t3rinity wrote: >--- In [email protected], "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > >>The fact that Maharishi changed his mantras about and didn't give >> >> >non- > > >>householder mantras to people who effectively opted for the >> >> >reclusive > > >>lives etc further emphasises the flexibility, perhaps, of mantra >>choice... >> >> > >Yes. I realized this when I became a student initator. I didn't get >all the mantras, only up to a certain age. But also we could initiate >family members who were older, and got one mantra for them all, just >the one which would have come next, as I realized when I became full >initiator. I have met great enlightened Swamis in India, i.e. the >Maharaji of Chitrakut, who only have one mantra to give, still private >still personal initiation, with - what was the buzz-word - yeah, >adhikAra (personal supervision). There are certain mantras which are >generally beneficial. like Raam, Namah Shivaya, Namo Narayanaya, Namo >Bhagavate Vasudevaya etc. (leave off the OM if you are bothered about >it.) > >When you go to Ammaji, she will not personally select a mantra for >you, you will yourself select it by telling her what your preferred >deity is. The you get the standard mantra for that deity from her. > >Let's suppose you say your preferred deity is Shakti, and you get a >Shakti mantra, but our Ayurveda experts tell you that its no good >because you have aggrevated pitta? > >My opinion is that in this case matters of the heard are more >important, and one should distinguish between higher levels, >pertaining to that God/des and purely physical considerations. Does >anybody believe that Ramakrishna would have abondened Kali, if he had >found out that he had too much Pitta, and worshipping Her would have >aggrevated it further? But he was Ramakrishna. And who are you? > > > I have a pitta/kapha constitution. Since my lineage worships Kali my guru mantra is very heating, in fact my guru chuckled and told me I would probably get welts from practicing it (yet to see that) but it is heating. However yogis will do things to counteract the heating such as eating pitta pacifying foods and herbs, using sandalwood paste on the forehead, etc.
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