The disciple who wants to have initiation into mantras should approach a Guru. He can very well make enquiries about his proposed Guru, before going to him. Then, Guru will test his proposed disciple. No Guru will initiate mantras on the first day. He will watch the qualities of his disciple. Once he is satisfied, Guru will decide which mantra will be initiated to his disciple. They both will have discussion on the mantra. Then an auspicious day will be fixed. Rohini, Ardhra, Punarvasu, Pushya, Magha, Jyeshta, Mula, Utharashada, Shravana, Sravishta, Utharabadhrapadha and Revathi are considered as the best asterisms. Chathurthi, Ashtami and New moon (amavasya) days to be avoided. Tuesdays should be avoided. At the time of initiation, the lagna should be in movable sign. 8th house from lagna should be vacant. Pithur masas like ashada, Badhrapadha, margasira and maga months should be avoided. The disciple’s birth star, 10th and 19th from his birth star are auspicious. Sun’s transit from one rasi to another rasi is very auspicious. Wednesdays and Thursdays are good. Having thus fixed the day of initiation, the disciple will go to the place of his Guru with fruits, flowers etc. well before the appointed time. The process will start with prayers to Mahaganapathi. Most of the learned Gurus first initiate a Ganapathi mantra. Only then other mantras are initiated. After prayers to Mahaganapathi, prayers are offered to ashtadik balagas and navagrahas. Then Guru will perform punyakavachanam by invoking lord varuna and this water is sprinked on the disciple. Then Guru will give a small talk about the deity, whose mantra is to be initiated. Then the disciple will asked to sit facing the eastern direction and the Guru will sit facing the northern direction.
Nobody will be allowed anywhere near the place where Guru and his disciple are sitting. Then Guru will start saying the mantra very slowly asking the disciple to repeat. Thus Guru says the mantra three times and the disciple also repeats three times. After this process Guru also informs his disciple, about his (Guru) guru from whom he got his initiation. This lineage is called Guru parampara. Then other details of the mantra like dyana sloka, nyasa etc are taught. Then the disciple should pay respects to his Guru and please him dakshina etc. The disciple should go to his Guru on the next day for repeation of the mantra by Guru. This process is called dwithiam. Incase of any mistakes that could have happened on the first day inadvertently, will be rectified during this process. The After this process, the disciple should start doing japa daily, both in the morning and evening. The counts should be fixed and should not vary, at least should not be reduced. The number of japas of each mantra has been fixed by ancient rishis. Let us say that some has got 2,00,000 japas. Once, that much amount of japa is done, Guru is to be informed. After his permission and as per his directions, puracharana is to be performed. This consists of 10% of the japa as Havana and 10% of Havana as tarpana and 10% of tarpana as marjana and 10% of marjana as bhojana. For 2,00,000 japas, ahuthis of Havana will be 20,000, tarpana will 2,000, marjana will be 200 and bhojana to 20 people. After performing this, the disciple will attain siddhi in the mantra. Whether mantra siddhi is attained or not can be said only by the Guru who has initiated the mantra. This is the concluding part of the mantras.
Armageddon Thru To You
February 09, 2009 02:45 AM
Armageddon Thru To You
If you've been wondering why it seems like the world around us is unraveling, it's because the last days as foretold in the bible are now upon us. Just as it was 2000 years ago, many were unable to discern the signs of Jesus Christ's first coming (Mat 16:3), as will many concerning his second coming, which will occur very soon. Yes many have proclaimed a similar sentiment many times in the past, but their errors have no bearing on today other than to lull you into spiritual apathy, and that too was prophesied to occur in the last days.
If you're not a believer in Jesus Christ because you're an atheist, consider that the underlying impetus for your disbelief is most likely borne of pride and here's why:
When we die, if you as an atheist were right, then there is no upside or downside for anyone regarding the afterlife. We will all simply cease to exist
However if we Christians were right about our belief in the afterlife, then we will be given eternal life and you as an atheist will receive eternal damnation
Given the choices, the position held by an atheist is a fools bet any way you look at it because the atheist has everything to lose and nothing to gain. It is tantamount to accepting a “heads I win, tails you lose” coin toss proposition from someone. And that someone by the way is Satan (see Ephesians 6:12).
The only way to explain the attitude held by an atheist is pride, pure and simple. The intellectually dishonest and/or tortured reasoning used by atheists to try and disprove the existence of God is nothing more than attempts to posture themselves as superior (a symptom of pride). And as anyone who has read their bible knows, this is precisely the character flaw that befell Lucifer, God's formerly most high angel. (Isaiah 14:12-15). Is it any wonder then why the bible is so replete with references to pride as the cause of mankind's downfall?
Pride permeates our lives and burdens us in ways that most of us seldom recognize. Ironically, pride is the one thing that can blind someone to things even the unsighted can see. And sadly pride will blind many with an otherwise good heart, to accepting the offer of eternal salvation that Christ bought and paid for with his life.
