MANTRA

                 Some say that the on chanting the Mantras and the names of the Lord Vishnu or Shiva all our sins will get over! Is it true? Do we believe it in this kaliyuga called the modern age? Well its left each individual to believe or not but let me describe something about the effects of chanting mantra which i have been reading many books and also trying in these days.

                 To start with, let me tell you a story about this mantra..

  There lived a man who had done all the bad things (sins) in his life. He had been the killer, murderer and was staying with a prostitute named 'Shivani'. He was very obedient to her.He used to work for her. Once Shivani asked him to bring the flowers for Puja. He went in to the garden of a scholar on jumping the fence without the permission of the scholar. He plucked the flowers and while jumping the fence with imbalance he felled down and died. Before dying he said "let these flowers reach to Shiva" he could not say Shivani.

     As he died the yamadhoths came to take away him as he had done all the sins. At the same time the Lord Shiva's men also came. the yamadhothas said he had done so many bad works in the society so he should be taken to NARAKA (paradise). But the men of Shiva interpreted and said though he has done all bad things in his life he had called the Holy name Shiva while leaving his Prana. So he would be given another chance to live on earth and fulfil the duties of lord.

               Though we are not in position to believe this story we should think of it as the shastras have explained it. on chanting the mantras we get a lot of benfits. In Geeta Lord Krishna says on chanting his name "HARE KRISHNA HARE RAMA" the man will come a clean and a peaceful man. His soul be the supreme soul. So many sanyasis have also adviced to chant the mantras or the name of the lords to stay stable and to have control over our mind so as the body. 

             You just practise these mantras (like Shiva Om, Aham Brahmasmi etc..) with whole hearted and see the result. You will feel that BRHMANANDAM (the happiest moment) all the time. Is it not the stage of Moksha (freedom of life) ehich the human have been finding on the earth a thousands of years ago?