Healing Mantra : The Great Maha Mrytunjaya manta

Continuing from the previous post on Alternate healing therapies..A mantra is a very efficacious way to effect healing in the psycho-physical system. The mantra healing takes some time because the mantra has to become alive by your own practice, but once it becomes alive, its power is tremendous. Most mantras are built around a triad..OM, Primal or root sounds (Hrim, Srim etc) and the deity. The Maha Mrutyunjaya mantra is a chant glorifying the great God Lord Siva - The Lord of peace, benediction and healing. The mantra is considered to be the heart of the Veda and is said to be the only healing mantra in the Veda. The mantra in its popular form does not have the root sounds and is chanted widely. When accompanied with chanting around a Siva Linga or while doing abhiskhekam (pouring of water/milk) on a Siva Linga..the potency of the mantra is enhanced multi-fold. I am highlighting certain guidelines I followed which helped me to heal my issues around anxiety and depression.

1.)  Take a sankalpa (determination) that you will repeat the mantra to help you cure you or your family members of any ailments. No negative thoughts as the mantra Shakti in this mantra is Sattvic and will backfire if your Sankalpa is directed in a negative way.

2.) Learn the mantra

Simple format : (simple healing and no side effects)

oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam ǀ

urvārukam-iva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt ǁ

Tantric format with seed words: (more powerful)

oṁ hrauṁ jūṁ saḥ

oṁ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ

oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanaṁ

urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt

oṁ svaḥ bhuvaḥ bhūḥ

oṁ saḥ jūṁ hrauṁ oṁ

3.) Learn to chant it properly. Chanting it properly with correct emphasis is more important than just repeating the mantra.

You can learn the mantra by buying this CD. This CD has the Mryuntnjaya chant by Amma Karunamayi.

http://www.amazon.com/Mrutyunjaya-Mantra-Healing-Karunamayi-Vijayeswari/dp/B000V95ZZK

3.) Chant in front of a small siva linga or do abhishekam to the linga as you chant for intensifying the practise.

4.)  Chant the mantra for atleast 108 times a day for 40 days before you begin seeing the effects. More the better..It is said 100,000 times (~ 930 rounds of 108 repetitions make the mantra alive).

5.) Increase your practice on Monday's. The energy on Monday is very beneficial for increasing the efficacy of the mantra.

All the best and hope this helps the reader in healing himself and his community.

Jai Ma..Om nama sivaya