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"Meditation Mantras Podcast - Ancient Chants from India by Mahakatha" by Mahakatha is an immersive and enlightening journey through the ancient chants of India. The podcast delves into the rich history and origin story of these powerful mantras, which have been used for centuries to promote sound healing and personal transformation.
Each episode features a different mantra, such as Shiva mantras, Buddha mantras, Krishna mantras, and devi mantras, with an in-depth exploration of the lyrics and meaning behind each one.
The host, Mahakatha, is an expert in the field, and provides valuable insights and guidance on how to incorporate these mantras into your own meditation practice.
Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or new to the world of meditation and mantras, this podcast offers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration to deepen your understanding. Additionally, it will enhance your spiritual journey. Discover the ancient wisdom and transformative power of these sacred chants from India through the "Meditation Mantras Podcast" by Mahakatha.
Before we start with today's episode, there's something
I'd like you to do. Wherever
you are, if you are seated or lying down,
simply place your right palm
with spread out fingers on your
belly. You can either place your
palm on the navel or slightly below the
navel and let your hand rest in
this position. All right? So
try and do this while also enjoying
this wonderful new mantra that
I'm about to introduce to you in some time. On that
note, namaste and welcome to a brand new episode
of the Mahakatha Meditation Mantras podcast.
I'm your host, Preeti, and today we're
going to talk about something that's closely related
to this simple task I've given you.
Now, notice that the way you're holding your fingers is
not very natural to you, right? This is not
the natural way that your fingers rest.
But there are some things that your body just seems
to know how to do. For example, if
you step out on a really sunny
afternoon, your eyes are going to scrunch up. They
know they need to scrunch up.
Similarly, if your fingers touch a flame
of fire, even the outermost layer of that fire,
they're going to flinch and they're going to retreat back,
because they know to flinch and retreat
back. Breathing similarly,
no matter how slowly you try to exhale,
no matter how much you try to empty your lungs
and hold that empty breath, as they say,
your body eventually knows to
disregard that mental instruction, that mental
chatter, and breathe in again. Now,
of course, there is tremendous scientific
significance to how our body can
override the instructions of the mind and continue to
do its miraculous job.
And even on a spiritual level, the way
our body provides stability
to our being, presence to our being,
is something that I wish more of us
understood and appreciated more often.
Because we're always talking about mastering the mind, aren't
we? Especially when we speak about spirituality. It all
becomes about decoding the mind,
taming the mind, mastering the mind.
However, there is great
spiritual power within every cell
and every function of our
body. And it won't be wrong to
say that our body
is more reliable, more
wired for stability and
consistency than our mind,
right? So whenever we feel
an avalanche of emotions, whenever
we feel that things are too much to take, when we
are extremely nervous, when we
are close to a panic attack, when we are so
hurt and pained that we don't know what to do
next. It's only wise to
lean back on our body for strength and
stability and clarity than to
rely on our mind, right?
I think we should try it more often
to find physical cues to help
us navigate through mental
struggles. And one of the best examples
of such physical cues that can actually help us
is the simple practice of belly
breathing. You see, when we focus
on our belly, when we
focus on the air
that fills the belly up and then is
emptied out. When we focus on the
rise and fall of the surface of
our belly, even for a few
seconds. And if
we choose to hold our belly so that we can
feel this movement, this function of our
body, this presence of our body
closely, then we instantly
feel the dulling of that
emotional overwhelm. The
storm that is brewing in our mind is
silenced by the stability and
the calm that exists in our body.
So I say the next time you
and I feel overwhelmed,
feel disappointed, feel stuck or
unclear, and when it is all getting a bit too
much, we quietly
close our eyes, hold
our belly, and simply
observe how our body is setting an
example of stability and
calmness for us. May we
derive great strength from this simple
practice. In fact,
if your hand is still placed on your belly right now,
I want you to spend a few minutes, the
rest of this episode maybe paying
attention to the rise and the fall
of the surface of your belly. There is an
ancient mantra that would
replicate the sounds of the breath
entering the body and leaving the body
in. That mantra was so
hum, so
hum,
you so
you inhale, you
exhale, all the while feeling
this entering and exiting
inside the walls of your belly.
Now, what would really enhance this experience
when you are sitting down for a few minutes, focusing
on belly breathing would
be a nice, peaceful mantras
that still allows you to focus without
distraction. And one of those mantras is
the ancient Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo
Mantra. This is a
powerful, transformative Buddhist chant
and the specialty of this chant is how it
is popularly chanted slowly as
well as at an increased intensive
pace. So as you chant this
mantra, or simply meditate with this mantra
and focus on your belly breathing, you will
notice that your ability to surrender all your
attention to one thing, to
your breathing, to your body, becomes deeper
and deeper and at the same time, any
sense of emotional overwhelm becomes lighter
and lighter. Now, if you haven't heard the Nam Myo
Ho Renge Kyo Mantra, or you would like to try it
out for a few days, I'm here with a 30%
discount on this mantra. Simply use the code that you see
in the description of this episode, avail this mantras
and try meditation to it, and practicing belly
breathing for a few minutes every day this
week. And of course, leave me your
comments on the YouTube link to this
mantras. Here are two of the best comments that
this mantra has received so far. The first one
simply says gave me goosebumps,
divine music and voice. Thank you so much
dear listener. I'm really happy that
this mantra had such an uplifting impact on
you. And the other comment says this is such a
beautiful and powerful mantra. I find myself
chanting this more and more each day gives me
strength, peace and focus.
Namaste. Wonderful. Thank you so much, dear
listener. And yes, this is one of those chants
that your soul will lean into, that
you will want to practice more and more every single
day. And it is a great mantra to
train your mind to break out of any
emotional turmoil or overthinking
that it tends to do. I hope you get to
enjoy this mantra as well. With that
in mind, this is me, your host, preeti,
signing off. I'll be back here next week with a
brand new episode and mantra. Until then,
keep breathing and stay blessed.