[Advaita-l] pradhanika rahasya - The mystery of the foundation

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

Dear Anbuji,

To my knowledge the mantras can be recited in three ways, ie. (i) loudly,  (ii) in whisper or with movement of lips and (iii) silently. A mantra is most effective if said silently. However for the hearing of others, ie. for public good, the mantras may have to recited loudly on special occasions. However there are exceptions in some cases such as in some occult practices. where the mantra has to be recited loudly to become more effective..

Regards,

Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

--- On Sat, 10/24/09, Anbu sivam2 <anbesivam2 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Anbu sivam2 <anbesivam2 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] pradhanika rahasya - The mystery of the foundation
To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 4:31 AM

Quote: "But, here in South India (especially where I go as a Ritvik) we
normally recite these quietly."

I agree and confirm that this is the practice in the south.

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Bhaskar YR wrote:
>
>  thanks prabhuji for the clarification...but as I said above, in South
>>>
>> India, I dont know, we have been saying these stOtra-s quietly.  I need
>> further clarification on this existing practice in South India from the
>> prabhuji-s who are familiar with South Indian tradition.  Perhaps, Sri
>> Sastri prabhuji or Ananda Hudli prabhuji would throw more light on this.
>>
>>
> I don't think it is just a matter of region but of sampradaya.  I have seen
> Gujarati prayoga books that omit the rahasyas too.
>
>
>
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