Understanding

With a determination to accomplish The highest welfare for all sentient beings, Who surpass even a wish-granting jewel I will learn to hold them supremely dear.

Whenever I associate with others I will learn, To think of myself as the lowest among all, And respectfully hold others to be supreme, From the very depths of my heart.

In all actions I will learn to search into my mind And as soon as an afflictive emotion arises Endangering myself and others, Will firmly face and avert it.

I will learn to cherish all beings of bad nature And those oppressed by strong sins and sufferings, As if I had found a precious Treasury very difficult to find.

When others out of jealousy treat me badly With abuse, slander, and so on, I will learn to take all loss And offer the victory to them.

When one whom I have benefited with great hope Unreasonably hurts me very badly , I will learn to view that person As an excellent spiritual guide.

In short, I will learn to offer to everyone without exception, All help and happiness directly and indirectly, And respectfully take upon myself, All harm and suffering of my mothers.

I will learn to keep these practices, Undefiled by the stains of the eight worldly conceptions, And by understanding all phenomena as like illusion, Be released from the bondage of attachment.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Say NO to Black Magic !

Is Someone Using Black Magic On You?

Due to jealousy, heart burning or some base cause, the Tantriks use cheap tactics to overcome the adversaries, which ruins one's life. Are you also under such a spell?

We must have peace and happiness in life, and to achieve the same we work hard. But we do not get in return to the proportions of our labour.

We get very little even after the best of our efforts, we toil to get success in our business but the profits are too little. We do not want any discontentment or discord in our family life, but inspite of our best efforts, the peace and tranquility of our family is disturbed.

On the other hand people work very little, but get too much in return. Businessmen have ample wealth just be putting in little efforts, bit we are disappointed even after continuous efforts. It leads us to conclude, that there are some evil forces which make our strategies unsuccessful.

Tantrik Prayog : Major Causes

Whenever you face such situations, feel assured that someone has used Black Magic on you, as a result of which all your efforts become ineffective.

Though such prayog is not easy, but some Tantriks expertise in it and torture innocent souls at the behest of selfish and greedy people. Such Tantriks have made Black Magic their profession, and use it on others indiscriminately at the behest of their adversaries, to mint money. Thus the happy life of the people is spoiled.

Such so-called Black-Magicians, no doubt can harm others, but they do not possess the powers to counter such Tantrik moves. As a result the victim keeps on suffering and sometimes it leads to the death of the victim. It is in fact very easy to cause harm through Tantra, but very difficult to amend the damage done. In order to learn the art of saving, one has to undergo Sadhna and Siddhi, and only a Tantrik of high caliber can do so.

Some bad effects of Tantrik Prayog

1. Continuous illness. All treatments fail.
2. Constant worries, suicidal tendencies, or a desire to move away from home and family.
3. Continuous illness of any member of the family.
4. Too much weakness associated with obesity and being short tempered.
5.Sterility, without any physical deficiency or without any medical reason.
6.Repeated miscarriages or death of the children.
7.Sudden unnatural deaths in the family.
8.Problems in the construction of house, factory or any other building.
9.Shortness of money, inspite of hard labour.
10.No desire to live. Feels suffocated. Life seems useless. No desire to rise in life.
11.Sudden quarrels between brothers or the members of the family, without any reason.
12.Achievement of objectives seems impossible.
13.Loss in the business of property.
14.Ill-health and under-development of children.
15.Loss of peace due to the fear of enemies and their evil designs.
16.Discord between spouses or the family.
17.Greatest efforts resulting in a failure.
18.Lack of Govt. favours, promotions and the desired transfers.
19.Poverty, inspite of hard work.

These are some effects which prove that you are under the spell of Black Magic. Though intelligent, you fail to find solution to such problems. It is due to the Tantrik Prayog that all your wisdom, all your strategies and all your intelligence fails.