In any event, if you're an atheist, I wish you only the best for every day of the rest of your life because for you, this life is as close to heaven as you'll ever get, but for believers in Christ, this life is as close to hell as we'll ever get.
If you're not a believer and follower of Jesus Christ because you are of another faith, please take the time to very carefully compare your faith to Christianity and ask yourself, why is the bible the only religious book with both hundreds of proven prophecies already fulfilled as well as those being fulfilled today? No other religion can claim anything remotely close to this fact. Many Christians who are serious students of bible prophecy are already aware of the role and significance of bible prophecy in foretelling end time events. God gave us prophecy as evidence of his divine holiness to know the begining from the end (Isa 46:10). God also believed prophecy to be so important that to those willing to read the most prophetic book in the bible, the Book of Revelation, he promised a special blessing (see Rev 1:3), and this is the only book in the bible that God gives its reader a special blessing for reading. Something to think about.
Don't risk losing Christ's offer of eternal life by not accepting him as your savior and by thinking that the bible is nothing more than a compilation of unrelated and scattered stories about people who lived 2,000 plus years ago. If you take the time to study (not just read) the bible, you will literally be shocked to learn things you would have never imagined would be revealed in it. Did you know that like parables, God also uses particular months and days in the Jewish calendar, Jewish Feasts and customs, solar and lunar phases, celestial alignments, gematria (Hebrew numerology) early bible events and more as patterns and models to foretell future events?
Consider the following interesting facts about the bible that testify to its God-inspired authorship:
Did you know that in Gen 12:2, God said he would bless Israel?. How else can you explain the grossly disproportionate level of success achieved by Jewish people as a tiny minority in the world, especially after all they have gone through? And how can you explain the success achieved by the tiny nation of Israel, surrounded by enemies outnumbering them 100 to 1 and yet still they remain victorious in all their wars?
Did you know that as evidence to indicate that Israel is the epicenter of the world from God's point of view is the fact that languages to the west of Israel are written and read from left to right as if pointing to Israel, and languages from countries to the east of Israel are written and read from right to left, again as though pointing to Israel. Just a coincidence, you say? I think not.
Did you know that the six days of creation and seventh day of rest in Genesis is a model for the six thousand years of this age (ending very soon), that is to be followed by a 1,000 year millennial reign by Christ (see 2 Peter 3:8)? Adam was born sometime prior to 4000 B.C., therefore our 6000 years are almost up.
Did you kow that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is hidden in the meaning of the Hebrew names listed in the genealogy of the book of Genesis (Research it online)? To deny this was God-inspired, one has to instead believe that a group of Jewish rabbis conspired to hide the Christian Gospel right inside a genealogy of their venerated Torah, which is not a very plausible explanation.
Did you know that solar eclipses, which the bible describes as the sun being black as sackcloth, and lunar eclipses, which the bible refers to as blood red moons, have prophetic meaning? Research it online. God showed Adam (and us) his plan for man's redemption through the use of celestial alignments. (research Mazzaroth online)
Did you know that much of the symbolism in the book of revelation refers to planetary alignments that will occur when certain events occur as prophesied? These planetary alignments also explained the birth of Christ, just search out The Bethlehem Star movie on the Internet.
Did you know that the references in Eze 39:4-17 and Rev 19:17-21 in the battle of Gog/Magog and Armageddon respectively, in which birds of prey will eat the flesh of the dead in battle from two enormous wars is based on fact? The largest bird migration in the world consisting of bilions of birds (34 species of raptors and various carrion birds) from several continents converge and fly over Israel every spring and fall. Coincidence? I think not.
Did you know that Hebrew numerology, also known as Gematria, and the numbers with biblical and prophetic significance are hidden in the Star of David? Google the video called "Seal of Jesus Christ"
Did you know that the seven Churches mentioned at the beginning of the Book of Revelation describe the seven stages the Church will go through?
There are literally hundreds of hidden messages in the bible like these that testify to the fact that the bible was God inspired, and statistically speaking, are all exponentially beyond the likelihood of any coincidence. You can find them yourselves if you only take the time to look into it. Remember Proverbs 25:2 "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings".
And finally, if you are Catholic, or one who subscribes to the emergent Church or seeker-friendly Church movement, please compare the doctrine taught, advocated or accepted by your Church, with the actual bible, notwithstanding some new-age version of the bible. And remember that although the bible is often referred to as the living bible, the word "living" was never intended to imply in any way that the bible "evolves" over time to meet, or be consistent with, the standards of man. It's just the opposite.
Well, am I getting through to you? If not, the answer might be explained in the response given by Jesus Christ in his Olivet discourse when he was asked by his disciples why he spoke the way he did (in parables, etc.) in the book of Matthew 13:10-16. What Jesus said could have easily been paraphrased more clearly as "so that the damned won't get it". Why did Christ respond the way he did when asked why he spoke this way? Is there something about pride (the bible says there is) that closes one's heart to seeing or hearing the messages supernaturally hidden in bible parables, models, typologies, and similes, etc.? That should give you something to think about, but don't take too long. Time is now very short.
