HOLY MOTHER SPEAKS ON JAPA AND MEDITATION
usha mehta
#6 DO YOU KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JAPA AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE? BY THESE THE POWER OF THE SENSE ORGANS IS SUBDUED.
#7 JUST SEE THE POWER OF HABIT. BY THE LAW OF HABIT MAN ATTAINS REALIZATION BY CONTINUOUS PRACTICE OF JAPA.
JAI MAHA MAI KI JAI.
usha
parameswaran ramaswamy
Respected Devotees, Nameshkar,
What Ushaji has pointed out by quoting the significance of Japa by Holy Mother is very much practical.
Mind has the natural tendency to go towards the world always and acquire vasanas. Out of so many vasanas acquired either in the past or in the present,, some particular vasanas might have made deep rooted groove in the mind due to habit of repeated actions and re-living in the thoughts. When we pour water in the floor, all the waters rush to flow twoards a particular direction where there is a deep groove in the floor. In the same way, mind helplessly rushes towards some particular vasanas and make oneself to do repeated action again and again. Thus it becomes one's habit.
With the above state of mind , if one sits in meditation seat , he may not be able to conncentrate. Hence, first one needs to come out from the preveious deep rooted habits which pulls towards the world, by means of creating another deep rooted habits by way of chanting Japa regularly . This also becomes an habit again. It is like how we remove virus in the computer, by installing another software application which is anti-virus. Virus is a software and anti virus is also a software. Thus the repeated habits of bad can be changed by developing oneself with another repeated habits of good. Eventhough initially one starts chanting Japa as mechanical repeatation, over the period , how the water in the floor automatically rushes through deep rooted groove in the floor , our mind also
automatically rushes twoards the Divine thought , which is also due to habit. But this habit is for good and in long run it helps in developing concentration during meditation along with the regular practice of Jnana, bakthi, karma, dharana. That is the Power of doing Japa regularly.
Ushaji, Thanks for posting Holy Mother's saying on Japa.
Thanks with regards,
R. Parameswaran.
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Prabesh Lohani
ध्यायतो विषयान् पुंसः संगस्तेषूपजायते । संगात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥
क्रोधाद् भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः । स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥
ध्यायत ईश्वरं पुंसः संगस्तेषूपजायते । संगात्सञ्जायते प्रेमः प्रेमात्करुणोपजायते ॥
करुणाद्भवति निर्मोहोनिर्मोहात्स्मृतिरागमः । स्मृतिवृध्याद्बुद्धिशुद्धिः धीशुध्याद् विमुच्यते ॥
usha mehta
Thank you for elaborating on the quotes. I pray to Hole Mother to drench us all in the HOLY MANTRA day-in and-day-out...24/7.
In inspiration..usha
Bharat Churiwala
Saadar Pranaam.
I really bow down to your TENACITY with which you share your wisdom in making others understand THESE GREAT WORDS OF HOLY TRIO!!!!!
In todays explanation of Holy Mother's Teaching your example of "It is like how we remove virus in the computer, by installing another software application which is anti-virus. Virus is a software and anti virus is also a software. Thus the repeated habits of bad can be changed by developing oneself with another repeated habits of good." What a perfect example!!!!!
Thank you once again, with a request to continue sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
a devotee of Devotees
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usha mehta
More inspiration from Holy Mother' Quotes
#12 What a lot of work I did when I was your age! And yet I could find time to repeat my Mantra a hundred thousand times everyday!
#13 True it is that there is no hard and fast rule about the time of Japa, yet morning and evenind are the favourable periods.Whatever the time be, you must do Japa every day.It is not good to forgo it any day.
In Joyful Selfsurrender to The Holy Trio........usha
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usha mehta
This is what Holy Mother says:
# 14 Once a devotee forgot how to count the repetitions of the Mantra on his fingers...
Mother : What does it matter? Repeating the Name of God a fixed number of times, telling the rosary or counting on fingers, is calculated to
direct the mind to God. The natural tendency of the mind is to run this way and that way. Through these means it is attracted to God. While repeating the Name of God, if one sees His form and becomes absorbed in Him, one's Japa stops. One gets every thing when one succeeds in meditation.
# 15 While performing Japa, take the Name of God with utmost love,sincerity, and self-surrender. Before commencing your meditation daily, first
think of your utter helplessness in this world and then slowly begin the practice of Sadhana as directed by your Gurul
In joyful self surrender to the Holy Trio..........usha
Prabesh Lohani
Sankhadip Das
Japa will be so natural that you even don't miss a breath, even at deep sleep the chanting will be there. Haridas, a famous disciple of Shri Chaitanya Dev, performed 3 lakh japa per day. 1 lakh was through rosary, 1 was by mental and 1 lakh was automatically performed by his breathing.
