By the term guidance, if you mean presence of a guru, then yes. I received initiation on 2015 from Srimat Svami Prabhananda, Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission. But after his exit from the mortal coil last year, I am mostly on my own.
It is mentioned in the Mahabharata (Parva 17: Mahaprasthanika, Chapter 3) that a dog was following Yudhisthira.
Vaishampayana continued: 'Hearing these words of king Yudhishthira the just, (the dog became transformed into) the deity of Righteousness, who, well pleased, said these words unto him ...
To attend mantra siddhi(realising the deity), one has to do purasharana(x japa, x/10 homa, x/100 tarpana, x/1000 marjana, x/10000 bhojanam).
Even in many references they are saying about anusthana, which is looking similar.
Questions:
Are purascharana and anusthana same?
Naam japa can have pura...
Achamanam ritual which is done before worship has any esoteric meaning ?
Or it has to something with body(astral or causal) or mind ?
Like mantra chanted by sidda will give immediate effect but for others it won't, is it same for aachmanam ?
References:
Which scripture is the source for this Ach...
How to do the Durga sap Tasha ti or the Chandi path daily as a householder . What are the rules and regulations for the householders and how can a householder do the parayana to get proper blessing of the Devi ? Also are there any negative consequences if the regulations are not followed during C...
I am looking for the recitation of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - chapter 3 section 7.
I searched, but couldn't find this section online, although their are many talks related to it - https://archive.org/details/Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad-Antaryami-Brahmanam
It describes Brahman as the inner-controller...
@অনু after initiation, one can not be alone. Guru will always be there guiding throughout the journey even if Guru is not anymore in this mortal realm. Btw 2015 means you would be very young. So were you understanding what is initiation at that time?
This is really fascinating that at such a young age you got initiated.
@TheLittleNaruto Yes you can say that. At 2015, I was 13 yes old, studying in class 9. At that time, I did knew that Diksha meant receiving the mantra from the guru, which enables one to get darshana of God - courtesy of the Ramakrishna Kathamrita (a record of the the sayings of Sri Sri Ramakrishna by one of his devotees).
And my family also has a history of association with the Ramakrishna Math. My grandfather had received diksha from Svami Ranganathananda, the President of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission from 2005-07. And my maternal grandmother (who was largely responsible for instilling religiosity) had received diksha from a disciple of the Holy Mother Sri Sri Saradamani Devi, wife of Sri Sri Ramakrishna. So it wasn't something out of the blue.
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