Original post: Rin Daemoko
When you do order a mala, you may consider buying from The Hunger Site. I ordered a sandalwood mala from there, and as a result, 25 cups of food were given to the hungry. (mind you, the mala is advertised as a "necklace," so you may wish to go elsewhere.) I recently received a beautiful mala made of lapis lazuli from my friends (you can partially see it wrapped aroun my wrist in my avatar pic). It really does help to re-inforce one's intentions and one's spiritual aspects.
I find myself more often than not charging the mala with wisdom, compassion, and celestial influences (rather than using it to count).
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Another obvious difference that I failed to mention is the actual usage of Mantras in the two sets of faiths. Mantras in Buddhism are focused on enlightenment (or better said, revelation about aspects of life or the Self), whereas Hindu mantras are used for a variety of things (connection with a spirit, personal revelation, cleansing ect. ad infinitum). Both faiths use mantras well, so neither one is really more correct than the other; it is merely a thing of personal opinion.
Another obvious difference that I failed to mention is the actual usage of Mantras in the two sets of faiths. Mantras in Buddhism are focused on enlightenment (or better said, revelation about aspects of life or the Self), whereas Hindu mantras are used for a variety of things (connection with a spirit, personal revelation, cleansing ect. ad infinitum). Both faiths use mantras well, so neither one is really more correct than the other; it is merely a thing of personal opinion.
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Original post: 1-2-3-me
Far as I know there isn't much difference in using a certain mantra tradition, it all comes down to your own intention, interpretation, want or unwant!
Personally I very much like to listen to the Gayatri Mantra as performed by Jesudas. Unfortunately I lost it, but I can provide a link without sound http://www.sathyasai.org/devotion/prayers/gayatri.html
Far as I know there isn't much difference in using a certain mantra tradition, it all comes down to your own intention, interpretation, want or unwant!
Personally I very much like to listen to the Gayatri Mantra as performed by Jesudas. Unfortunately I lost it, but I can provide a link without sound http://www.sathyasai.org/devotion/prayers/gayatri.html
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Original post: Harmonic_Order
I have continued the chanting constantly. Mentally, I tend to revert to some variation of om nama shivayaa between thoughts, except after drink or after orgasm. I have lately contemplated the bhavacakra (wheel of becoming) and its purport. This made me nervous about attaining one of the realms of the jealous gods. These halfway-divine guys also die, leading their devotees to death, and thereby we have to repeat all of our struggles again to get back to the same point. Hmm, what if?? A grain of doubt entered my mind. I reasoned, "Since I have gotten such lively results from chanting, ought I not chant the maha-mantra? No other mantra appeals to Krishna, the Supreme Being." Then the thought split and ran into a thousand channels, e.g., "Don't I take this a bit too seriously? wtf. I should just relax and smoke some pot;" "If I change mantras, I will get halfway results, or none at all. Then I will get distracted;" "I should go back to Zen temple (which I resolved firmly not to do) and study koans (which I despise);" "I ought to only chant maha-mantra or I will go to Hell!" and also "I ought to drop everything and become a monk in any Buddhist sect which presents itself!"
Aaaaaaagh!
So, I decided to diversify.
Oh, something else. At the bar at which I hang my head, more and more Hindus have started showing up. I chant aloud and mentally... which approximates aloud... in a way. And I do routinely need to explain the mala and the silent staring as I count beads. This one Indian man regularly shows up; I remember that he sat and listened while I explained about this journey into trance the first time. The other night, I sat and chanted Bhava mantra and he sat right across from me.
So yeah. I diversify. I chant hare krsna often enough to feel like I will not go to Hell if it turns out that Shiva doesn't run the universe (having done away utterly with the idea that one ought to retain perspective and consider that my practice may not have literal truth value). I also chant Russill Paul's Bhava and Shabda mantra. They circle around Shiva anyway. I read Bhagavad-Gita and saturate myself with images of Shiva, Shakti etc. whenever I can remember it. I wear the malas around my neck and wrist, and whenever I see an Indian man or woman, I renew my concentration on the mantra. I also listen to compact disks of mantra in my sleep and during transit in the daytime.
Owing to my efforts, I get multicolored patterns in the...
I should enter a tangent here. When I do ceremonial, I see the paraphernalia and entities in an overlaid, separate space. I can see it as a durable vision, but it does not overwhelm everyday visual intake. Over time, this second sight seems to have integrated as a permanent part of my mental infrastructure. In this, I see multicolored patterns of artistic appeal and precision corresponding to my accuracy in performing the mantra/rituals. If I use good tone and pronunciation, the patterns please me. When I use the maha-mantra in any case, I very often notice a subtle shift in the color palette of my sight. The contrast increases. EVERything stands out in sharp relief all of a sudden; whereas when I use the shiva-mantra, my transcendence increases.
