What is the real mantra sadhana?

One moves from the verbal, and wakeful state to the mental and internal state in mantra.

Mantra Sadhana practice

Begin with repetition of the mantra first and attain mastery over that for one Mala. See if you can sustain that awareness for five minutes. Practice this until you complete one Mala. Then double the time, to two malas, sustain the awareness for ten minutes with the same intensity and concentration. Then increase it to three malas and increase the time accordingly. In this way, gradually keep on increasing the attention span.

Once the attention span increases to at least half an hour, then you experience the inner mantra, which vibrates within. Prior to that is training to increase the attention span. Only when the attention has increased can one move into the experience of the mantra. One cannot move into the experience of the mantra instantaneously, just by repeating or chanting.

So how does one attend to improving one’s mental span?

One’s normal state of mind is dissipated; it is not focused or one-pointed. The mind and senses are extroverted; therefore, one cannot develop subtle awareness. Subtle awareness is to become a silent witness of the inner thoughts without entangling with them.

There are three categories of mantra chanting: spiritually uplifting and awakening mantras which are the Bija mantras, the middle range of mantras which connect the lower mind with the higher mind and the lower group of mantras to fulfill one’s wishes and desires.

Dear ones, find your way.

Extracted from “Mantra and Yantra”, Swami Niranjananda Saraswati.

Aim Hrim Klim