what are mantras? mantras are also vibrations
mantras are specific vibrations they are very
powerful they are the link between the material
world and the subtle level of spiritual existence
that's why they are called mantras
they are the link
now the mantras have power
only when there is silence
so many people simply chant mantras it doesn't
produce the desired results no because it's
it's on the surface you know there may be so
much of lightning in the sky but it is not going to
help you to connect the electricity in your room
because it's not connected
you may have wire at home but if it's not
plugged into the source then there is no
electricity similarly mantras are there unless
and until it is connected with the Spanda
the deeper vibrations of the being of the self
they remain ineffective and in mantra there are
good mantras and there are bad mantras the
good mantras are those who are the benevolent
mantras and the bad mantras are those
you know do wrong to others
there are mantras for that also bad mantras are
there black magic everyone calls it black magic
they say that so those are bad mantras which
are used to harm others even that needs
samadhi without samadhi that's not effective
the one who experiences deep serenity in
samadhi they will not use bad mantras at all
why would you use? never and those who
uses they don't have samadhi
in ancient days people used to use this
mantras to protect the kingdom to protect the
population to protect people from aggressions
then they used to use those things
but only who? those who have deep samadhi
can make the mantra powerful and fruitful
otherwise it has no impact when the life is
there when a person is alive then the limbs work
correct? if I am lifting the hand means that there
is this spirit inside that is why it is making me lift
the hand there is life force if you are walking that
indicates there is life force like the presence of
life force makes you move your limbs
so does the power of spanda helps the mantra
to bring about the desired results
the desired fruits so meditation is absolutely
the basis for mantras to work
unfortunately today we don't see people
who chant mantras or do mantra they
ever meditate
they are far away from meditation so
their mantras are not so effective and people
who meditate though you know they attract the
mantras they charge the mantras
their very presence brings power to the mantras
have you noticed this happening? those of you
who have seen the chanting mantra here and
there so many places but when it is done
when we are doing something when meditators
are sitting and chanting you find a definite
difference in Bangalore when we have
this big yagyas happening and these people who
have special mantras have practiced it for
years and years when they come they are so
startled they see that everyone is deep
meditation and they feel so happy and they chant
the mantras and they feel oh it's it's so different
than doing a chanting in a place where there is
a lot of crowd come in and go and people are
talking and they are doing all sorts of things
and there is nobody to receive it's like
you have all your vessels put upside down and
then there is a nectar being flowing and no
and the vessels remain empty no vessel is
catching the nectar because it's all upside down
such is a scenario where people are just
chanting and when someone is meditating
automatically they have some affinity towards
chanting towards this mantras people who have
never heard about mantras but if they have done
good meditation and they once hear or
sit there they feel the vibration
the meaning of mantra is not important just the
sound the vibration the rhythm of it is what it is
in fact many of the mantras there it's hard to
find a meaning to it so if someone asks what is
the meaning of the mantra I say the meaning
is what is the meaning of a seed? its the tree
like that mantras are seeds of existence
so don't go into trying to understand what it is
just enjoy it enjoy the rhythm enjoy the sound
that's what is more important
because it's vibrations
when we recognize this whole universe is one
vibration then the mantras start loving you
they come to you they love you there is
an affinity between that state of consciousness
and mantras it's natural
it's a natural affinity and then that fructifies
mantras are way to heal
to fulfill wishes all this can happen with mantras
I'm sure you must have experienced all this
and water absorbs the impact of mantras
a scientist in Japan has done a beautiful
experiment on this on the impact of sounds
on the water crystals and the water drops
water drops and how when different mantras
are chanted and how the crystal is different
the crystal formation of water is different
so the mantras can bring the desired result
now another example the ancient people say is
see if you want to make a pot you need clay
but if you want to make a cloth you need cotton
so to do different things you need
different material you can't make a cloth out of
clay and you can't make a pot out of cloth
of cotton so for different things in the material
world you need different material to create
different things you need different material
you want to make pasta you need wheat you
cant create pasta out of nothing or just vegetable
so you need grains so different objects
are essential to create different things in the
material realm but with mantras
in one mantra you can do everything
its said in the mantra that doesn't apply in
the field of mantra from one electricity you can
heat the room you can bring light you can have
the air cool you can have the fan run and
you can have entertainment on the television
also all through one electricity
do you see what I'm saying ?
if there is electricity you can do everything
like that any mantra whatever mantra you have
is good enough to bring whatever your desired
results are so घट Ghat and पट Pat
Ghat is a pot and Pat is the cloth for that you
need different materials but when it comes to
mantra in one mantra you can do both
so mantras transcend the division of material
existence so that is why it is
so close to the absolute
very close to the absolute and yes there are
different mantras also but that is secondary
you know just with one Om Namah Shivaya
you can get everything done and say okay no
you want to have Om Namo Narayana okay that
is also there and even that one is good enough
so one mantra does all the other job so with
that you can bless you you can wish your wishes
can be fulfilled through the mantra
the mantra japa how it should be done?
when it should be done?
after a deep meditation in fact the way to do
japa is sandwich it between two meditations
it this is how it should be done
in the beginning of any japa they say meditation
the ancient sages they were just leaving a space
empty space for meditation
and later on people didn't understand so they
started filling it up with some verses there
the intellectual scholars they they don't
many times understand what is emptiness?
what is meditation? all they know is words
so they started filling it up with words actually
meditation and then mantra chanting and
concluding with meditation
this is the real procedure of any japa
now hardly anyone follows that so when you say
meditation they chant one song for meditation
also one shloka also
so it's important to experience the nothingness
in order for mantras to get charged
that is why whenever in India in the Hindu
temples and all they do any yagya they want
Guru to come there a Gurudev
a Gurudev who is into Yoga meditation
in their presence only it fructifies
this is the belief