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Recieved: 1999/10/13 12:24
Subject: Re: [K-list] Lost mantras due to ineffectiveness
From: kim fisher
On 1999/10/13 12:24, kim fisher posted thus to the K-list:
Zala,
You want the words to the correct words found in the
mantra: They can be found in "deep" prayer.
Kim (aka) Allahundra
--- Zala <s062723ATnospamstudent.uq.edu.au> wrote:
> The problem of efficacityof mantra does not lie
> entirely with
> respect to mantracaetanya. Mantraghat is also
> affected, but the main
> concern
> has to do with what is known as purashcarana in
> Sanskrita. As with
> mantracaetanya, the concept of purashcarana is
> complex, and it has a dual
> meaning - (1) as applied by Mahakaola and (2) as
> applied by the sadhaka.
>
> To put all this in layman's terms (which is about
> all that I really grasp
> of
> the subject anyway), a mantra is like a battery. It
> must have an
> appropriate
> structure but, more than that, it must also be
> empowered. Those who have
> replaced the battery in a car or motorcycle
> generally know that it is not
> enough to buy a new battery at the shop and replace
> the old one. For that
> new battery to work, it must be properly charged.
>
> Similarly, there are many words or combinations of
> words with the
> appropriate structure of mantras - the right number
> of syllables and an
> appropriate meaning. But that is not enough to
> qualify them as mantras.
> Without being empowered by mahakaola - without the
> purashcarana of
> mahakaola, they do not carry the power you require
> for raising your
> kundalini from muladhara cakra to sahasrara cakra.
>
>
>
=====
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