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Japa mantra is the water to cleanse the mind
Divine Benefits and Grace of Repeating ‘The Name Of God’ Throughout Ones Day as a Spiritual Practice
In order to Focus people’s minds on God, Mahavatar Babaji taught people to Chant the Ancient Mantra “OM NAMAH SHIVAYA,” which may be translated as ‘I Take Refuge in God.’
A Mantra is a Sanskrit phrase which invokes the Divine by a Name of God. There are thousands of Names of God and thousands of Mantras.
Constant Repetition of a Mantra (the Repetition is called Japa) is used to focus and purify the mind, to push out the useless, worrisome or tantalizing thoughts that constantly flood our minds, ‘Allowing the Stilled Mind to Hear’ what comes from the Divine.
Repetition of Om Namaha Shivaya is a Pathway to Unity with the Supreme God.
The Name of God used in this Mantra is Lord Shiva who is a Hindu conception of the One Supreme God. This Mantra has been used for millennia and taught by Saints and Gurus in India and the West. Constant Repetition of a Mantra Focuses the Mind on God, ‘Opens One’s Heart and Mind’ to God.
Babaji once said: “The mind can be purified only by Japa. This is the ‘only medicine’ for the disease of the mind. While your mind and heart are impure, how can God live in your heart? The Water to clean your heart is the Name of God. So teach everyone to Repeat the Name of God Everywhere.”
The mind that is generally Focused on God’s Name responds, when the need arises, spontaneously to perform its required functions quickly, easily and well. Babaji emphasized Om Namaha Shivaya but also gave other Mantras on occasion: the Essence of his instruction is ‘Repeat God’s Name’.
Babaji called Japa the water to cleanse the mind. He said that people in this Age cannot meditate as the ancient Sages did because our minds are so easily distracted by the ideas which pass through them.
He urged people to do Japa all the time – as we walk, work, bathe, or any other time when the mind is not necessarily and usefully engaged.
‘Japa, and Work,’ Together, comprised a major portion of the day’s schedule at the Haidakhan Ashram in India. The Sound Vibrations of the Mantra activate and purify every cell and atom in the bodily, psychic and spiritual being.
~ From Babaji's 'Haidakhandi Universal Ashram' in Crestone, Colorado, USA and Teachings of Babaji
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Aum Namah Shivaya ॐ
As long as we are not able to rebel against the bad qualities in our hearts and minds, we shall not be able to attain our goals in life.
~ Babaji
Extracts and quotes of Babaji on this website
are mostly taken from the book,
‘Τeachings of Babajι’
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BOOK: Teachings of Babaji
‘Teachings of Babaji’ is a compilation of Hairakhan Babaji’s speeches delivered during his presence in Hairakhan between 1978 and 1984.
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