Re: japa
Originally Posted by
Eastern Mind
So in the end it is up to the individual to decide. For those who heard it from the right lips at the right time (mantra diksha) then that IS the proper way.
Aum Namasivaya
As Yajvan said, it is not about how one writes, but there cannot be multiple version of the same sound. While south indians often write as Siva as tamizh doesn't have all the consonants, they (those who use mantras) don't pronounce it as the sss siva. I have listened to audio of both sivaya subramuniya swami and bodhinatha - they always pronounce it as shiva but always write as siva. So what one listens is what is important - but must listen from the correct source.
We do japa because we believe sound as the source of creation and not a description of something already existing. The child-scrapyard allegory doesnt quite apply here.
What is Here, is Elsewhere. What is not Here, is Nowhere.
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