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Tripuraghna
May 22, 2023 01:05 AM
This is a very troublesome Yuga and much of the scriptures are beyond the capacity of most people. I consider the Mantra Pañcadaśākṣarī as Mahā Ugra. Depending on a person's spiritual and physical maturity, he could not recite the Pañcadaśākṣarī more than 108 times without fainting. I don't know how to explain exactly why this Mantra is devoid of almost all power depending on who recites it. I believe it is the Divine Mother herself protecting the devotee. There is no doubt, an ordinary person cannot recite Pañcadaśākṣarī more than 108 times without fainting. If the Pañcadaśākṣarī is endowed with the normal potential it has. Mantra Siddhi is something far away for most people, but it is for their own good. There is also the problem of the almost incalculable amount of false Gurus.
Guhan
May 22, 2023 01:05 AM
Namaste Tripuraghna, if the Panchadashakshari is difficult to achieve siddhi in this Yuga and if the Sahasranama and Trishati etc also won't unlock without mantra siddhi of the Panchadashakshari first, what would you suggest instead as a more effective way of worshipping Lalitambika and attaining Her Grace? Or is it perhaps more effective to worship the Mother in some other form instead like Chandi or Guhyakali etc? Thank you.
Krishna
May 22, 2023 01:05 AM
Both Pañcadaśī and Ṣoḍaśī are Mahā ugra. Ṣoḍaśī seems to hold the key to unwrapping the power of Pañcadaśī. Both mantras are extremely powerful when fully understood and contemplated. They are also extremely troublesome (Mahā ugra) when practiced without a proper initiation and the pre-requisites of Bālā (Mahāgaṇapati is also highly recommended), Vārāhī and Śyāmalā. Śrīvidya has the power to change the entire spiritual wiring in our head and completely overhaul our outlook to life, before granting self-realization. It is simply endless.
Saara
May 21, 2023 02:05 AM
Beautifully written, am speechless.
Tripuraghna
May 20, 2023 09:05 PM
"Mother, I have seen the compassion that is beyond your eyes. I have seen your compassion in the rain that wets the flowers and quenches the thirst of the beings of this land. I saw your compassion in the fruits of the trees feeding the hungry beings. I saw your compassion through the rays of the sun reflected by the cold full moon, causing intoxication in the couple in love sitting on the edge of the sea. Mother, if I look at you through the bright full moon I'll go crazy with intoxication. Mother, if I look at you through the midday sun I will be blind to the world of illusions. Tell me, who in this world is more compassionate than you? Even if I were lost in the scorching desert, I could quench my hunger and thirst, realize brahman and attain the luminous body, just by looking into your eyes which are like the sun that dispels the darkness of this world. Mother, you never left me. I was the one who had abandoned you." (Tripuraghna)
Tripuraghna
May 20, 2023 08:05 PM
Namaste Nesh. In this Kaliyuga people don't have much time for complicated and lengthy rituals. There is a quick fix for this problem. After learning from the Guru the science of looking directly at the sun for long periods without injuring the eyes, the mighty devotee should abandon all other means and recite the Mantra while looking directly at the disc of the sun. He should regard the sun as the Nirguna form of the worshiped deity. Sharpening the Mantra directly with the pure energy of the sun, which is the source of the very rainbow of all letters and alphabets, which is the very rainbow of all offerings, the devotee quickly attains the perfection (Siddhi) of the Mantra without the need of Homa, Tarpana, Marjana, Bhojana. Indeed he accomplishes all this simultaneously by offering the solar energy to the deity and destroying all Mantra defects with that source of all colors of dynamic consciousness. The science of looking at the sun for long periods must be learned from the Guru. The manipulation of this energy must also be learned from the Guru. The intelligent devotee knows that all elements and substances present on earth exist in the sun which is Parabrahman's own pure energy.
Nesh
May 20, 2023 06:05 PM
Namaskaraams. In some instances I have heard that reciting a mantra at a certain auspicious place, during an a certain auspicious activity, or during an auspicious time will increase the value of the recitation in regard to reaching fructification of said mantra. For example, performing a homa with reciting dramatically increases the effects. Are there any low-hanging fruits with this mind? Is there any presumption of enhanced cost effectiveness with mantra Japa done on purnima, or done while circumambulating the deity, or done directly after reciting bhuta lippi and sarva mantra-yantra-tantra sanjīvani stotram? Or, conversely, does the Japa count for fructification expect that a sadhaka will be performing Japa in maximally effective settings, beyond just the prerequisites of induction and nyasas etc? This would mean that the Japa count for fructification, in the context of modern life, may actually be expected to be higher than the texts say, even with perfect pronunciation, due to extraneous issues and ritual deficits.
Nesh
May 20, 2023 08:05 AM
Namaskaraams! What a beautifully poetic mantra this is. Guruji, please if it is convenient, tell about the deeper meaning, if there is one. I was thinking this mantra must be effective, because it does not seem to hide its samsaric nature at all. Or, that was/is my impression. Perhaps I am totally wrong. One who has mastered detached enjoyment and magnanimity may indeed reap the full benefits while not risking more attachments to the virtual reality or sense organs perceive, but I can’t began to imagine that mind set. Dear community, if you could use a good chuckle, copy and paste the Sanskrit text of this mantra into Google translate
Nesh
May 19, 2023 10:05 PM
* अँ & आँ , not u and ū, although point would still be similar. Even if 612.2448 and 612.2449 are very similar, and could be rounded into identical numbers, if high precision is important, they are distinct. Regarding the letters of matrika, are the Shaktis of अँ and आँ distinct or not? Perhaps one’s jnana and sankalpam become more important at this point? What do you think?
Nesh
May 19, 2023 09:05 PM
You are saying these उँ ऊँ & these ओं औँ are the same in mātrika system, correct? I am just beginning to learn of the system but I am inclined to notice that this doesn’t make total sense. Perhaps it is do to my ignorance. But from my basic understandings, some bhairavite text and Garland of Letters by Woodroffe, each of what you are calling same is distinctive. This aligns with the fact that the shape of the waveforms of the sounds are going to be distinct. The beauty of this system is it is totally granular, and two different sounds are different like two different differential equations describing how their waves will bounce around a space are different. To my understanding, extra-dimensional consciousness are intimately tied to unique wave forms. They are also perhaps sometimes, mantra-bound and yantra bound. These meanings have a mathematical and physical sense. Different matrikas even if they are close, will produce different effects and call different resonances and harmonies
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