People in the olden days used to start learning poojas, yoga, meditation etc from the age of five. By the time they were 15 to 16 years old they used to attain a fairly good level of spiritual standards. And it's said that when they performed poojas even the Gods would come down. Now a days people start doing Om Namah Shivaya or Maha Mritunjaya mantra japa only when they have a serious medical issue or when face obstacles in business! However one thing is sure. These remedies slowly wash away the negative karmic influences and improve the positive effects. By performing these poojas your troubles may not vanish totally but the intensity of trouble is reduced and you get the inner strength to face them with courage and confidence. It's written in Puranas that you can make efforts to improve your destiny and counter act your fate by performing various remedies like poojas, stotra path, japa and charity.
A lot of people worry about the rites and rituals to be followed for performing poojas, reciting stotras and doing mantra japa. It is not possible for every one to perform a worship or a pooja like an ordained Vedic priest. Hence our scriptures allow one to do a pooja “Yatha shakti” or as per ones capability and convenience. Doing it with faith is what really matters. The minimum is: Take bath, wear clean clothes, light a lamp and an incense stick and offer some Prasadam to the idol or photo of the deity, if you don’t have anything at home the simple water, milk or sugar will do. You can rest assured that that the God will not curse you!
While doing pooja or mantra japa, preferably set aside a particular place to sit, face east or north, sit on an aasan, preferably silk or woolen. If you cant manage these don’t stop doing pooja or Japa. Continue as it suits you.
For mantra reciting, a lot depends on the type of mantra you intend to recite and the purpose. Some people recite some mantras daily. It is up to their convenience. The normal number of times a mantra is recited is 3, 11, 21, 27, 54 and 108 or more.
For specific Graha shanti, the number of times the mantra to be recited is prescribed. The prescribed time limit during which it should be completed is one mandala or 40 days. You are given a grace period of 8 days, taking into account any emergency or illness. So maximum 48 days.
If you have taken a vow to do X number of japas in Y number of days, well do as vowed! No short cuts and no excuses. This is one failure for which the Gods make you pay! So think carefully before you take a vow!!
For most other mantras for specific purpose or siddhi, the time limit is 48 days. The minimum number of times the mantra is to be recited to give results, is 1 lack times with an extra 25% prescribed to compensate for any mistakes in pronunciation, counting and wavering of concentration – so 1,25,000 times total.
For the daily japa there are no restrictions. For the specific purpose and period oriented recitals – non-vegetarian food, alcoholic drinks and sex outside marriage are prohibited. Some people avoid onions as well.
There are some highly ritualistic tantric mantras and poojas. While doing these you cant have sex, prohibited from telling lies and should not even get angry for 48 days.
After the main mantra japa, preferably you must recite the gayatri mantra 108 times. 🙏🏻📿
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Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Om Namah Shivaya ~ Har Har Mahadev! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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