Generally, we are doing constant japa of "HAMSA" mantra. During inhalation we say "SA" and during exhalation we say "HAM". It means "SOHAM" , the real nature of ourself. This will be continued till our last breadth. When it ends, the jivatma will left the body.
Best Regards,
Das
Prabesh Lohani
Bharat Churiwala
This is one of my favourite teaching of Holy Mother:
Regardless of whether you get into water willingly or are pushed, your clothes will be soaked. Practise meditation regularly, for your mind is still unripe. After prolonged practice of meditation your mind will become steady. P. 214 The Gospel of Holy Mother
When I asked some Maharajji, they said the same thing about JAPA also.... Whether with counting or without counting.....whether with MALA or without MALA.... Important thing is REGULARITY...... I want to share one personal thing..... WHENEVER THERE IS SOME URGENT WORK....SOCIAL OR OTHERWISE....THE FIRST THING WE FORGO or I FORGO is DOING JAPA, MEDITATION, OR IN SOME EXTREME CASES GOING TO TEMPLE ALSO......It is very common thought that NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IF I MISS MY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE ONCE IN A WHILE?????
I will like some more thoughts on this subject.... It is high time, we have had any DISCUSSION OR EXCHANGE OF VIEWS
!!!!Bharat
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Prabesh Lohani
Sankhadip Das
Mahapurush Maharaj always told to chant the name at each and every work. It will be little difficult at beginning but later it will be just assimilated in the system.
Bharatji explained it wonderfully that regularity should be there.
SOHAM japa is also called AJAPA JAPA and everyone does it unconsciously, but it proves that we are PURE BRAHMAN. Whether you conscious and unconscious, you are always THAT. But who cares to practice for self - realization. It is very easy to die like cats&dogs than meditation. Raja Maharaj used say that it is very easy to dig a field with spade rather than sit and meditate.
Regards,
Das
Avithaa parthab
AVITHA
Sarbani Rath
Hare Rama Krishna
Dear List,
Here is more on Sohamsa:
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Sohamsa is the name of the Sun God as addressed to by Sri Ganesha. Soham is a Sanskrit word or mantra which means I am Him (Him refers to the omniscient Brahma) and thus, Soham is the mantra stating 'aham brahmasmi'. All the living beings on earth produce this sound 'So' while inhaling and 'Ham' when they exhale. This mantra which is a constant prayer of every living being proclaims the fact that the creature is a living soul akin to God, its creator. All vedic seers are unanimous that one can attain moksha, or liberation from the cycle of rebirth by meditating on the breath and mentally repeating the mantra 'soham'. By doing so, all evil is destroyed and one becomes equal to the devas. Soham is a combination of two words saH + ahaM. The joining of saH + ahaM is governed by the principle of Visarga Sandhi and represents Paramatman/ Absolute. In the reverse, the word 'hamsa' is derived from joining of the words ahaM + saH and represents the Jivatman/ individual soul. These two words sohaM and haMsa are the same with reversed phonemes representing pranayama (breathing process) where one starts with the inhalation and the other with exhalation. Taken together, these words sohaM + haMsa = sohaMsa and refers to the merging of the Jivatman and Paramatman. ...by Sanjay Rath |
Best Regards,
Sarbani Rath
Homepage: http://sarbani.com
Sagittarius Publications: http://sagittariuspublications.com
Sohamsa: http://sohamsa.com
Sri Jagannath Centre: http://srijagannath.org
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AND MEDITATION
Respected Prabeshji,
Mahapurush Maharaj always told to chant the name at each and every work. It
will be little difficult at beginning but later it will be just assimilated in
the system.
Bharatji explained it wonderfully that regularity should be there.
SOHAM japa is also called AJAPA JAPA and everyone does it unconsciously, but it
proves that we are PURE BRAHMAN. Whether you conscious and unconscious, you are
always THAT. But who cares to practice for self - realization. It is very easy
to die like cats&dogs than meditation. Raja Maharaj used say that it is
very easy to dig a field with spade rather than sit and meditate.
Regards,
Das
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Prabesh Lohani <prabes...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, this was another question I had. It is very easy to skip meditation and japa. I know a lot of emphasis has been put into regularity, but most of the time, I find myself crunched here and there. One of the things I have been trying over a few years is doing nirantar japa - even during work, while walking, while playing, or eating. I am glad we have swamijis and maharaj jis and senior people guiding us. Could anyone please suggest what should be done? Is it better to sit down in a seat and meditate for 30 mins and do japa full whole concentration rather than spending all day doing japa mentally?
