Mantra - Om Namah Shivay

Om Namah Shivay”

It is the mantra of Lord Shiva. Folks have gone from being penniless to multi-millionaires by chanting this mantra. Lord Shiva is very innocent God and bestows his blessings immediately on the devotee.

Siva Mantras:

1.	Om Namah Sivaya
2.	Om Haraye Namah
3.	Om Tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiva bandhanat mirityormurkshiya mamaritat
4.	Om Namah Nilakanthaya
5.	Hroum
6.	Proum Hrim thah
7.	Ram ksham mam yam oum um

How should mantras be chanted?

Mantras must be chanted or recited with unwavering devotion and motivation. Chanting them as a matter-of-course deprives them of power and is practically useless from the point of view of conscious growth, evolution and effect.

Are we adequate?

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most
frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening
about shrinking so that other people won't feel unsure around you. We were
born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in
some of us; it is in everyone. As we let our own Light shine, we
unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are
liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Maryann Williamson

Varanasi

Why can't India do a better job of preserving our cultural hotbeds?
Why do we take it for granted?
Varanasi is the holiest of holy cities of the world...
One of our friends got back from vacation and was complaining about the filth..
Why can't the steps into the ganges be preserved, pristine and pure?
Doesn't this filth take us away from the divinity?

Haridwar and Rishikesh are still well preserved..

Haven't been to Varanasi yet - but seemingly the zeal is missing.
Need to get back