Incase you need any help or support, you may write to me at nand@cosmosdelhi.com

The basics about Mantras and other remedies

While the Hindu Vedic astrology believes in the theory of fate it also advocates that you can make efforts to improve your destiny and counter act your fate by performing various remedies like poojas, stotra path, japa and charity etc. Given bellow are some of the time tested and trusted remedies prescribed in the various astrological and other important scriptures. Performing a Vedic puja, reciting of the mantras or charity will improve your overall progress.

Do not expect any overnight miracles. People in the olden days used to start learning poojas, yoga, meditation etc from the age of five. By the time they were 15 to 16 years old they used to attain a fairly good level of spiritual standards and when they performed poojas etc. even the Gods used to come down. Now a days people start doing Om Namah Shivaya or Maha Mritunjaya mantra japa only when they have a BP attack or when their son is ill! However one thing is sure. These remedies slowly wash away the negative karmic influences and improve the positive effects. By performing these poojas etc. your troubles may not vanish totally but the intensity of trouble is reduced and you get the inner strength to face them with courage and confidence.

Rules and regulations: A lot of people are worried about the rites and rituals to be followed for performing poojas, reciting stotras and doing mantra japa. There several types of poojas of the deities and some of them can take a whole day. The way a pooja is performed also varies depending on ones regional and traditional back ground. Various pooja books and websites prescribe long preparations and rituals for poojas. It is not possible for every one to perform a pooja like an ordained Vedic priest. Hence these scriptures allow one to do a pooja "Yatha shakti" or as per ones capability and convenience. Doing it with faith is what really matters. The minimum is: Take bath, wear clean clothes, light a lamp and an incense stick and offer some prasad - if you don't have anything at home the simple milk or sugar will do. You can rest assured that that the Gods will not curse you! Preferably keep an idol or photograph of the deity.

While doing pooja or mantra japa, preferably, repeat preferably and if possible, set aside a particular place to sit, face east or north, sit on an asan - preferably silk or woolen. If you cant manage these don't stop doing pooja or japa!

For mantra reciting, a lot depends on the type of mantra you intend to recite and the purpose. Some people recite some mantras daily. It is up to their convenience. The normal number of times a mantra is recited is 3, 11, 21, 27, 54 and 108 or more.

For specific Graha shanti, the number of times the mantra to be recited is prescribed. The prescribed time limit during which it should be completed is one mandala or 40 days. You are given a grace period of 8 days, taking into account any emergency or illness. So maximum 48 days.

If you have taken a vow to do X number of japas in Y number of days - jolly well do as vowed! No short cuts and no excuses. This is one failure for which the Gods make you pay! So think and calculate carefully (use a calculator please!) and keep an emergency cushion, before you take a vow!!

For most other mantras for specific purpose or siddhi, the time limit is 48 days. The minimum number of times the mantra is to be recited to give results, is 1 lack times with an extra 25% prescribed to compensate for any mistakes in pronunciation, counting and wavering of concentration - so 1,25,000 times total.

For the daily japa there are no restrictions. For the specific purpose and period oriented recitals - non-vegetarian food, alcoholic drinks and sex outside marriage are prohibited. Advisable to avoid onions and beneficial if u can avoid/reduce spices.There are some highly ritualistic tantric mantras and poojas. While doing these you cant have sex, prohibited from telling lies and should not even get angry for 48 days.

After the main mantra japa, preferably you must recite the gayatri mantra 108 times.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Mantras for specific purposes

Mantras for wealth:

1. Om Lakshmi Vam shri kamaladhram svaha2. Jimi sarita sagar mahu jahiJadyapi tahi kamana nahi3. Bishva bharana poshana kara joiTakar nama Bharat asa hoi4. Om shrim hrim shrim kamale kamalalaye mahya prasidaprasida prasida svaha5. Omm shrim hrim shrim mahalakshmyai namah

For Marriage:

