Post about Mantra Yoga
On Tuesday, April 27th, it’s Hanuman Jayanti. This is considered Hanuman’s birthday. We meet Hanuman in the epic Ramayana. Here he helps the main character Rama (a prince) free his wife from captivity by the demon king Ravana. Hanuman is often depicted with his heart exposed and with Sita and Rama sitting in his heart. …
We approach spring’s Navaratri (Goddess’s nine nights); Basant Navaratri. One mantra recited at this time is “Tantroktam Devi suktam”. Mantra virya means the potency/power of the mantra. As I’ve mentioned earlier in the post “Mantra virya”, the mantra (and the word) was seen to have 4 different levels, from the most physical form (as spoken…
The classic Tantric tradition referred to itself as the mantra marga (the way of mantra). They believed that the mantra provided a much faster path to liberation. The reason for this can be found in their thoughts about what a mantra, and not only a mantra, but also what a word, is. They had realised…
Adi (first) Shankara 700s, was the founder of Advaita Vedanta, one of India’s greatest philosophical orientations. He composed a hymn to Shiva called Shiva Manasa Puja. Below is one of its verses. Manasa Puja means mental invocation / worship as opposed to Puja (worship) which is done physically. Reformations have taken place in Vedic invocation…