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. Source:, “OM Namo Narayanaya”, Dr.K.Parvathi Kumar, Edition Kulapati, Welmelskirchen, Germany 2014 We are not subserviant to our lower self, we only belog to God. This is really nice, because that means that our soul doesn’t belong to our emotions, to our limited mind, to our body, to our desires, or to our karma, or to this world, but is ever free, it belongs only to God. So OM itself means the Atma belongs only to God, only to Lakshmi Narayana. And M comes from the Sanskrit word „Mah“, which means „mine“. M – stands for the Atma, because M is the 25th letter in the Sanskrit alphabet, and the 25th tattwa of creation (which means essence) is the Soul. U – means „only“ or it means Maha Lakshmi, because where Narayana is, Maha Lakshmi is also there. In our Sri Sampradaya, which is our Vaishnava tradition, the OM in Om Namo Narayanaya means:Ī – stands for Narayana, Maha Vishnu, because A is the first letter also in the Sanskrit alphabet, and as Jesus says that „I am the Alpha and the Omega, I am the first and the last“, so as A is first, Narayana is first, He is the first cause of everything. Keep in mind here that the Snaskrit OM sign is literally translated as AUM, however the pronunciation is OM. Silcence – Turya, the supreme Conciousness, beyond the Gunas. In the Vedas it is explaned like this: A-Brahma (rajas), U – Vishnu (sattvas), M – Shiva (tamas). Here the meaning would be, “This chanting is my offering to you.OM itself is the primordial Consciousness, it’s Lakshmi Narayana, it’s Shiva Shakti, it’s the Oneness, and because it’s Oneness, each tradition can have its own interpretation. Svaha is a word used at the time of offering oblations unto fire for different devatas. That is why you pray, “Oh Lord please bless with me with medha and prajna.” If medha and prajna are there, all success will come to you. Medha, thinking power and memory has to be at service always. No matter what the topic is, whether it is a moral issue, a legal issue, or an economic issue, to succeed you require prajna. In understanding any topic, you require prajña. For making the right decisions you require two things, prajña, clarity of knowledge and medha, availability of memory. You are what you are because of your decisions. Gaining anything in terms of worldly or spiritual life depends upon your making the right decisions. This grace is like ground water that has to be tapped by the act of prayer. Bhagavan’s grace is always available, but you have to tap it. He knows what do you need.” Asking is part of prayers, as a karma. Mahyam, to me, prayaccha, give what? Asking is important. Salutations unto Lord Daksinamürti who is the source of all-knowledge and the source of all blessing. As the source of all-knowledge, he faces the south. The Lord is everywhere, but the one who wants release from samsara faces the Lord in the north. The south stands for samsara it is Lord Yama’s place. What is the significance of the southern direction? The north attracts, and it stands for moksha. He is the Lord who is facing the south, daksinn-dik-abhi-mukha murtih. Therefore, Isvara who is daksina as well as amürti is Daksinamürti.ĭaksina also means the southern direction. With maya-sakti Isvara is daksinah, the one who has the capacity to be the creator and sustainer, and also the one who can take back the whole creation into himself. Therefore, in relating to the Lord as Bhagavan, I am invoking the grace of Bhagavan.Īmürtih is the one who is formless and who is the truth of everything. Not only do I seek moksa, knowledge, I also seek blessings for achieving whatever I need to achieve in life. The word Bhagavan, by which I invoke the Lord, is everything that I seek. Namah, my salutations, to the Lord, Bhagavan, the one who has bhaga, the six-fold glories: aisvarya, overlordship Sri, wealth and health virya, strength yasas, fame jnana, knowledge, and vairagya, freedom from a sense of want.
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