Ramanuja shouted to them, “The mercy of the Lord has come to me. When the people saw the young man standing on top of the top of the temple, they came running in droves. He quickly climbed up the Eastern Gate Tower (Gopura) in the Srirangam Temple and summoned the villagers in a loud voice. Ramanuja was so inspired by the mantra and his power that he could not hold it back. The teacher told Ramanuja that the mantra would allow him to free himself from the world and that liberated people could better serve the world. He also told him to keep silence about this initiation. Then he instructed Ramanuja to keep singing the mantra and connect with it. He pulled Ramanuja close and introduced him to the mantra by intoning it into his left ear. When Ramanuja was a young man, his inner attitude, devotion, and discipline found admiration for a teacher of the Vaishnava cult. Since ancient times, the mantra has been recited in the temple by persons authentically initiated. Its four entrances point east, west, south and north, and each entrance has a very high gate tower (Gopura). Srirangam is a very large temple with huge land holdings extending on its four sides. In the famous temple Srirangam he was initiated into the mantra by his teacher. Until the arrival of Ramanuja, it was used only by persons who had been initiated into the mantra, and this initiation always took place from the mouth of the teacher to the ear of the disciple. ![]() Sri Ramanuja was the teacher who introduced this mantra to the masses of Kali Yuga. There are many other deities whose names are recited for identical practices, either with the title "Great Deity" ("Ōmikami", 御神), "Great Shining Deity" ("Daimyōjin", 大明神), or a different title.Source:, “OM Namo Narayanaya”, Dr.K.Parvathi Kumar, Edition Kulapati, Welmelskirchen, Germany 2014 Three audio files were included here as examples of this practice: One of reciting for the Sun Godess "Amaterasu Ōmikami"(天照大御神), the second of reciting for the god "Inari Daimyōjin" (稲荷大明神), and the third of reciting for the Moon God "Tsukiyomi Ōmikami" (月読大御神). In the audio recording, the recitation is in plain speech and without any melody, but some sources recommend matching the mantra with breathing rhythms and it is also possible to add a chanting rhythm to the recitation. These mantras are referred to as "shinju" (神咒), meaning "divine mantras" or "deity mantras." Included as examples here are mantras where the name and title of a deity (kami) is recited repeatedly as the mantra, although there are other phrases used as meditation mantras depending on the shrine or sect of Shinto. The following is a listing of the mantras in this collection:Ĭertain shrines or sects of the Japanese religion Shinto have developed their own mantras for meditation primarily in response to Buddhism's use of mantra meditation. Also, note that often recitations are done a specific number of times (such as 108 in Hindu and Buddhist rituals), but when used solely for meditation can be recited indefinitely any number of times. However, these mantras can be recited with various speeds, rhythms, and melodies which differ among temples and organizations of a particular religion. In this collection, we have selected popular mantras used in meditation as well as ceremonies from four large Asian religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shinto. ![]() One must also remember that in many religions there are certain mantras that are used specifically for rituals, requests, or incantations which are not suitable to be used as meditation objects. However, the recitation must be sincere, done with morally pure intentions, and practiced with a clear mind for this to occur. It is differentiated from many other common forms of meditation (which use different objects of focus) because it is not only used to enter meditative concentration, but is simultaneously a prayer and is considered to produce spiritual benefits or effects for the practitioner (such as a mental connection to a deity as well protection and blessings from deities). Mantra meditation uses the silent or verbal repetition of a mantra as the object of meditation. When it is for a god or goddess, it is called a "divine mantra" or "deity mantra" (神咒) in Chinese and Japanese religions. The practice was created in Hinduism and passed on to or developed by other Asian religions. Either the name or "sacred title" ("Shèng Hào", 圣号 / 聖號) of a deity can also be recited, although all terms can be generally referred to as a "mantra" (口头禅). ![]() In Sanskrit it is known as "Japa" (जप) and in Chinese it is generally known as "Niàn Zhòu" (念咒) when a dharani or sacred phrase is recited. This form of meditation practice is called "mantra meditation" or "chanting meditation" in English. This is a collection of audio files of mantra chanting or recitation, which is used as a spiritual meditation practice.
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