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The word dhāraṇī derives from a Sanskrit root √dhṛ meaning "to hold or maintain". [3] [30] This root is likely derived from the historical Vedic religion of ancient India, where chants and melodious sounds were believed to have innate spiritual and healing powers even if the sound cannot be translated and has no meaning (as in a music).
The archaeological and textual evidence implies, states Thomas Coburn, that the goddess had become as prominent as God in Hindu tradition by about the third or fourth century. [10] The literature on Shakti theology grew in ancient India, climaxing in one of the most important texts of Shaktism called the Devi Mahatmya.
The mantra to study, states the text, is Om Namo Narayanaya, which is of 1-2-5 syllable construct, which when studied delivers one a long life and all material and non-material desires. [ 5 ] Chapter 5 states that the one who worships with the formula, "Om Namo Narayanaya", goes to Vishnu's heaven, Vaikuntha , becomes free from birth and samsara .
In Hindu philosophy, Sakshi (Sanskrit: साक्षी), also Sākṣī, "witness," refers to the 'pure awareness' that witnesses the world but does not get affected or involved. Sakshi is beyond time, space and the triad of experiencer, experiencing and experienced; sakshi witnesses all thoughts, words and deeds without interfering with ...
According to the Tarasara Upanishad, om is the divine sacred syllable that represents the nature of Brahman, the Ultimate Reality that is unchanging and eternal. Namo can be translated from Sanskrit as “to bow to” or “to pay homage to”, as well as refer to an individual's name. Narayanaya is a term that may be translated as "to or of ...
Om! This syllable is the whole world. Its explanation is as follows: The past, the present and the future, all this is the sound Om. And besides, what still lies beyond the three times, that also is the sound Om. All this, verily, is Brahman, but Brahman is this Atman. —
Third Chapter: This chapter, 109 shlokas long, is known as Rama Mantra Mahatmaya Varnanam. In this chapter a detailed glorification of Sri Ram Mantraraj (The Mantra King of Rama, i.e. Ram Shadakshar Mantra, rāṃ rāmāya namaḥ) is described as well as how the mantra of Rama came to this earth.
The first five of these are arranged according to the specification of the panchakosha from the second chapter of the Taittiriya Upanishad. The final three elements make up sat-cit-ananda, with cit being referred to as chaitanya. The essential nature of Brahman as revealed in deep sleep and Yoga is Chaitanya (pure consciousness). [9]