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Points to note about SL Yantras and Slokas

In my postings, the "mode of worship" and "offerings" are meant for tantric practitioners. Not
everybody is initiated into 'tantra upaasana', at the same time Soundarya Lahari is also meant for
everybody. Busy housewives, men and women,people who take care of homes as well as office
affairs are all hard pressed for time. In today's hectic world it is extremely difficult to find time
for ritualistic worship and that need not make one feel deprived of practice or benefits.All the
slokas, yielding various benefits could be chanted mentally anywhere, except during prohibited
times/surroundings or conditions.
The "Overall View" is meant for everybody coping in this busy world. A daily loud chanting of a
chosen sloka for atleast 11 times, and the rest of the chanting mentally within oneself would
yield required results.
"SOUNDarya Lahari" is also about the vibration of the sloka. Every word that is chanted could
mean many things ( even if the meaning is in accordance with any other language other than
sanskrit). Every sound resulting from every word of the sloka yields similar result, if chanted
religiously and with faith in not only the greatness of Sri Adi Sankaracharya's poetic homage to
the Goddess, but also the Acharya's intention to prove through this dazzling hymn, that SOUND
is Cosmic and powerful.

PointstonoteaboutSLslokasand
yantras.
By placing the Goddess in the heart region while chanting the chosen
sloka, the wise practitioner superimposes the Divine Mother on his/her
jeevatma and allows Her to take over. There could be no better meditation
than that!
While meditating and chanting (mentally after 11 times of loud chanting),
the content of the sloka describing the Goddess, gradually starts applying
itself to the practitioner as well, as he/she is replaced by the supremacy of
the Divine Mother by placing Her in the heart region. Therefore, the overall
meaning and the essence of the concerned sloka begin to unfold in the

life/nature/and quality of the practitioner too! The devotee witnesses the

meaning of the sloka manifesting in his/her life.
The above is easier said than done. For perfect meditation, it is necessary
to "believe" that Goddess is certainly within oneself, and while mental
chanting, it is important to curb the movements of the tongue. Ultimately, it
helps a great deal to develop love and adoration for the Goddess. Bhakthi
is misinterpreted as respect and most of us pray in fear and great
reverence of our chosen deity. The devotee should feel overflowing love for
Her and a joyous reciprocation coming from Her. This interacation between
the devotee and the Goddess should be felt by the former as a secret that
no one knows of ! The practice of such feelings gradually enlightens the
devotee and it finally dawns on him/her that the carefully woven fantasy
and the delicious Truth are one and the same!
First and foremost, it is essential to start by praying to one's chosen Guru,
and who better than the author of this most aesthetic creation, Sri Adi
Sankaracharya?
When the body feels heated or feverish, a simple offering of a quarter glass
of boiled milk with raisins and sugar-candy (atleast 16 to 20 raisins and 10
pieces of kalkand) should be given to the Goddess and consumed by the
devotee. Chanting of Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam will also help in balancing
the chakras.



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