[Advaita-l] गुरोरभावे मंत्रग्रहणप्रकारः

[Sujal Upadhyay]

Thank you so much Sriram ji. Many will benefit from this valuable info

PrANAms



On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 3:27 PM Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> गुरोरभावे विप्रेंद्र मंत्रग्रहणमुच्यते ॥
>
> कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां दक्षिणामूर्तिसंनिधौ ।
> तालपत्रे मनुं लिख्य स्थापयेच्च तदग्रतः ॥ ...(१)
>
> संपूज्य दक्षिणामूर्तिमुपचारैः प्रयत्नतः ।
> पायसं विनिवेद्याथ प्रणमेद्दंडवत्ततः ॥ ..(२)
>
> तालपत्रं समालोक्य पठेदष्टोत्तरं शतम् ।
> एवं गृहीतो मंत्रः स्याद गुरोरपि विशिष्यते । ..(३)
>
> गुरौ संभाविता दोषाः प्रायेण तु कलौ युगे ।
> एवं गृहीतो मंत्रः स्यात्सर्वसिद्धिप्रदो नृणाम् ॥ ..(४)
>
> The ‘दीक्षा प्रकाशिका’ while mentioning the method of taking mantra diksha
> in the absence of proper Guru,
> refers to Padma Purana (needs to be referred) as below:
>
> The person desirous of mantra should approach the Adiguru Dakshinamurti
> Temple / Photo of Dakshinamurti
> at Home ‘with Guru-bhava’ on 14th day of Dark Fortnight ie., chaturdashi
> tithi of Krishna Paksha.
> He should write his iSTa-mantra (which he needs to be initiated) on
> tALa-patra and place before Dakshinamurti.
> Should perform formal worship to Dakshinamurti and offer ‘paayasa’
> (porridge prepared with cow milk).
> Then, he should receive the tAla-patra from Dakshinamurti as if his guru
> is giving and repeat that mantra 108 times.
>
> The last verse says that this procedure can be adopted which bring
> auspiciousness in
> Kali Yuga as many gurus in Kali Yuga are incompetent to initiate owing to
> blemishes in their character.
>
> Regs,
> Sriram
>
>
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