace of Him who is the redeemer of the poor and humble. To that one I surrender.
http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/o36.htm
Oh Dattatreya, Datta natha, I surrender to you.
triguNaatmaka triguNaateetha
tribhuvana paalaka thava sharaNam. .
shaashvatha muurthe thava sharaNaM
shyaama sundara thava sharaNam. .. 1..
1. You are the three gunas - Satva, Rajas and Tamas. You are beyond the three Gunas. You are the protector of the three worlds. I surrender to you. You are eternal. You are Vishnu, the dark blue one. I surrender to you.
seshhaabharaNaa seshabhuushaNa
seshhasaayi guru thava sharaNam..
shaDbhuja muurthe thava sharaNaM
shaDbhuja yathivara thava sharaNam... 2..
2. A serpent is your ornament. You are adorned with a serpent. You are Vishnu reclining on the serpent Shesha. To that Guru I surrender. You have six arms and you are all pervading. You are a yathi with six arms. To that one I surrender.
danDa kamanDalu gadaa padmakara
shankha chakradhara thava sharaNam..
karuNaa nidhe thava sharaNaM
karuNaa saagara thava sharaNam. .. 3..
3. You are adorned with Danda, Kamandalu, Gada, Padma, Shanka and Chakra. To that Vishnu I surrender. You are an ocean of compassion. To that Dattatreya, I surrender.
shreepaada shree vallabha guruvara
narasiMha sarasvathi thava sharaNam.
shree gurunaatha thava sharaNaM
sadguru naatha thava sharaNam... 4..
4. You are Guru Sripada Vallabha, Narasimha Saraswati. You are Gurunatha and Sadgurunatha. To that Guru I surrender.
kRishNaa sangama tharuvara vaasi
bhaktha vatsala thava sharaNam.
kRipaa nidhe thava sharaNaM
kRipaa saagara thava sharaNam... 5..
5. You live in the Sangam of the Krishna river. You have love for devotees. You are an ocean of kindness. To that one I surrender.
kRipaa kaTaaksha kRipaavalokana
kRipaa nidhe prabhu thava sharaNam.
kaalaanthaka thava sharaNaM
kaala naashaka thava sharaNam.. 6..
6. Your very glance is grace for your devotees. You are a treasury of mercy. You are Time and you are the annihilator of Time, to that one I surrender.
poornananda poorna paresha
puraaNa purushha thava sharaNam.
jagadeesha thava sharaNaM
jagannaatha thava sharaNam.. 7..
7. You are full of bliss. You are perfect. You are Iswara, the giver of salvation. You are Vishnu, Lord of the three
worlds. To that Lord I surrender.
jagath paalaka jagadaadeesha
jagadoddhaara thava sharaNam.
akhilaanthaka thava sharaNaM
akhileshvarya thava sharaNam. .. 8..
8. Oh protector of the universe, you are the Lord of the whole world. You are the redeemer of the world. You are entire time and space. I surrender to you.
bhakta priya vajra panjara
prasanna vaktra thava sharaNam.
digaMbaraa thava sharaNaM
deenadayaa ghana thava sharaNam. .. 9..
9. You have love for devotees. Oh Lord Shiva, you are always the embodiment of peace. You are blue in color and you are the sky. You have compassion for the poor and the humble. To that one I surrender.
deenaanaatha deenadayaaLa
deenoddhaara thava sharaNam.
thapo muurthe thava sharaNaM
tejoraashi thava sharaNam. .. 10..
10. You are the Lord of the poor, you have mercy for the poor and you are the redeemer of the poor. Oh all pervading ascetic, you are brilliance. To that one I surrender.
brahmaananda brahma sanaathana
brahma mohana thava sharaNam.
vishvaatmaka thava sharaNaM
vishva rakshaka thava sharaNam. .. 11..
11. You are the Supreme bliss. You are ancient, timeless. You are Brahman engaged in divine play. Oh protector of the universe, you are the Supreme Being. I surrender to you.
vishvaaMbhara vishva jeevana
vishva paraatpara thava sharaNam.
vighnaanthaka thava sharaNaM
vighna naashaka thava sharaNam.. 12..
12. You are the Supreme Spirit, the all-pervading Vishnu. You are the giver of life for the universe. You are the
remover of obstacles. To that one I surrender.
praNavaateetha premavardhana
prakaasha muurthe thava sharaNam.
nijaananda thava sharaNaM
nijapada daayaka thava sharaNam. .. 13..
13. You are the OM. You are all pervading brilliance. You are bliss and the giver of salvation. To that one I surrender.
nitya niranjana niraakaara
niraadhaara thava sharaNam.
chidaatma roopa chidaananda
chitsukha kanDa thava sharaNam. .. 14..
14. You are ever-lasting, without blemish and formless. You are the support of all and the Supreme Spirit. You are
full of bliss and full of peace. To that Brahma, I surrender.
anaadi muurthe thava sharaNaM
akhilaavathaara thava sharaNam. .
ananthakoTi brahmaanDa naayaka
aghatitha ghaTana thava sharaNam. .. 15..
15. You are the beginning, the eternal and the complete avatar. You are infinite, endless. You are the Lord of the Universe. You are the movable and immovable Brahman. To that one, I surrender.
bhakthoddhaara thava sharaNaM
bhakta rakshaka thava sharaNam. .
bhaktaanugraha guru bhakta priya
pathithoddhaara tava sharaNam. .. 16..
16. You are the redeemer of devotees, the protector of devotees. One who has devotion towards Guru will receive the grace of Him who is the redeemer of the poor and humble. To that one I surrender.
http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/o36.htm
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