Timeline for Can anyone chant Om Namo Narayana?
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| Oct 4, 2020 at 9:04 | comment | added | hashable | There are various aspects of learning a mantra. There is the mantra form itself which is what is learnt when one undergoes vedadhyayana. Then there are details about the mantra - Rishi, Chandas, Devata, Bija, Shakti, Varna, Viniyoga, Nyasa-sthana, etc. These are to be learnt later and they are of utmost importance for pursuit of the specific mantra-siddhi. It is okay to "recite" a mantra if the purpose of recitation is for practice so that the mantra-form is not forgotten. However if the goal is to propitiate the deity of the mantra, then it requires education beyond learning the form. | |
| Sep 30, 2020 at 15:16 | comment | added | Ikshvaku | But since this mantra occurs in the Narayana upanishad, it is learned by every dvija of that shakha, regardless of it being imparted by an acharya. So can those dvijas chant it? | |
| Sep 30, 2020 at 8:28 | history | edited | hashable | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 7, 2020 at 14:44 | history | answered | hashable | CC BY-SA 4.0 |