Mahamantra Yoga: Chanting to Anchor the Mind and Access the Divine

By Richard Whitehurst

A consultant to mantra recitation for ecstatic states, religious liberation, and better realization

• perfect for these seeking to deepen the spirituality in their actual yoga perform

• deals specified guideline at the perform of mahamantra yoga and workouts to enhance one’s perform and stream past rote chanting

• contains a CD of mahamantra yoga chants

Based on a wealthy and historic culture revived greater than years in the past via Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in India, mahamantra yoga contains repeated recitation of a sacred word, comparable to the identify of a deity, to anchor the brain and entry ecstatic states, better cognizance, and, eventually, as you vibrate the holy names, the Divine presence in sound. a part of the bhakti devotional culture, mahamantra yoga is taken into account the simplest route to self-realization within the present age, providing a doorway into the hidden recesses of our innermost being--the inner wooded area of the guts.

Citing historical Vedic texts and the insights of perfected mahamantra yogis, Richard Whitehurst unearths the equipment of mahamantra yoga and his personal profound reports according to greater than twenty years of extreme perform. utilizing the middle ideas of this historical culture, he deals psychological and actual exercises--such as easy methods to coordinate the breath, vocal cords, and mouth--to movement past rote chanting and pursue the perform consciously and joyfully. He explains how one can conquer universal hindrances to profitable chanting in addition to purification practices to accentuate your efforts. together with a CD of mahamantra yoga chants, this publication is the suitable consultant for these seeking to deepen the spirituality in their actual yoga perform and achieve the ambitions of religious lifestyles in the course of the fashionable international.

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Regardless of the favorable or unfavourable situations of my fabric lifestyles, i do know that i'm going to fight time and again to provide the mahamantra to the discomfort residing entities in the international of duality. i will be able to by no means permit my affiliates imagine for a second that this mahamantra is traditional sound, a few useless vibration that sputters out from the flesh fibers in the throat. Sri Nama Avatara lives, directs, enlightens, and loves. Sri Nama Avatara possesses final and limitless character. aspect 6. 15 All difficulties are rendered insignificant upon getting into the profound listening to and chanting of the mahamantra. What are my difficulties yet little ripples breaking opposed to my fabric physique and brain? What are my difficulties yet foul smells having relation in simple terms to the foul-smelling contraction often called ego? At this second these little issues are long past and suggest not anything. ahead of coming this a ways at the course, how may possibly i've got ever recognized freedom from all difficulties? Does the ant care because it drowns within the vat of sugar syrup? For an everlasting dwelling entity drowning during this candy, candy sound of the mahamantra, what's the challenge? My physique stands during this specific spot in the congregation. The mahamantra surges into the ear holes and tears on the circumferences. There aren't any difficulties. element 6. sixteen The mercy and ecstatic revelation of Sri Nama Avatara can be recognized occasionally even to neophyte chanters. i'm the neophyte chanter through any form of calculation. My direct event at present is facts of aspect 6. sixteen. will probably be as much as different neophytes to obtain this facts for themselves. Our nice acarya, Srila Rupa Goswami, has proven this aspect in his Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, textual content 238. duruhadbhuta-virye'smin sraddha durestu panchake yatra svalpo'pi sambandha sandhiyan bhava-janmane [Translation:] 5 forms of devotional activities—namely living in Mathura, worshipping the Deity of the Lord, reciting Srimad-Bhagavatam, serving a devotee, and chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra—are so effective small attachment for anybody of those 5 goods can arouse devotional ecstasy even in a neophyte. i want in simple terms to be honest, place confidence in the truth of the mahamantra, depend on the mercy of the non secular masters, domesticate a honest carrier angle, and anticipate the revelation of Sri Nama Avatara at each second. aspect 6. 17 Upon attaining the interior wooded area by way of the trail of profound listening to and chanting of the mahamantra, ecstatic variations of the actual physique happen spontaneously. Like pulses of electric power, the hairs of my complete physique stand on finish and surge from side to side over its floor from head to toe. Tears flood my eyes even supposing i attempt to repress them. My throat and voice choke up, and i'm not able to enunciate the thirty-two syllables of the mahamantra. Externally, the sound is frequently doubtful, even though I pressure to properly pronounce the mahamantra with my tongue and lips. repeatedly my whole physique shivers in mysterious waves of pleasure. Oh, Most worthy Sri Nama Avatara, what are You going to do with this fabric physique?

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