An istha mantra is selected first. The object of the anusthana should be within the limits of the mantra chosen, e.g. one should not do japa of Hanuman in order to get a son. Foolish desires should not be cherished when performing anusthana. One should not do anusthana for destroying or harming other beings. This…
The Mantra itself is Devatā, that is, the Supreme Consciousness (Cit-śakti) manifesting in that form.
śṛṇu devi pravakṣāmi bījānām deva-rūpatām |
mantroccārṇ amatrena deva-rūpam prajāyatte ||
Bṛhad-gandharva-Tantra (Ch. V)
The Mantra is awakened from its sleep (Mantra-caitanya) through the Sādhana Śakti of the mantrin. It is at base one and the same Śakti which appears as Sādhana-Śakti and Mantra-śakti,…
The japa is usually successful only on one of two conditions – if it is repeated with a sense of its significance, a dwelling of something in the mind on the nature, power, beauty, attraction of the Godhead it signifies and is to bring into the consciousness, – that is the mental way; or if…