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MANBLUNDER
June 17, 2013 06:54 PM

It is already here: Bālā mantra japa

MANBLUNDER
June 17, 2013 06:48 PM

There is no relevance between dhyana verse and name of the concerned deity. In Panchadashi, name is not mentioned. But in one of the dhyana verses of Bālā mantra, name Bālā is mentioned. When we say ṣoḍaśī, it wrongly understood as Her age. In fact it refers to 16 kalā-s of the moon and each kalā is represented by one bījākṣara. Secondly, when we contemplate Her during our meditation, how do we contemplate Her? She is a woman of excellent beauty, Consort of Shiva, Mother of the Universe who is compassionate and undertakes all the five activities of Brahman on His behalf - creation, sustenance, destruction (individual death, concealment and re-creation. Brahman is beyond modification and you certainly cannot contemplate Her as an elderly woman. If you recite dhyana verse with rapturous attention, She will come and sit before you and tears will start rolling down your cheeks. This is the infant stage of Bliss.

MANBLUNDER
June 17, 2013 06:48 PM

There is no relevance between dhyana verse and name of the concerned deity. In Panchadashi, name is not mentioned. But in one of the dhyana verses of Bālā mantra, name Bālā is mentioned. When we say ṣoḍaśī, it wrongly understood as Her age. In fact it refers to 16 kalā-s of the moon and each kalā is represented by one bījākṣara. Secondly, when we contemplate Her during our meditation, how do we contemplate Her? She is a woman of excellent beauty, Consort of Shiva, Mother of the Universe who is compassionate and undertakes all the five activities of Brahman on His behalf - creation, sustenance, destruction (individual death, concealment and re-creation. Brahman is beyond modification and you certainly cannot contemplate Her as an elderly woman. If you recite dhyana verse with rapturous attention, She will come and sit before you and tears will start rolling down your cheeks. This is the infant stage of Bliss.

MANBLUNDER
June 17, 2013 06:43 PM

It is already here: Bālā mantra japa

SREE
June 17, 2013 06:43 PM

Please publish the Bala mantra japa procedure as you did for Panchadasi and Shodashi.Thanks and Regards

SREE
June 17, 2013 06:43 PM

Please publish the Bala mantra japa procedure as you did for Panchadasi and Shodashi.Thanks and Regards

SREE
June 17, 2013 06:28 PM

Raviji, our dhyana mantra is different and nowhere is shodashi name mentioned in the dhyana mantra. When I asked my guruji, he said that in Bala and Panchadasi dhyana mantras also the deity's name is not mentioned. Bala is 9 year old girl form, panchadasi is the woman form between sixteen to forty years and shodashi is the above forty year old form of the same Goddess.

SREE
June 17, 2013 06:28 PM

Raviji, our dhyana mantra is different and nowhere is shodashi name mentioned in the dhyana mantra. When I asked my guruji, he said that in Bala and Panchadasi dhyana mantras also the deity's name is not mentioned. Bala is 9 year old girl form, panchadasi is the woman form between sixteen to forty years and shodashi is the above forty year old form of the same Goddess.

MANBLUNDER
June 17, 2013 04:49 PM

The last line is very important to understand. For elders, money alone do not count. They need love and care from their children. This cannot be bought but can only be given. Disrespecting elders, not taking care of them in their old age, not maintaining them with dignity, not showering love on them are serious sins, which will manifest in the form of misfortunes in this life itself. This cannot be prevented in any way.

KORADA ANANDA RAO
June 17, 2013 02:19 PM

Suddenly I got thought that Dasavataras not only indicate 10 numbers but 10 stages (Dasa) of a human being such as Matsya (child in mother's womb survives on liquids), Koorma (a baby is always protected by elders like tortoise having impregnable skull), Varaha (Kissing mouth - a grown baby is liked to be kissed), Narasimha (A still grown beats persons elder to him), Vamana (The child taken to some other residence makes the roof and floor together and accompanying parent broods his head), Parusurama (Student age, gets easily enraged without understanding consequences), Rama (A youth does thinking society needs and even marries because Society wants), Krishna (An adult with goal and object irrespective of right or wrong path), Buddha (Pre-old man teaches to be sincere although he might have committed wrongs) and the last is Kaliyug (Old Man - Senior Citizen - All the youngsters pay respect but no one is ready to serve if asked for)