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They don’t appear on TV, they don’t get caught up in building infrastructure or a following and you can’t lure them with anything – other than extraordinary devotion maybe. More importantly, they may not even possess the right knowledge to guide you. Not every guru is an expert meditator or a specialist of mantra and tantra or yoga.
The sadhanas (spiritual practices) I share in this book have been personally validated by me. They worked for me when I fulfilled the conditions required for each sadhana and followed the scriptural injunctions.
Mantra sadhana places great emphasis on adhering to the framework of mantra yoga. And that invariably entails faith in your god, guru, mantra, lineage and initiation. These are not mere words or titles but the keepers and champions of a time-worn tradition.
A sadhaka (aspirant) on the path of mantra yoga cannot succeed without reverence and devotion. This has been my unfailing experience, too. Real devotion makes you humble, it melts you, transforms you. If you have longed to be one with God by chanting the holy names, or if you have wondered about the ancient science of mantras, but couldn’t find a guru to guide you, you have the right book in your hands.
Nothing about Shiva’s smile, his shapely yogic body and his intoxicating voice gave away the austerities he had practiced in the last eighty thousand years. One million years passed in great bliss at Chintamani griha.
Shiva laughed at Devi’s innocence. “To carry out my task of transformation, which some call destruction, I go to Kailasha to sit in one-pointed concentration. This is not the only planet in the creation, Bhadre.”
“You will be my witness at the time of my first act of complete annihilation and subsequently be born to Daksha Prajapati in a creation that will be made up of five elements, to experience suffering, separation and sadness,” Shiva declared.
“The various elements are in play, Gaure,” The Mahayogi spoke like rainclouds gathering in the sky. “There’s no suffering, only ignorance. What people call suffering is merely their perspective born out of ignorance.” “It may well be, Nath, but it’s extremely painful. It makes everything feel worthless. It causes fear and anxiety. People don’t know they are ignorant. What can they do?” “They must remain connected to the source, the universal energy,” Shiva replied. “For, the source has all the wisdom anyone ever seeks.” “And, how can they do that?” “The easiest would be to pick any sound my damaru created. Everything in its current form originated from those sounds.”
It is why, on the path of mantra yoga, Shiva is the only creator of mantras. All the sages are merely the seers. They did not create or discover mantras, much less invent them. They only saw what was already there and hence, they are called drashta, seers. All of this took place 900 million light years away, at Shiva’s original abode of Kailasha.
The original seers intelligently captured the sounds into 14 categories. a i u ṇ ṛ ḷ k e o ṅ ai au c ha ya va ra ṭ la ṇ ña ma ṅa ṇa na m jha bha ñ gha ḍha dha ṣ ja ba ga ḍa da ś kha pha cha ṭha tha ca ṭa ta v ka pa y śa ṣa sa r ha l
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The Ancient Science of Mantras by Om Swami presents key insights from the Yoga tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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