SWAMI R
not unknown to FFL since he spent a considerable portion of his life
teaching, specifically in the United States and Europe.
Swami Rama (Brij Kishore Dhasmana)Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham(From
1949 to 1952)his teachers Bengali Baba, who is disciple of Mahavatar
Baba, known as Babaji.
Book quoted from
www.swamij.com/pdf/swamiramateachings.pdf
www.swamij.com/pdf/swamiramateachings.pdf
Be happy and fearless. Remember that you are a child of Divinity. Loss
and gain cannot even touch your shadow.
http://www.sonofaswami.com/bioSwamiRama.html
http://www.sonofaswami.com/bioSwamiRama.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote:
Use of Mantra
· chanting mantra aloud
· chanting mantra
internally
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· parrot-like repetition
· repetition with feeling
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· repeating mantra with
conscious willpower
· allowing mantra to arise
and repeat itself
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· intentionally repeating
mantra fast
· allowing mantra to come
at its own speed
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· with mala (using the
active senses)
· without mala (not using
the active senses)
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· counting mantras
· not counting mantras
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· mantra as word/meaning
· mantra as a feeling
· mantra as constant
awareness
· mantra as soundless
sound, silence
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· not allowing mantra to
lead you to silence
· allowing mantra to lead
you to silence
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· internally speaking or
reciting the mantra
· internally listening to or
remembering the
mantra
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· pushing away thoughts
with mantra
· allowing thoughts to go
through the mind before
remembering the mantra
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· approach that japa
means reciting mantra
· approach that japa
means listening to mantra
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
· approach that ajapa
japa means automatic
repetition of mantra
· approach that ajapa
japa means constant
awareness of mantra
more external
(gross)
more internal
(subtle)
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The subtle aspects of mantra
A mantra has four bodies or koshas (sheaths). First, as a word, it has
a meaning; another
more subtle form is its feeling; still more subtle is a deep, intense
and constant awareness or
presence, and the fourth or most subtle level of the mantra is
soundless sound. Many students
continue repeating or muttering their mantra throughout life, but they
never attain a state of ajapa
japathe state of constant awareness without any effort. Such a
student strengthens his
awareness, but meditates on the gross level only.
The Art of Joyful Living, p. 231
Mantra should be repeated with meaning and feeling; parrot-like
repetition is not of much
use. Repeating mantra merely with the rosary [mala] and tongue is a
very inferior sadhana. It
won't do merely to complete a given count
Book of Wisdom, p. 33
To go to the subtler aspect of mantra, then you, like the sages, must
go to the silence. You
go to the silence, you go to the silence, you go to the silence.
Path of Fire and Light, Vol. II, pp. 140, 164
My way of using the mantra is different from yours, because I do not
want to fool around
with the process. I sit down, and I observe my whole being listening
to the mantra. I do not
remember the mantra or repeat the mantra mentally, because then the
mind repeats many things.
Instead I make my whole being an ear to hear the mantra, and the
mantra is coming from
everywhere. This will not happen to you immediately in meditation, but
when you have attained or
accomplished something, then this will happen to you.
The Art of Joyful Living, pp. 127-128
Clearing the clouded mind
The mind usually remains clouded, confused, and undisciplined in the
external world,
where everything seems to move and change. Because the mind itself is
confused, even learning
how to collect data correctly, or accurately perceive the external
world, is a serious problem. For
meditators, it becomes possible to collect the data and impressions
exactly as they are. Such a
person sees things clearly, while in contrast, the clouded mind
remains distorted and dissipated.
Meditation and Its Practice, pp. 91-92
When the senses are untrained, they will give you distorted input and
that creates constant
confusion within. If you have accepted that there is confusion in your
mind, and if you understand
that, then nothing will lead you astray. But if you don't have that
understanding, and if you enjoy
that confusion, then your mind will create chaos within. That confuses
you even more, and there
will be no end to your confusion.
The Art of Joyful
