Re: Mismatched mantra?
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Krishna mantras are mostly devotional, Shiva mantras are vibrational/tantrik. In other words Shiva mantras tend to resonate in the body, but Vishnu mantras are prayers.
Many mantras are open to all people, om namah shiviya means I bow to the Brahman, each syllables represent consciousness and the five states of matter, ether/space, air/gas, fire/plasma, water/liquid, earth/solids...
It is Shivas mahamantra open to all. Just like the hare Krishna mantra.
Through logic it is reasoned that Siva, and Krishna are the same one true God.
Siva - consciousness
Siva - Brahman
shankara - the deity Shiva, the "Avatar" used in temples
Krishna - also consciousness
Krishna - the personality of Brahman
Krishna(the person) - the Avatar of Vishnu
The only difference is vaishnavs tend to focus on the personal aspect of God, while Shiva people focus on the unchanging eternal aspect.
It actually makes a ton of sense to say om namah shiviya as a meditation mantra, and pray to the murthi of Krishna, since to do so is to draw on the strengths of both of these vivid traditions.
"Names and forms are like bangles and braclets and Vishnu is like the Gold." - Adi Shankara
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