If it sometimes seems like there are powers at work behind the powers we know, remember what it says in Ephesians 6:12 "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." If you study the bible, it will become clearer.
And by the way, if you are a scoffer, this too was prophesied to occur in the last days. See 2 Peter 3:3.
Thank you and God Bless you!
Armageddon.thru.to.you (at) gmail.com
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Sultan
October 03, 2023 05:10 PM
Dear, what you mention is partly true in the general framework of existence... The biggest truth is that all religions and holy books point to each other with a hidden message! You only saw the small part and don't know the bigger part! Example I said: “Did you know that Hebrew numerology, also known as Gematria, and the numbers with biblical and prophetic significance are hidden in the Star of David? Google the video called “Seal of Jesus Christ”! The information you mentioned destroys all your misconceptions... Why?!the Star of David it is Shiva and Shakti, and it is the seal of Christ, and it is the seal of Muhammad, appearing between his shoulders, physically, and it is the name of Muhammad, and maha-mad/Muhammad is Ahmed/Amitabha, and Amitaba is Buddha, and Buddha is Vishnu, and Vishnu is Shiva, and Shiva is... Barashiva in the Mother Sea...It's important to know The Abjad numerals, also called Hisab al-Jummal (Arabic: حِسَاب ٱلْجُمَّل, ḥisāb al-jummal), are a decimal alphabetic numeral system/alphanumeric code, in which the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet are assigned numerical values. They have been used in the Arabic-speaking world since before Islam! It is 100% Arabic, and the rest of the peoples borrowed it from the Arabs. For this reason, it is incomplete in Hebrew, stopping at the number 400... Unfortunately, when you use it without any spiritual practice, the conclusions will be meaningless or give meanings that deify them towards your narrow belief. In general, I will give you the shortcut: 1- All religions are the message of Vishnu/Buddha/Manjushri! 2- Science and religion Agreed except when someone understands the text with an apparent understanding or when the person is materialistic will see the contradiction 2- Moses is Manjushri 3- Buddha is Vishnu 4- Amitaba is Muhammad 5- The great truth is emptiness 6- The beginning of existence is an interaction between the original consciousness and the primary matter, the primordial waters. 7- The empty space in which universes and worlds are born is the womb of the Divine Mother 8- All religions sanctify the mother, explicitly or implicitly, even the Abrahamic religions, from Judaism to Islam. 9- The eternal truth that can only be comprehended by one of three people: the insane, the enlightened, or the divine mother: Nothing exists, all of this is an illusion. You are the only one who exists and reads this words Despite this the words do not exist! Just be impartial and let your practice be impartial, without fanaticism, and with a pure heart you will see the mother... Even Buddhism, which apparently rejects the principle of God "Ishvara", says that emptiness is the womb of the mother, the mother of all Buddhas.
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Krishna
October 04, 2023 01:10 AM
Very profound and enlightening. Thank you very much Dear Sultan!
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Sultan
October 04, 2023 01:10 PM
Oh, great Shri Krishna ji , you are extol me from your kindness and compassion _人_ and I am just dust, and you With all Gurus in reality the stars in the sky, which guide us in the darkness, whatever goodness come From me, it comes from These stars! Om Sarva Gurubhyo Namaha Om Shri Matre Namaha
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tijana
September 30, 2009 05:30 PM
Scholastic interpretation of the Holy Bible are futile and useless as the Word of God becomes alive only in the interaction between priest (Guru) and a devotee, very much like in the process of receiving a mantra described here.
Lord Jesus is Guru, embodiment of the Word (Om or pranava) from which everything emerges and that`s what Bible states (In the beginning there was a Word).
Lord Jesus met the darkness of the Kali yuga age that accepts falls teachers and is rejecting true spiritual authority. He came to bring light to the fallen Western world.
The pride described in this discourse is to be understood as a quality which makes one unable to approach a Guru and to find a guidance without which he is lost. It is said that humility is the only thing a devil cannot achieve. Without humility and sincerity one cannot receive a Word, be it in the form of mantra or in the form of prayer.
In the Orthodox Christianity to whom I belong, the spiritual voyage is not possible without a spiritual master or a Guru.
Kali yuga is advancing and its description given in the Puranas do resemble what we imagine saying - the end of the world. Maybe, just maybe, Kalki avatar will be the One whom all religions are expecting. That would be the only way of entering Satya yuga - reestablishing of Sanatana Dharma.
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Anonymous
June 04, 2013 10:43 PM
I was looking for information on the number of japas for the a certain number of ahuthis...Your article is quite informative. Thanks.
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910
November 04, 2019 11:55 AM
Sir, do we need to perform all the 10 samskaras to the mantra in a single day?
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Krishna
November 04, 2019 12:25 PM
saṃskāra-s are generally done on the advise of a guru. This is not normally done, unless the mantra that is initiated has not been practiced before, or if the mantra japa has failed. In general, it can be done over a few days time and not on the same day. It all depends on the availability of time. If the mantra is really big, then the procedure will take time.
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910
November 04, 2019 12:46 PM
Got it sir.
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