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Bharat Churiwala <bchur...@msn.com> wrote:
Respected Prabeshji and Dasji,
This is one of my favourite teaching of Holy Mother:
Regardless
of whether you get into water willingly or are pushed, your clothes will be
soaked. Practise meditation regularly, for your mind is still unripe. After
prolonged practice of meditation your mind will become steady. P.
214 The Gospel of Holy Mother
When I asked some Maharajji, they said the same thing about JAPA
also.... Whether with counting or without counting.....whether with MALA or
without MALA.... Important thing is REGULARITY...... I want to share one
personal thing..... WHENEVER THERE IS SOME URGENT WORK....SOCIAL OR
OTHERWISE....THE FIRST THING WE FORGO or I FORGO is DOING JAPA,
MEDITATION, OR IN SOME EXTREME CASES GOING TO TEMPLE ALSO......It is very
common thought that NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IF I MISS MY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
ONCE IN A WHILE?????
I will like some more thoughts on this subject.... It is high
time, we have had any DISCUSSION OR EXCHANGE OF VIEWS Error!
Filename not specified.!!!!
Bharat
--
Sarbani Rath
Hare Rama Krishna
Dear Prabesh,
One very easy way to withdraw the mind from the routine of daily life, is to focus on your ishta devata/devi’s image in your heart chakra. Imagine Thakur sitting in your heart-lotus. Very quickly, the mind stills. The mind is very busy specially for those who are working and multi-tasking and managing a lot. It becomes difficult to empty the mind. Focussing on the heart-lotus will help. The whole aim is to go more and more inwards. Try to withdraw the mind from the outside to the inside. Practise it, its not very difficult.
Best Regards,
Sarbani Rath
Homepage: http://sarbani.com
Sagittarius Publications: http://sagittariuspublications.com
Sohamsa: http://sohamsa.com
Sri Jagannath Centre: http://srijagannath.org
From: holy_t...@googlegroups.com [mailto:holy_t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Prabesh Lohani
Sent: 27 February 2009 00:12
To: holy_t...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Devotees of Holy Trio:11306] Re: HOLY MOTHER SPEAKS ON JAPA AND MEDITATION
Yes, this was another question
I had. It is very easy to skip meditation and japa. I know a lot of emphasis
has been put into regularity, but most of the time, I find myself crunched here
and there. One of the things I have been trying over a few years is doing
nirantar japa - even during work, while walking, while playing, or eating. I am
glad we have swamijis and maharaj jis and senior people guiding us. Could
anyone please suggest what should be done? Is it better to sit down in a seat
and meditate for 30 mins and do japa full whole concentration rather than
spending all day doing japa mentally?
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Bharat Churiwala <bchur...@msn.com> wrote:
Respected Prabeshji and Dasji,
This is one of my favourite teaching of Holy Mother:
Regardless
of whether you get into water willingly or are pushed, your clothes will be
soaked. Practise meditation regularly, for your mind is still unripe. After
prolonged practice of meditation your mind will become steady. P.
214 The Gospel of Holy Mother
When I asked some Maharajji, they said the same thing about JAPA
also.... Whether with counting or without counting.....whether with MALA or
without MALA.... Important thing is REGULARITY...... I want to share one
personal thing..... WHENEVER THERE IS SOME URGENT WORK....SOCIAL OR
OTHERWISE....THE FIRST THING WE FORGO or I FORGO is DOING JAPA,
MEDITATION, OR IN SOME EXTREME CASES GOING TO TEMPLE ALSO......It is very
common thought that NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IF I MISS MY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
ONCE IN A WHILE?????
I will like some more thoughts on this subject.... It is high
time, we have had any DISCUSSION OR EXCHANGE OF VIEWS Error!
Filename not specified.!!!!
Bharat
Sankhadip Das
Thanks for your very informative note on SOHAM mantra. But the process you have mentioned below is not so easy. Actually it depends on person to person based on predominant quality of him i.e. satwik, rajasik or tamasik. I cant concentrate for a second, so i just look to the image of Thakur and continue japa.
Best regards,
Das
Sarbani Rath
Hare Rama Krishna
Dear Sankhadip,
My situation is as bad. I too have a difficulty focussing most of the time. Hence the tip: focus on Thakurs image in your heart rather than on the picture in front, and the mind stills very fast.
Best Regards,
Sarbani Rath
Homepage: http://sarbani.com
Sagittarius Publications: http://sagittariuspublications.com
Sohamsa: http://sohamsa.com
Sri Jagannath Centre: http://srijagannath.org
Prabesh Lohani
Concentration for me is off and on. Someday, when I feel elated, concentration is very deep but someday is it like holding a lit candle in the wind. It seems like regular practice is very necessary.
