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Mantra - Yantra
Mantra = Remedial Chants to Heal
Trauma and Fill the Body with Divine Inspiration
("Mantra Japa" = repetition of
mantra)
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Yantra
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to Navagraha (Nine Planets) Chanting
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Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
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OM Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim
Pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanam Mrityor Mukshiya Mamritat OM
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"We worship the three-eyed Lord (Siva) who is
full of sweet fragrance and nourishes human beings. May he liberate me
from bondage, even as the cucumber is severed from the vine." |
It removes disease, prevents
accidents and bestows liberation. |
It should be repeated daily. |
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Shiva
Sahasra-nama
Mantra |
Please see:
http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/SHIVA_LINGA.PDF
(Sanskrit-devanagari, version from Linga Purana) |
1000 Names of Shiva |
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Vishnu Sahasra-nama Manta |
Please see:
http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/VISHNU2.PDF
(Sanskrit-devanagari version) |
1000 Names of Vishnu |
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Mantra of Goddess Durga. |
Aum
aing hring kleeng chamundaye vichchey Aum |
please see instructions at link |
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Mahalaksmi Mantra of the Goddess Laxmi |
Aum
shring hring kleeng mahalaksmi namah Aum |
please see instructions at link |
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(Naga)
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Adhitya Hridaya Path
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Bija Mantra of Nine Planets |
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Bija Mantra of Surya |
OM hram hrim hraum sah suryaya namaha
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Bija Mantra of Chandra |
OM sram srim sraum sah chandraya namaha
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Bija Mantra of Kuja |
OM kram krim kraum sah bhoomaya namaha
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Bija Mantra of Budha |
OM hrim krom aim grhanathaya budhaya swaha
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Bija Mantra of Brihaspati |
OM hrim srim blim aim gloum grhadhipataye
brhaspataye vim ta aim ta swaha |
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Bija Mantra of Shukra |
OM dram drim draum sah shukraya namah
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Bija Mantra of Shani |
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Bija Mantra of Rahu |
OM bhram bhrim bhraum sah rahave namah
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Bija Mantra of Ketu |
OM sram srim sraum sah ketave namah
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Tsong-ka-pa and H.H. Dalai Lama. (1987).
Tantra
in Tibet. Jeffrey Hopkins (Trans. and Ed.) |
"According to Highest Yoga Tantra, some persons
attain Buddhahood in one lifetime, and because these persons are not born with
a body adorned with the major and minor marks they must achieve such a body
through the practice of deity yoga.
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Meditation on oneself as undifferentiable from a
deity is the special cause... for attaining Buddhahood. If one meditated only
on emptiness and did not cultivate any method -- either that of the Perfection
or that of the Mantra Vehicle -- one would fall to the fruit of a Hinayana Foe
Destroyer.
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In order to attain the definite goodness of the
highest achievement, Buddhahood, deity yoga is needed. Also, ... one must view
one's body clearly as a divine body and train in the pride of being a
deity.
Without deity yoga, the Mantra path is impossible;
deity
yoga is the essence of Mantra."
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Tsong-ka-pa and H.H. Dalai Lama. (1987).
Deity
Yoga in Action and Performance Tantra. . Jeffrey Hopkins (Ed.). |
"When you get tired, it is appropriate to repeat
mantra. However, for a beginner the main part of the meditation revolves
around the six deities* (*ultimate, sound, letter, form, seal, and sign) which
should be cultivated carefully and leisurely.
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This is because clear appearance of oneself as a
deity must be achieved for the sake of amassing the two collections of merit
and wisdom, achieving firm meditative stabilization, and transforming all
physical and verbal actions into powerful aids for others' welfare.
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Hence, before repeating mantra, the yoga of non-dual
profundity (realization of emptiness) and manifestation (appearance as a
deity) should be sustained, developing clarity in observing the divine form
and in ascertaining its lack of inherent existence.
When, having done this one-pointedly, you become
tired, then for the sake of resting begin repeating mantra.
... Tsong-ka-pa also says that in the approximation
phase meditation is chief, mantra repetition is secondary."
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Deity Yoga in Action and Performance Tantra
by HH Dalai Lama, Tsong-ka-pa, and Jeffrey Hopkins |
"...it is said that through the power of believing
one's own body, speech, and mind to be undifferentiable
from the deity's exalted body, speech, and mind all
one's physical actions and movements are seals and all
one's speech is mantra. In this way the Vajrapani
Initiation Tantra says:
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"A son or daughter of lineage* who has seen a
mandala, who generates the mind of enlightenment,
who is compassionate, skilled in means and in
teaching the ways of letters--the door of Secret
Mantra--should think thus, 'Separate from speech,
there is no mind.
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Separate from mind, there is no speech. Separate
from mind, there is no divine form.
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Mind itself is speech; speech itself is mind;
divine form itself is also mind, and speech itself
is also divine form.'
"If a mantra practitioner believes in this way that
these are undifferentiable, he attains purity of mind.
At those times when he has a pure mind, he always views
in all ways his own body to be the same as the deity's
body, his own speech to be the same as the deity's
speech, and his own mind to be the same as the deity's
mind; then, he is in meditative equipoise."
* One who is a suitable vessel for the teaching."
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from
Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama's Heart of
Wisdom Teachings by H.H. the Dalai Lama,
tran-ed- Geshe Thupten Jinpa |
"The mantra of the perfection of wisdom--the mantra
of great knowledge, the unexcelled mantra, the mantra
equal to the unequalled, the mantra that quells all
suffering--is true because it is not deceptive."--The
Heart Sutra
The perfection of wisdom is called "the mantra of
great knowledge" because thoroughly understanding its
meaning eliminates the three poisons of craving, hatred,
and delusion. It is called the "unexcelled mantra"
because there is no greater method than the perfection
of wisdom for saving one from the extremes of cyclic
existence and the isolated peace of individual nirvana.
It is called the mantra "equal to the unequalled"
because the Buddha's enlightened state is unequalled,
and, through the deepest realization of this mantra, one
attains a state equal to that state. Finally, the
perfection of wisdom is known as the "mantra that quells
all suffering" because it quells manifest sufferings and
also removes all propensities for future suffering.
The perfection of wisdom is the ultimate truth, thus
the statement "it is true." In the realm of the ultimate
truth, there is no disparity, as there is in
conventional reality, between appearance and reality,
and thus this manifest ultimate truth is "not
deceptive." This nondeceptiveness also suggests that,
through actualization of this mantra, the perfection of
wisdom can enable one to attain total freedom from
suffering and its causes. From this perspective too, we
can say that it is the truth.
"The mantra of the perfection of wisdom is
proclaimed: tadyatha gate gate paragate
parasamgate bodhi svaha! Shariputra,
the bodhisattvas, the great beings, should train in the
perfection of wisdom in this way."
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"Love for Krishna, devotion for Krishna, is
there within everyone's heart, but he has forgotten.
So this
Krishna consciousness movement is simply meant for awakening that
Krishna consciousness.
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This is the process. Just like when you are sleeping.
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I have to call you loudly-"Mr. such and such, such and such, get
up. You have got this business."
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No other senses will act when
you are sleeping.
But the ear will act.
Therefore , in this age, when people are so fallen they
will not hear anything, if we chant this Hare Krishna maha-mantra,
he'll be awakened to Krishna consciousness.
This is
practical."
~~ Srila Prabhupada:,
Sri Krishna Janmastami Lecture
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