I should also comment that I reached a section in Bhagavad-Gita that describes the Hindu demigods as various parts of Vishnu's body, Krishna apparently embodying the mouth. And so one feeds God by offering food to Krishna. Well, since all Hindu scholars, at least purportedly, consider Vishnu God and Shiva a demigod, that means I have set out to enter into trance with a very powerful demigod. That means that Shiva embodies a part of Vishnu's body... can anybody guess which part?
I'll wait.
Well, if you couldn't guess, Shiva embodies the phallus of the Supreme Being. Basically i have spent however many weeks adoring God's boner. At least in my mind! How embarassing.
After SNL finishes, I plan to enact a ritual to Shiva.
I continuously have to check myself about pondering my rewards or punishments for chanting. I read that in the BG, and I intend to keep it parve.
No mas for now.
H_O
I have continued the chanting constantly. Mentally, I tend to revert to some variation of om nama shivayaa between thoughts, except after drink or after orgasm. I have lately contemplated the bhavacakra (wheel of becoming) and its purport. This made me nervous about attaining one of the realms of the jealous gods. These halfway-divine guys also die, leading their devotees to death, and thereby we have to repeat all of our struggles again to get back to the same point. Hmm, what if?? A grain of doubt entered my mind. I reasoned, "Since I have gotten such lively results from chanting, ought I not chant the maha-mantra? No other mantra appeals to Krishna, the Supreme Being." Then the thought split and ran into a thousand channels, e.g., "Don't I take this a bit too seriously? wtf. I should just relax and smoke some pot;" "If I change mantras, I will get halfway results, or none at all. Then I will get distracted;" "I should go back to Zen temple (which I resolved firmly not to do) and study koans (which I despise);" "I ought to only chant maha-mantra or I will go to Hell!" and also "I ought to drop everything and become a monk in any Buddhist sect which presents itself!"
Aaaaaaagh!
So, I decided to diversify.
Oh, something else. At the bar at which I hang my head, more and more Hindus have started showing up. I chant aloud and mentally... which approximates aloud... in a way. And I do routinely need to explain the mala and the silent staring as I count beads. This one Indian man regularly shows up; I remember that he sat and listened while I explained about this journey into trance the first time. The other night, I sat and chanted Bhava mantra and he sat right across from me.
So yeah. I diversify. I chant hare krsna often enough to feel like I will not go to Hell if it turns out that Shiva doesn't run the universe (having done away utterly with the idea that one ought to retain perspective and consider that my practice may not have literal truth value). I also chant Russill Paul's Bhava and Shabda mantra. They circle around Shiva anyway. I read Bhagavad-Gita and saturate myself with images of Shiva, Shakti etc. whenever I can remember it. I wear the malas around my neck and wrist, and whenever I see an Indian man or woman, I renew my concentration on the mantra. I also listen to compact disks of mantra in my sleep and during transit in the daytime.
Owing to my efforts, I get multicolored patterns in the...
I should enter a tangent here. When I do ceremonial, I see the paraphernalia and entities in an overlaid, separate space. I can see it as a durable vision, but it does not overwhelm everyday visual intake. Over time, this second sight seems to have integrated as a permanent part of my mental infrastructure. In this, I see multicolored patterns of artistic appeal and precision corresponding to my accuracy in performing the mantra/rituals. If I use good tone and pronunciation, the patterns please me. When I use the maha-mantra in any case, I very often notice a subtle shift in the color palette of my sight. The contrast increases. EVERything stands out in sharp relief all of a sudden; whereas when I use the shiva-mantra, my transcendence increases.
I should also comment that I reached a section in Bhagavad-Gita that describes the Hindu demigods as various parts of Vishnu's body, Krishna apparently embodying the mouth. And so one feeds God by offering food to Krishna. Well, since all Hindu scholars, at least purportedly, consider Vishnu God and Shiva a demigod, that means I have set out to enter into trance with a very powerful demigod. That means that Shiva embodies a part of Vishnu's body... can anybody guess which part?
I'll wait.
Well, if you couldn't guess, Shiva embodies the phallus of the Supreme Being. Basically i have spent however many weeks adoring God's boner. At least in my mind! How embarassing.
After SNL finishes, I plan to enact a ritual to Shiva.
I continuously have to check myself about pondering my rewards or punishments for chanting. I read that in the BG, and I intend to keep it parve.
No mas for now.
H_O