Let's hear Guruji - Series 2 (Overcoming Fear through Mrityunjaya Mantra)

Overcoming Fear through Mrityunjaya Maha Mantra

Pranams to the Divinity within. There are two mantras that are very important & powerful since the time of Veda. The first one is Gayatri Maha Mantra and the second one is Mrityunjaya Maha mantra. In our humble effort to revisit our Guruji’s DVD programs, we earlier shared about Gayatri Maha Mantra DVD program. Now let’s dwell upon Guruji’s DVD Program on Overcoming Fear through Mrityunjaya Maha Mantra.

How the Mantra works ?

How the Mantra works

This is a single DVD program starting aptly with a title “How the Mantra works”?

Guruji states, Mrityunjaya Mantra generally deals with insecurities of life which is working as Mrityu, i.e. the death in all of us. The fear is working as a death in all of us. So this mantra helps us to come out of insecurity and fear. When one becomes fearless and one experiences a very secured space well within in his own personality, then that person is always a very happy, victorious & a successful human being. Here success doesn’t mean one's professional targets or financial income. The real success in life is the joy, the fearlessness, and the freedom within. If one is cribbed by fear, insecurity, then the very same fear & insecurity becomes death and they snatch their life while being alive. 

Real success in life is freedom within

Guruji then goes on to explain what death here really means. He states that it has two meanings. One is taking away the life which we generally identify as Death of a human being and another one is while you are alive, the factors that are making you to die every minute. If there is fear inside, then that person die every minute.  So death is happening continuously in all of us because there is fear. And this fear makes us nervous and also leads us to laziness, carelessness and we become sluggish, we become lazy, we don’t attend to things etc..

Mrityunjaya means victory over death

There is no point in fearing for the actual death as whether one may want it or not, like it or not, it is an inevitable phenomenon of nature. But this mantra deals with the fear, the laziness the inefficiency, the carelessness and the whole host of negative things that are killing the human fabric systematically. We have to attend to this death and we have to establish victory over this death. That’s why this mantra is called Mrityunjaya Maha Mantra.  Mrityunjaya means victory over death.

Why we need a Mantra?

Guruji enacting moulding the mind

After this introduction about the Mrityunjaya Maha Mantra, Guruji goes on to explain the very basic question of, What Mantra is, Why we need a Mantra and How a Mantra benefits an aspirant? Guruji states, “That which is going to protect you from all kind of negative influences from outside and also from inside, is a Mantra”. He then goes on to explain significantly how important it is to first understand our Mind inorder to get the real benefit from any Mantra.  Guruji then compares Mind as Clay and beautifully explains how this can be molded so that the real powerful potential energy of a Mind can be unleashed.

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In this section, Guruji also goes on to explain, “Why so many thoughts keep troubling us when we sit for meditation and why it is difficult to sit quietly during Meditation?”.  The problem with mind is, it’s a restless energy field.  Many aspirants in the beginning are not able to sit even one minute for Meditation. There is so much resistance & disturbance within which results in Chaos in the mind. In that chaotic mind, how can one introduce this mantra? 

Installing & Instilling the Mantra within

Guruji here gives importance to the Mantra benefits and how one should perform a Mantra Meditation inorder to get its real benefits. Guruji states, that a Mantra needs to be both installed & instilled in the Mind.  Any aspirant can easily find the answer on How to make a Mantra installed & instilled on our Mind by following simple techniques that are explained by our Gurudev in this section.  Gurudev also warns from impatience of able aspirants who practice a Mantra for some time and drop it thinking it is not yielding any benefits.  

Meaning of Mrityunjaya Mantra

We then come on to a very important section of this DVD, i.e. Meaning of Mrityunjaya Mantra.

Guruji, in this section explains the various structures within this Mrityunjaya Mantra and what each syllable in the Mantra means. This is a very important section because When one aspirant chants a mantra, he/she should know the meaning and the feeling with which that Mantra needs to be chanted.  Generating the feeling helps in generating the energy which when gets strengthened in the mind, results in the mantra japa being very smooth.

Guruji explaining meaning of Mrityunjaya Mantra

Guruji in motherly mood

Its a real treat to hear & watch how our Guruji decodes each syllable to make us understand the significance of this great Maha Mantra. Any attempt of this untrained Mind to try to capture it in words here would do no justice, please hear it from the Master directly

Preparation for Meditation

While we sit for Meditation, Every moment in the body is nothing but the restless energy that is working in the mind. Only when the mind becomes calm, the movement of the body would become minimum. Guruji states that the Body movement is nothing but our mental agitation. Posture of our body indicate/ reflect our state of your mind. If we have to experience a mantra within, we have to prepare our body, Prana (breath) & mind.

Guruji explaining systematically the preparation for Meditation

Successful foundation helps in significant results during Mantra meditation. Guruji in this session systematically takes us to the preparation for Mrityunjaya Mantra Meditation.  He gives importance on the posture, flow of breath & how to calm the Mind. These preludes if done systematically & correctly opens the doorway for the Mantra energy to start releasing its true form.

 

Mrityunjaya Mantra Meditation

This is the final session of this DVD, where Guruji takes us through guided Mrityunjaya Mantra Meditation. This session is highly handy for aspirants at the start for Mantra Japa & practice Meditation through the guided mesmerizing voice of our Guruji.

Open the doorway for the Mantra energy to work

Out Guruji states that there are Two fear that are creating problem in us. One is fear of losing, and another fear of not getting what we desire. These two are death. Find out from this DVD Who is creating this fear and how to overcome from the fear within.

Before concluding, let us dwell upon what Swami Rama says about the Fear Factor. Below is a small extract from one of his book:

Fear is removed and life is enjoyed only when there is a purpose in life. Fears, if not examined, will develop strong roots, though they are often rootless. Fear invites danger. When fear becomes an obsession, all spiritual potentials become dormant. Fears are never examined—that is why they are able to control human life.

Fear has two faces: I might lose what I have, and I might not gain what I want. These two thoughts should not be entertained, and cannot be when you remember your mantra or the presence of the Lord within.

Fearlessness is very important. One should constantly remain in spiritual delight, so that no fear is entertained. Fearlessness comes from knowing that God is with us, and that we are with God.

Mrityunjaya Mantra deals with the fear in all the aspects of life. It is this fear, which makes us die every moment. Fear ultimately culminates in the death. As Guruji Pattabhiram says, understanding this mantra makes us overcome fear in every field and takes us beyond the bondages of the body. Let us offer humble salutations (Pranams) to Lord Mrityunjaya & May Mahadev, Lord of lords, Lord of victory, Lord of death bless us in our Sadhana.

May lord Mrityunjaya bless all of us in our Sadhana

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Thank you all for reading. Happy Shivratri & let us meet again in another series, till then “Let’s hear Guruji”…

- 'Bansuri'

(the messenger)