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    Ramana Maharshi discusses the difference between ajapa mantra and omkar mantra for controlling the mind. He explains that ajapa mantra refers to the involuntary repetition of "aham aham" that occurs naturally without uttering words. True ajapa is realized when one stops the breath through pranayama and witnesses the self alone remaining. Oral repetition of mantras is not considered ajapa. Japa or meditation becomes focused on a single thought until all other thoughts disappear and the thought itself dissolves into pure consciousness. The purpose of japa is to cling to one thought and reach self-realization by tracing the mantra back to its source.

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    Ramana Maharshi discusses the difference between ajapa mantra and omkar mantra for controlling the mind. He explains that ajapa mantra refers to the involuntary repetition of "aham aham" that occurs naturally without uttering words. True ajapa is realized when one stops the breath through pranayama and witnesses the self alone remaining. Oral repetition of mantras is not considered ajapa. Japa or meditation becomes focused on a single thought until all other thoughts disappear and the thought itself dissolves into pure consciousness. The purpose of japa is to cling to one thought and reach self-realization by tracing the mantra back to its source.

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    Ramana Maharshi discusses the difference between ajapa mantra and omkar mantra for controlling the mind. He explains that ajapa mantra refers to the involuntary repetition of "aham aham" that occurs naturally without uttering words. True ajapa is realized when one stops the breath through pranayama and witnesses the self alone remaining. Oral repetition of mantras is not considered ajapa. Japa or meditation becomes focused on a single thought until all other thoughts disappear and the thought itself dissolves into pure consciousness. The purpose of japa is to cling to one thought and reach self-realization by tracing the mantra back to its source.

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    Ramana Maharshi on Mantra Japa

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    Posted on January 21, 2013 | Views: 26571

    Question : For controlling the mind, which of the two is


    better, performing japa of the ajapa [unspoken] mantra
    or of omkar [ the sound of `om’ ] ?

    Ramana Maharshi: Ajapa really means to


    know that japa which goes on involuntarily
    without being uttered through the mouth.
    Without knowing this real meaning people think that it
    means repeating with the mouth the words `soham,
    soham’ thousands of times, counting them on the
    fingers or on a string of beads.
    Before beginning a japa breath control is
    prescribed. That means, first do pranayama
    [regulating of breath] and then begin
    repeating the mantra. Pranayama means
    first closing the mouth, doesn’t it? If, by
    stopping the breath, the five elements in the
    body are bound down and controlled, what
    remains is the real Self. That Self will by
    itself be repeating always `aham, aham’ [`I,
    I’]. That is ajapa.
    Knowing this, how could that which is repeated by
    mouth be ajapa? The vision of the real Self
    which performs japa of its own accord
    involuntarily and in a never-ending stream,
    like the flowing down continuously of oil, is
    ajapa, gayatri and everything. If you know who it
    is that is doing japa you will know what japa
    is. If you search and try to find out who it is
    that is doing japa, that japa itself becomes
    the Self.

    Question : Should we not contemplate the japa


    and repeat it orally also?
    Ramana Maharshi: When the japa becomes mental,
    where is the need for the sounds? Japa, becoming
    mental, becomes contemplation. Dhyana,
    contemplation and mental japa are the
    same. When thoughts cease to be one thought
    persists to the exclusion of all others, it is said to be
    contemplation - Dhyana. The object of japa or
    dhyana is the exclusion of several thoughts
    and confining oneself to one single thought.
    Then that thought too vanishes into its source –
    absolute consciousness.

    Question : Sri Bhagavan has said that the


    japa must be traced to its source. Is it not
    the mind that is meant?

    Ramana Maharshi: Japa helps to fix the


    mind on a single thought. All other thoughts
    are first subordinated until they disappear.
    When it becomes mental it is called dhyana.
    It is however called dhyana because it is made with
    effort. Effort is necessary so long as thoughts are
    promiscuous. Because you are with other thoughts,
    you call the continuity of a single thought
    meditation or dhyana.
    Japa means clinging to one thought to the
    exclusion of all other thoughts. That is its
    purpose. It leads to dhyana which ends in
    Self-realization or jnana.

    Source: from David Godman Excellent Book


    “Be As You are”
    http://www.awaken.com/2013/01/ramana-
    maharshi-on-mantra-japa/

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