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Thu, 01 May 2003 16:56:53 +0530 Sphota-vada - Awakening...
QUOTE(Guest_Jagannathdas @ Apr 30 2003, 08:37 PM)
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I have seen it stated by various authors that it is necessary to know the meaning of a mantra for it to be effective.
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On the other hand,some(as Sahaja Vaisnavas) say that only if mantra has no relationship to any intellectual process,someone will be able to appropriate its power immediately.For example,bija-mantras are such apparently meaningless agglomerations of sound as klIm,hrIm,grlIm etc..But these contain great power.
Quote Guest_Jagannathdas :
''Interestingly the idea of awakening something that's already there seems to be a common denominator of Sahaja cults! ''
In my opinion,the reason for this is the fact that the Sahajiya Vaisnavas are monists.According to some Sahajiya texts,man and woman have in them both the divine Krsna and Radha.As Edward C.Dimock Jr. pointed out in his book,''Caitanya,...was a perfect illustration of the Sahajiya principle of unity in seeming duality...''
With respect,
there could be a human element hidden too
