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Jagrat Shukla

4 hours ago

Stepping into Practice 🙏

Hi/Namaskara everyone,

Just wanted to share a brief note before beginning my six-month journey. I’m Jagrat, based in Bengaluru, India. I’ve completed both the introductory courses on Sarvāmnāya Tantra and will now be starting my practice. Please bear with me if my questions come up often as I move forward. I’m looking forward to learning alongside all of you and pray to the Goddess for the well-being of everyone here.

Om Namaḥ Caṇḍikāyai

P.S. If there are others here based in Bengaluru, it would be wonderful to connect. Having a saṅgha of people with similar inclinations always helps.

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Travis Clark

9 days ago

Different question on chanting

This, I think, applies to every chant and not necessarily any mantras associated with Sarvamnaya. I read in different places and books about chanting (doesn't matter what mantra as far as I can tell) these 1000, 10,000, 100,000 times. I believe I read it correctly that these are the numbers. That being said, I have also read that chanting out loud, mentally verbally, mentally visually are "worth" more or less depending on the action. Less for out loud and more for mentally verbally and even more for mentally visually. Is this the case, have I misinterpreted something on my readings? Thanks in advance

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Salomé Worch

4 days ago

Does it count as puruscharana if I chant the mantra while walking, chopping vegetables, etc? I'm asking seriously... like not counting, but repeating to stay connected?

Christian Boesgaard

11 days ago

Upanishad mentioned in todays discussion (Yogasūtra of Patañjali)

During the answer of a question on Prana, Ācārya recommended the reading of a Upanishad. I wad not able to note it down, but I guess it was Prashna, does that sound right?

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Travis Clark

Dec 14

Pretty sure it was Prashna! Weirdly, that was the one I read this morning. If you don't have a book, I would recommend the Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran. Unless of course someone who has been initiated has a better recommendation.

Travis Clark

13 days ago

Personal Mantra?

Does anyone here chant their own mantra? I ran upon this term Nakshatra. Apparently it is some sort of energy that is connected with a certain celestial group depending on your birth chart. Mine came up as Om Da Namah!(All of them are Om__Namah) I might give it a whirl unless someone who knows says ixnay on the antrama!

https://www.carla-yoga.com/blog/exploring-the-27-nakshatras-your-personal-mantras

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Ravi S. Kudesia

Dec 16

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but "Carla Yoga" might not be a reliable source of information 😅. More generally, the advice is to never work with mantras you haven't directly received from a legitimate ācārya, who themselves has realized that mantra consciousness. The nature of mantras in this tradition is that they embody the deity in sonic form, and by working with the mantras, we achieve merging into and the capacity to see the mantric consciousness of that deity. Why one would want to recite a "personal mantra" or something of that nature is beyond me. You're already you. The point is to recognize that you're also something more than yourself, which will only become apparent after initiation and serious practice of the mantra of a deity. This is the best advice I can give on the matter and I hope it's helpful!