1. Taba janaka pai bashishtha ayasu byaha saja savari kaiMandavi shruta kirati Urmila kuwari lai hankari kai2. Katyayani mahamaye mahayogindadhishvariNandagopasutam devi patim me kurute namah

For having children:

1. Devakisutam Govindam Vasudevam JagatpatimDehimeTanayam Krishna twam-aham Sharanagatah.

To have a son:

1. Sarvabadhabinirmukto dhanadhanyasutanvitah Manushyo tatprasaden bhavishyati na samshayah
2. Om hrim lajja jjalyam thah thah lah om hrim svaha

For safety of the child in the womb:

1. Om tham tham thim thim thum them thaim thoum thah thah om

Curing fever:

1. Om namo bhagavate rudraya namah krodhesvaraya namahjyoti patangaya namo namah siddhi rudra ajapayati svaha
2. Om vindhya vanana hum fat svaha
3. Om namo bhagavate chhandi chhandi amukasya jvarasyashara prajjvilita parashupaniye parashaya fat
4. Om namo maha uchchhishta yogini prakirna dranshta khadatitharvati nashyati bhakshyati om thah thah thah thah

Removing any disease:

1. Om Hrim hansah
2. Om shrim hrim klim aim Indrakshyai namah
3. Om sam, sam sim, sum sum sem saim sam saha vam vam vim vim vum vum vemvaim voim voum vam van saha amrita varech svaha.

For sound health:

1. Mam mayat sarvato raksha shriyam vardhaya sarvadaSharirarogyam me dehi deva deva namostute
2. Om aim hrim shrim namah sarvadharaya bhagavate asyamama sarva roga vinashaya jvala jvala enam dirghayusham kuru kuru svaha
3. Achyutam chamritam chaiva japedoushadhakarmani
4. Om namo paramatamne para brahma mama sharire pahi pahi kuru kuru svaha

For curing piles:

1. Om chhai chhui chhalaka chhalai ahumAhum klam klam klim hum

For curing pox:

1. Om shrim shrim shrum shram shroum shrah om kharasthadigambara vikata nayanam toyasthitam bhajami svaha Svangastham prachandarupam namabhyatmabhibutaye

For stimulating digestive fire:

1. Agastyam kumbhakaranam cha shamincha vadavanalamBhojanam pachanarthaya smaredabhyam cha panchakam

For sound sleep:

1. Om agasti shayinah

For long life:

1. Hroum om jom sa om bhurbhuvah svaha omTryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanamUrvarukamiva bandhanata mrityormukshiyamamritat

For children's diseases:

1. Avyadajoangdhri manimanstava janvathoru,yajnoachyutah kati tatam jatharam ka hayasya

For removing obstructions and difficulties:

1. Sakal vighna vyopahin nahin tehinRama sukripan bilokahin jehin
2. Sarva badha prashamanam trailokyasyakhileshvariEvameva tvayakaryamasmad vairi binashanam
3. Om ram ram ram ram ram ro ro ram kashtam svaha
4. Om namah shante prashante gum hrim hrim sarva krodha prashamani svaha

For winning court cases:

1. Pavan tanaya bala pavan samanaBuddhi viveka bigyana nidhana

To Keep safe from snakes:

1. Om Narmadayai vicharana
2. Ananta vasukim shesham padmanabham cha kambalamShankhapalam dhritarashtram takshakam kaliyam tatha munirajam Astikam namah
3. Om plah sarpakulaya svaha ashehakula sarva kulaya svaha

For removing the venom of snakes:

1. Garudadhvajanusmaranat vishaviryam vyapohati
2. Nama prabhau jana Siva nikoKalakuta falu dinha amiko

To keep safe from theft:

1. Om kafall-kafall-kafall
2. Om karalini svaha om kapalini svaha hroum hrim hrim hrim chora bandhaga thah thah

For peace and detachment:

1. Daihika daivika bhoutika tapaRama raja nahin kahu byapa
2. Bharata charita kari mamu tulasije sadar sunahinSiya Rama pada prema avasi hoi bhava rasa birati

