HI......Mantra is an invocation or a mystical formula, which aids the person to release the self and attain bliss and ultimate fulfillment. The sounds involved in a Mantra are themselves significant for they generate in the individual an unusual mystic power. Mantra produces a set of vibration in the surrounding atmosphere & its force depends on the attitude of the person as well as the intensity of concentration.

Mantras are performed through faith, the results of which cannot be analyzed measured, weighed, seen but are felt. The force of Mantra can be only felt. It should be performed with due faith and all rituals, then it is fruitfull. You must have complete faith in Mantra you are reciting and must know its meaning. Do the things as per prescribed methods. You will experience sensation and vibrations during or at the end of Japa, this is a sufficient proof to believe. Mantra requires faith, Japa, hard work ad per laid dictums to realize the desired objects and vibrations. Each Mantra has a different use, The vibrations of sound create desired reactions within the body too.

Recitation of Mantras with a prescribed number of times at different timings to give desired results. There are three ways to perform Mantra

UPANSU JAPA: It is the method where Japa is done very slowly so that nobody can hear it. Only lip movement should be there.

MANSIC JAPA : The Japa carried out only in the heart without any sound or lip movements.

VACHNIK JAPA : In this method you can recite the mantra in a low, medium or high tone of your sound.

Astroshastra has tried to explain the Concept and types of Mantras with the assortment of Mantras which one can use in his daily life and get benefits from them.
.Please follow the basic guidelines for the mantra therapy, this are additional guideline.

Sit comfortably on chair or on mat on the floor. Maintaining your spine erect.
Do 5 minute this simple breathing excersice to center your self.
Exhale and empty your lungs completely
Inhale slowly through your Nostrils,filling your lungs from thier base. Feel how your stomach expands as thier air goes in and how the middle and the upper portion of your lungs become filled successively. Avoid raising or moving your shoulders during inhalation.
Exhale thru your mouth in smooth and continous breath.

To increase the benefits of this excersice, you should establish a rhytm, making your exhalation last twice as long as your inhalation. Exp; If your inhalation last four seconds, your exhalation should last eight seconds.
Once you have completed the breathing excersice, Start simpel prayer stating your wish. If you chanting the "Kubera mantra", please make wish like " i have abundant wealth and it is growing day after day" or something that you wish for. The wish should be focus on what you want (do not use negative words), try compose as though you already have it .

Start chanting the mantra mentally , chant and listen to the power that flowing thru the crown chakra, it advice you focus at crown chakra while chanting and slowly bring down your attention to the whole body.

As you chant, you can feel vibration thru out your body (this are for sensitive people but not neccesary mean if not having vibration it not effective). allow yourself to be carried away by the transcendental vibration of your mantra. Feel how it absorbs time and place until it encompassses the whole world and expand to the universe.

There are no limitation to the chanting of mantra, but minimum time is 20 minute or 108 times. Try to fix a regular time and try do it in very counductive enviroment, light up candles , insences and quiet place. To place the Pranasiddhar yantra from over website also help to energise your meditation place with positive energy.

Answered by harsha , an ibibo Citizen, at 8:39 PM on January 03, 2009

Mantras have significant power. The powers hidden behind a Mantra is as much as that of the concerned Deity.
An ailment is removed with the help of reciting a Mantra. There are various Mantras that deal with different aspects.
The proper pronunciation and recitation of a Mantra give the required benefit.

Answered by Vijay Kayal , an ibibo Master, at 5:22 PM on January 03, 2009

Handed down since ancient times by religious seers who had attained self-realization by chanting them, mantras are words or syllables in Sanskrit which when repeated in meditation helps you transcend into a higher state of consciousness. As sound energies that have always existed the universe, they cannot be created or destroyed and command the power to heal you physically & spiritually. At the very basic level mantras help you to concentrate in meditation. And once you enter its auspicious circle, the mind instantly gets focussed and you discover a new realm of peace and tranquility.

The original of all mantras, Om, is the root of all sounds, thus letters and therefore of all language and thought. The "O" is generated deep within the body, from inside the navel, and slowly brought upward joining with the "m" which then resonates through the entire head. Chanting Om in a whisper correctly for twenty minutes relaxes every atom in of every cell of your body.

A mala (garland of Sandal or Rudraksha) is often used in accompaniment. It has one hundred and eight beads plus the larger `meru' beads. Holding it in the right hand, start at the meru and roll the beads along one by one between your thumb and third fingers while repeating your mantra. When you reach the meru, roll the mala in the opposite direction. Do not cross over the meru bead.
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Answered by GANGA . , an ibibo Master, at 5:20 PM on January 03, 2009