A tool for spiritual purification - Mantra can create transformation - meditation and relaxation - Kayotsarg is prerequisite

1. Arun Zaveri
www.ScientificMeditation.com
Phone: +91 22 2414-2989 Email: arunzaveri07@gmail.com
Paryushan Parva Lecture Series
Jain Center of Greater Boston
Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
September 2-9, 2013
Day 3
A Tool for Spiritual Purification

2. What is mantra – मन्त्र ?
 Sanskrit language: मन्त्र = मन् +
मन्- manas - mind, consciousness, soul
– tra – trayate – to free, to liberate
 Spiritual meaning of Mantra: liberating
the mind, consciousness, soul, atma
from repeated birth and death
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3. How does a Human Mind Function?
All mental activities are performed with
the words of a language
 Imagination
 Memory
 Thinking
 Planning
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4. Words and Sound
We express words via sound waves
Sound energy travels in the form of
waves with definite frequencies
Wavelength
Crest Crest
Trough
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5.  Mantra is a group of specific words, modulated
to become powerful sound waves
 Considered capable of “creating transformation”
 Translates spiritual will or desire into a form of
action
Mantra
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6. Objective of a Mantra
 Mind is employed with the meaning of
the words used in a Mantra for a specific
purpose
 Spiritual objective is to purify the soul
from karmic contamination and achieve
emancipation (moksha)
 Each Mantra has a specific objective
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7. Examples of Other Objectives
 Develop will power to achieve a goal
 Increase mental concentration
 Develop protection from:
• Negative thoughts
• Unhealthy emotions
• Negative vibes from others
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8. Mind is Like an Iceberg
9/10th Sub-Conscious mind
1/10th Conscious Mind
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1/10th above sea level
9/10th submerged
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9. Subconscious Mind for Mantra Recitation
Alpha level (7-14 cycles per second)
Left Hemisphere
Conscious Mind
• Logic
• Reason
• Analysis
Right Hemisphere
Subconscious Mind
• Visualization
• Imagination
• Intuition
Activate the sub-conscious level with the process of
total relaxation with full awareness – ‘Kayotsarg’
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10. Precondition: Faith & Conviction
 While chanting Mantra one must have faith
and trust in the end result
 One must practice it regularly with confidence
 One must have total faith in the
enlightenment explained in agamas – Jain
scriptures by Omniscient Tirthankara
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11.  Mantra recitation:
 Vaikhari Japa (speaking)
 Upamsu Japa (whispering or humming)
 Manasika Japa (mental repetition)
 Likhita Japa (writing)
 Repeat mantra over and over again
 Extreme focus with the chosen specific
objective or principal idea of the Mantra
Mantra Recitation - Japa
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12. Sound Waves
 Whispering or humming – japa
 Mental repetition – antarjapa
japa
antarjapa
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13.  Objective – Liberate soul
 Process – Mantra
 Method – Regular practice
 Success – Emancipation
Four Steps of Goal Achievement
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14.  Application of concentration of thought at
specific psychic centers in the body, with
visualization of specific psychic color
 Powerful tool to produce positive bhavana
for purification of the Soul
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Contemplative Practice – Bhavana (
at Psychic Centers
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15. Knowledge (Cerebral Cortex)
Enlightenment (Pineal)Intuition (Pituitary)
Purity (Thyroid)
Bliss
(Thymus)
Bio-electricity
(Adrenal)
Energy
(Gonads)
Psychic Centers - chakras
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16. Neuro-endocrine
centers
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17. Lesya – Psychic colors
tejo
orange
padma
yellow
shukla
white
clear bright colors
krishna
black
neel
blue
kapot
grey
dirty dark colors
Ashubh
Inauspicious
Shubh
Auspicious
Lesya
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18. Mantra Sadhana with
Shubh-Lesya – Psychic colors
Imagine and visualize the words of Mantra in
bright light at psychic centers as per the
directives explained in ancient jain scriptures
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19.  The messages of the Mantra visualization of
shubh lesya influences the taijjas sharir
 The subtle body (taijjas sharir) is liaison
between the subtlest body (karma sharir)
and the gross body
Mantra Influences Subtle Levels
 In turn, the taijjas sharir commands the karma
sharir to disassociate from the soul
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20. Relaxation
Kayotsarg
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The Soul Purification Process
Positive lesya
light energy
Mantra recitation
Positive Bhava
of purification
Perception of Mantra with
clear bright frequency of light
Influence
Taijjas body
Positive
psycho energies
Atma-shakti
Removal
of karma
Liberation from
karmic contamination
achieve emancipation
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21. Tuning Process
With regular practice one has to tune himself
and methodically pass through each level of
human existence with full concentration of mind.
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