For removing doubt:

1. Rama katha sundar karatariSansaya bihaga unavana hari

For purification of thought:1. Take juga pada kamala manavaunJasu kripa niramala mati pavaun

Reomoval of the evil eye:

1. Shyama Gaura sundara dou joriNirakhahin chhabi janani trina tori

For vision of Sitaji:

1. Janakasuta jagajanani janakiAtisaya priya karunanidhana ki

To please Hanuman:

1. Sumiri pavan suta pavana namuApane basa kari rakhe Ramu

For devotion to God:1. Bhagata kalpataru pranatahita kripasindhu sukaddhamaSoi nija bhagati mohi prabhu dehu kaya dari Rama

For acquiring knowledge:1. Chhiti jala pavaka gagana samiraPancha rachita yaha adhama sharira

For God's forgiveness:1. Anuchita bahuta kaheun agyataKshamahun kshama mandira dou bharata

Mantras of various deities

Now a days there are thousands of mantras available in all kinds of remedial books and magazines. The authenticity and the effectiveness of most of them is quite doubtful. Most of what we are reproducing below are from the book "Meditations from the Tantras" by Paramahamsa Swami Satyananda Saraswati, one of the greatest self realized yogis of our times and an acknowledged master of the tantra.

Gayatri Mantra: According to the Hindu scriptures Devi Gayatri is the Mother of the Vedas. It is said that even Trinities (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) worship her as their Mother.

The Gayatri Mantra is the prescribed daily mantra for all Hindus and regarded as the remover of all sins and the bestower of all desired things. It is also part of the Sandhya Vandana.

The sage Vishwamitra is given the credit for bringing Mother Gayatri to earth. The following is the most commonly recited Gayatri Mantra.

Om Bhuh Bhuvah Svah Tat Saviturvarenyam Bhargodevasya Dhimahi Dhiyoyonah Prachodayat
The meaning of the Gayatri mantra is as follows:

We contemplate the glory of Light illuminating the three worlds: gross, subtle, and causal. I am that vivifying power, love, radiant illumination, and divine grace of universal intelligence. We pray for the divine light to illumine our minds.

Om: The primeval sound Bhur: the physical world Bhuvah: the mental world Suvah: the celestial, spiritual world Tat: That; God; transcendental Paramatma Savithur: the Sun, Creator, Preserver Varenyam: most adorable, enchanting Bhargo: luster, effulgence Devasya: resplendent, supreme Lord Dheemahi: we meditate upon Dhiyo: the intellect, understanding Yo: May this light Nah: our Prachodayath: enlighten, guide, inspire

The other Gayatri Mantra is as follows:

Om Bhu, Om Bhuvah, Om Svaa, Om Mahaa, Om Janah, Om Tapah, Om Satyam, Om Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi Dhiyo Yo Nah PrachodayatOm Apo Jyotih Raso-mritam Brahmaa Bhur Bhuvah Swaa Om

According to the Hindu belief there are fourteen worlds. Bhu, Bhuvah, Svaa, Mahaa, Janah, Tapah, Satyam are the seven Higher worlds and Atata, Kutala, Vitala, Mahatala, Rasatala, Bhutala and Patala are the seven Lower worlds. The above Gayatri mantra is recited by those seeking the Higher worlds.

Maha Mrituyunjaya Mantra: This mantra of lord Shiva is the most effective and the most commonly recited one for curing all types of illnesses and to avoid any misfortunes and untimely death.

Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti VardhanamUrvaarukamiva Bhandanath Mrityor Muksheeya Mamritat

Vedic Gayatri Mantras of other Gods :

Ganesh: Om Ekadantaya Vidmahe Vakratundaya Dhimahi Tanno Danti Prachodayat

Vishnu: Om Narayanaya Vidmahe Vasudevaya Dhimahi Tanno Vishnu Prachodayat

Narasimha: Om Vajranakhaya Vidmahe Mahadevaya Dhimahi Tanno Narashimha Prachodayat

Rudra: Om Tat Purushaya Vidmahe Mahadevaya Dhimahi Tanno Rudrah Prachodayat

Lakshmi: Om Mahadevyai Cha Vidmahe Vishnu-patnyai Cha Dhimahi Tanno Lakshmi Prachodayat

Kartikeya: Om Tatpurushaya Vidmahe Mahasenanaya Dhimahi Tanno Shanmukha Prachodayat

Other Kartikeya mantra: Om Saravanabhavaya NamahSasthi and Chaturdasi are the best tithis to worship Krtikeya.

Santana Gopala mantra: For those having difficulty in begetting children, reciting the following Santana Gopala mantra and worship of Lord Krishna in an child form is an excellent remedy.

Devakisutam Govindam Vasudevam Jagatpatim
Dehime Tanayam Krishna twam-aham Sharanagatah.

Siva Mantras:

1. Om Namah Sivaya
2. Om Haraye Namah
3. Om Tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanamUrvarukamiva bandhanat mirityormurkshiya mamaritat
4. Om Namah Nilakanthaya
5. Hroum
6. Proum Hrim thah
7. Ram ksham mam yam oum um

Vaishnava Mantras:

1. Om Narayanaya namah
2. Om Vishnave namah
3. Om Vishnave parjyotye namah
4. Om Paramatmane namah
5. Om Anantaya namah
6. Om Achyutaya namah
7. Om Govindaya namah
8. Om Achyutananta Govindaya namah
9. Om Klim Hrishikeshaya namah
10.Om Shri Shridharaya namah
11.Om Shri Madhusudayanaya namah
12.Om Damodaraya namah
13.Om Namo Narayanaya namah
14.Om Shri Mannarayana-charanou-sharanam prapadye

Shri Rama Mantras:

1. Om Shri Rama jaya Rama jaya jaya Rama
2. Om Shri Ramaya namah
3. Om Shri Sitaramachandrabhyam namah
4. Ramaya Ramabhadraya Ramachandraya Vedhase aghunathaya nathaya Sitayah pataye namah
5. Om Shri Ramah sharanam mama
6. Om Shri Shri Sitaramah sharanam
7. Om Ramachandra-charanou-sharanam prapadye
8. Ram Ramaya namah
9. Ham so Ramaya namah soaham
10.Hrim Ramaya namah hrim
11. Hroum Ramaya namah hroum
12. Aim Ramaya namah
13. Klim Ramaya namah

Krishna Mantras:

1. Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
2. Om Shri Krishnaya Govindaya Gopijana-vallabhaya namah
3. Om Shri Krishnaya namah
4. Om Shri Krishanh sharanam mama
5. Klim
6. Krishnah
7. Klim Krishnayah
8. Klim Krishnayah Govindaya klim

Shakti Mantras:

Kali:

1. Hrim Shrim Krim Parameswarayai svaha
2. Hrim Shrim Krim Parameswari Kalike hrim shrim krim svaha
3. Om Shri Kalikayai namah
4. Om Hrim me svaha )Kali Hridaya)
5. Krim Krim Krim Hum Hum Hrim Hrim dakshine Kalike Krim Krim Krim Hum HumHrim Hrim svaha
6. Krim Hrim Shrim

Durga:

1. Om Shri Durgayai namah
2. Om Hrim Dum Durgayai namah

Saraswati:

1. Om Shri Saraswatyai namah
2. Om Hrim Aim Hrim Aum Sarasvatyai namah

Mahalakshmi:

1. Hrim Shrim Krim Mahalakshmayai namah
2. Om Shrim Hrim Kamale Kamale Kamalalaye prasida prasida Shrim Hrim ShrimMahalakshmyai namah.

