Guided Missiles & Misguided Men

 

A Comfortable State Of Misery

In the modern times, we have achieved considerable ability to manipulate our external environment with the help of science and technology. Technological gadgets have, to a large extent, helped make life comfortable and easy, relieving us of many of the discomforts and inconveniences ass Yet, have all these comforts made us more peaceful or happy?

People in the past hardly ever complained of stress or depression, but these have become almost synonymous with the modern way of life. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that mental diseases will be the greatest health challenge of this century.

Just as material technology enables us to control the world around us, spiritual technology helps us to control the world within us, that is, to control the lust, anger and greed within us. The Vedic society was oriented to make people expert in spiritual technology. This spiritual expertise was achieved through a harmonious combination of education, culture and devotion.

Today we will learn meaning, importance, and benefits of Shanti mantra.

Mantra = Man + Tra :- means the mantra is the recitation which delivers or make our minds free of miseries.

The following is the Shanti Mantra which has its origin from the Taittiriya Upanishad :

ॐ सह नाववतु ।

सह नौ भुनक्तु ।

सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।

तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ।

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om Saha Naav[au]-Avatu |

Saha Nau Bhunaktu |

Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai |

Tejasvi Naav[au]-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai |

Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Meaning:

1: Om, Together may we two Move (in our Studies, the Teacher and the Student),

2: Together may we two Relish (our Studies, the Teacher and the Student),

3: Together may we perform (our Studies) with Vigour (with deep Concentration),

4: May what has been Studied by us be filled with the Brilliance (of Understanding, leading to Knowledge); May it Not give rise to Hostility (due to lack of Understanding),

5: Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

may we be protected together

may we be nourished together

may we work vigorously together

may our studies illuminate us

may there be nodislike between us 

let there be peace, peace, peace.

Recitation and following the mantra  we will be getting purified at heart and also it will make us to get deeply concentrated in our work i.e. studies, jobs, or whatever is our duty is at this stage of life.

Shanti Mantra Benefits: 

• Reciting Shanti mantras can have remarkable psychological benefits as indicated by its very name. Especially during the modern times, this mantra can help relieve the tension and stress set up in the minds.

• Shanti mantra helps optimize and improve all the bodily functions and enable the different internal organs work up to their optimum capacities.

• When repeated, Shanti mantra can have a soothing effect on the mind and lead to deep relaxation. It can also relieve the individuals from the visions and sounds of the external world and lead to a spiritual plane letting the subjects experience some great calmness. 

• Chanting the Shanti mantras in the specified way can help open up different spiritual experiences and relate to subtle but profound experiences. 

• Creates a calming and peaceful atmosphere around the chanter and hence this mantra can be chanted when the subjects experience some troubles or frustrations. 

• The Shanti mantra assists in settling with the natural silence within without letting the individual slip into sleep or deep rest. Thus it is an important tool for meditation.

So, we all can start chanting the above matra regularly, will surely make changes in our life.