Radha:

1. Om Shri Radhayai Svaha
2. Om Hrim Radhikayai namah

Annapurna: Hrim namo bhagavati maheswari Annapurne svaha

Indrakshi:Om Shrim Hrim Krim Aim Indrakshyai namah

Chamunda:Om Aim Hrim Krim Chamundayai Vichche

Siddha Mantras of Hanuman for power and siddhis:

The Hanuman mantras are very effective for all Saturn related problems, for health, to avoid and overcome troubles caused from enemies and to avoid imprisonment.

1. Om Hanumate namah
2. Om namo bhagavate anjaneyaya mahabalaya svaha
3. Om Hanumate rudratmakaya hum phat
4. Om Pavana nandanaya svaha
5. Om Namo bhagavate anjaneyaya amukasyashrinkhala trotayatrotaya bandha moksham kuru kuru svaha
6. Purvakapimukhaya panchamukha haumate tam tam tam tam tamsakala shatru shanharanaya svaha
7. Om pashchimamukhaya garudananaya panchamukha hanumatemam mam mam mam sakala vishahara svaha

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The Sound of OM

OM or AUM is the most important and significant word of Mantra tradition. It is considered as the root mantra of all mantra. In a majority of Mantra, you will find OM.

OM is the most often chanted sound among all the sacred sounds on earth. This sound is considered as the sound of the existence. It is believed that the whole universe, in its fundamental form, is made up of vibrating, pulsating energy. Om is considered as the humming sound of this cosmic energy.

OM is said to be the original primordial creative sound from which the entire universe have manifested. It is also known as the 'Anahat Nada', the "Unstruck Sound". This means the sound that is not made by two things striking together.

If you observe the nature of sound you'll find that all ordinary audible sound are produced by the striking of two objects : bow and strings, drum and stick, two vocal cords, waves against the shore, winds against the leaves, bat against the ball, tyers against the road etc. In short all sounds within our range of listening are produces by things visible or invisible, striking each other or vibrating together, resulting in pulsating waves of air molecules which we interprets as sound.

In contrast to the above, OM is the sound which is not the result of the striking of two objects. It, rather emanates on its own. It is the primal sound of the universe that contains all sounds in itself.

The meaning of OM

Well unlike all other mantra, there is no meaning of OM. It is actually not a word, it is a sound. As per Hindu tradition, OM is the purest name of God. It is the sound of the supreme consciousness. So when you reapeat OM, you actualy take the name of God.

Now without going into the further philosophical explanation of OM, let us learn how to meditate using OM. Repetition of OM or AUM dissolves the mind it its divine source. The chanting of OM several time loud, purifies the atmosphere.

Sit in a comfortable undisturbed place. Take some deep breath. Now chant at least 7 times OM in succession. Make each breath last as long as possible. Teak deep breath and chant Oooooooo~~~~~hhhhhhhhhh~~~~~ Mmmmmmm~~~~~. Then again repeat this chanting of OM. Do this for 7 times. After this, stop chanting and sit for a moment of silence. You will be amazed by the inner peace you'll get in such a small chanting of OM.

Body, Mind & Spirit

Body and Spirit

Vital-Etheric body supplies energy for the physical body, and forms the energy template on which the physical body is built.

Emotional or Astral body for feeling emotion and experiencing the astral plane
in dreams and between incarnations.

Mental body for the various thinking functions and tuning into the mental plane for inspiration.

Light body or Spiritual body for experiencing the higher spiritual worlds.

Mind - Conscious mind, Subconscious mind, Unconscious mind, Super-conscious mind & Supra-conscious mind.

Mindfulness Meditation

Sit comfortably, with your eyes closed, your spine reasonably straight.

Let your attention rest on your breathing.

When thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, or external sounds arise, simply acknowledge and accept them, allowing them to pass through without judging or getting involved with them.

When you notice your attention has got engaged in thoughts, emotions, or sensations, bring it back to your breathing and continue.