Today, I want to talk about a mostly unknown but important topic. Intelligence is called as buddhi, pragya, medha, dhaarna, dhruti, smruti, gyaan, vaakpatutaa and vidya, and it is perceived that they are nothing but the same.
But that's not the truth.
Today I will talk about the difference between all of these shaktis and the supremacy of Medha above all others.
First is, Buddhi - Buddhi is one of the popular meanings of intelligence. Buddhi means a person's ability to judge what to do in a particular situation, what would be the right way of doing something.
Dhaarna - Dhaarna means ability to hold something in memory. The greater the power, the easier it is for someone to remember vast amounts of information.
Dhruti - Means stability and patience.
Smruti - Means the ability to remember. It is closely similar to dhaarna and means more or less the same.
Vidya - It means knowledge about a particular topic.
Gyaan - One big misconception people have, and a belief which is followed even in written language, is that gyaan means knowledge. However, spiritually, Gyaan is nowhere close to Vidya. In fact, they are completely different things. The word gyaan itself means Satya. Thus, to get gyaan means to find the truth. If you are in attachment, greed, addictions, getting gyaan means to be freed from these falsities and realizing what is truth, what is pure.
Pragya - It means to become learned in some skills. This is quite closely similar to Vidya, and it means to become an expert in something not just by knowledge but in practice.
Medha - Medha is the shakti which is supreme among all. There are very few mantras specifically for Medha, but this shakti encompasses all the other shaktis above.
Medha means the ability to look at a particular situation from all the angles, analyzing all the pros and cons, and being able to do what is necessary to be done. It is the ability to maintain a balance in whatever you and not get engrossed excessively into something. It is the power which allows us to identify, that love is positive but attachment or moha is not, that seeking money is correct but being greedy for it is not, that being kind and polite is correct but weak is not, being caring towards others is correct but it doesn't have to come at the cost of sacrificing your own self, that being strong is correct but rude towards others because of being in power is not, that being proud of one's achievement is correct but being arrogant and belittling others because of it is not, being humble is correct but timid is not, that being dharmik is correct, but lacking love for the world is not.
It is by this power, that one develops buddhi and be able to decide what would be the right thing to do. From Medha, comes vaakpatutaa or witty speech. It is the shakti which enhances our dhaarna, dhruti, smruti and pragya. Every medhavi person is buddhiman, gyaani and praagyi. But every buddhiman,gyaani,etc. is not medhavi.
This is because Medha is a divine shakti. It does not come through just eating medicines for it. It is the energy that only God can give.
By chanting the Mool Gayatri Mantra, Hans Gayatri Mantra or Hans Mantra, one becomes greatly Medhavi.
With time and regular chanting, the sadhak develops unsurpassable intuition powers and is able to have flashes of the future.
With years of chanting, he develops the ability to look into the future fully and becomes fearless even if in front of the whole world.
When the sadhak starts developing medha, he will gain all the qualities mentioned above. Without medha, one cannot go very far in worldly or spiritual life. That is why every person should chant Gayatri or Hansa mantras.
But that's not the truth.
Today I will talk about the difference between all of these shaktis and the supremacy of Medha above all others.
First is, Buddhi - Buddhi is one of the popular meanings of intelligence. Buddhi means a person's ability to judge what to do in a particular situation, what would be the right way of doing something.
Dhaarna - Dhaarna means ability to hold something in memory. The greater the power, the easier it is for someone to remember vast amounts of information.
Dhruti - Means stability and patience.
Smruti - Means the ability to remember. It is closely similar to dhaarna and means more or less the same.
Vidya - It means knowledge about a particular topic.
Gyaan - One big misconception people have, and a belief which is followed even in written language, is that gyaan means knowledge. However, spiritually, Gyaan is nowhere close to Vidya. In fact, they are completely different things. The word gyaan itself means Satya. Thus, to get gyaan means to find the truth. If you are in attachment, greed, addictions, getting gyaan means to be freed from these falsities and realizing what is truth, what is pure.
Pragya - It means to become learned in some skills. This is quite closely similar to Vidya, and it means to become an expert in something not just by knowledge but in practice.
Medha - Medha is the shakti which is supreme among all. There are very few mantras specifically for Medha, but this shakti encompasses all the other shaktis above.
Medha means the ability to look at a particular situation from all the angles, analyzing all the pros and cons, and being able to do what is necessary to be done. It is the ability to maintain a balance in whatever you and not get engrossed excessively into something. It is the power which allows us to identify, that love is positive but attachment or moha is not, that seeking money is correct but being greedy for it is not, that being kind and polite is correct but weak is not, being caring towards others is correct but it doesn't have to come at the cost of sacrificing your own self, that being strong is correct but rude towards others because of being in power is not, that being proud of one's achievement is correct but being arrogant and belittling others because of it is not, being humble is correct but timid is not, that being dharmik is correct, but lacking love for the world is not.
It is by this power, that one develops buddhi and be able to decide what would be the right thing to do. From Medha, comes vaakpatutaa or witty speech. It is the shakti which enhances our dhaarna, dhruti, smruti and pragya. Every medhavi person is buddhiman, gyaani and praagyi. But every buddhiman,gyaani,etc. is not medhavi.
This is because Medha is a divine shakti. It does not come through just eating medicines for it. It is the energy that only God can give.
By chanting the Mool Gayatri Mantra, Hans Gayatri Mantra or Hans Mantra, one becomes greatly Medhavi.
With time and regular chanting, the sadhak develops unsurpassable intuition powers and is able to have flashes of the future.
With years of chanting, he develops the ability to look into the future fully and becomes fearless even if in front of the whole world.
When the sadhak starts developing medha, he will gain all the qualities mentioned above. Without medha, one cannot go very far in worldly or spiritual life. That is why every person should chant Gayatri or Hansa mantras.
Ashok sir..what are hansa mantra.is it soh ham sir.thank you
ReplyDeleteWhat is the medha mantra?
ReplyDeleteIs hans mantra 'soham' which is called ajapa sadhana sir? kindly clear
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DeleteThis the hansa mantra. Ajapa mantra mantra is the reverse of it, i.e. Soham.
A lot of articles and books call that they're together but its not true.
Also sir some texts says the jeeva chants 'sa' kara while inhaling and 'ha' kara while exhaling but i have seen some authentic yogis telling to chant 'ham' while inhalation and 'so' while exhalation , can you please clear this confusion. Which one is true?
Deleteham while inhaling and sah while exhaling is correct
Deleteहंस का मतलब है -परब्रह्म ,परमात्मा /जीवात्मा ।हंस शब्द सूर्य ,शिव,विष्णु के लिए भी प्रयुक्त होता है । हंस मन्त्र है -"ॐ ह्रीं हंसः " ।हंस गायत्री मन्त्र है-"ॐ परमहंसाय विद्महे महाहंसाय धीमहि ,तन्नो हंसः प्रचोदयात "(इस मन्त्र से विवेक शक्ति का विकास होता है ,बुद्धि भी प्रखर होती है ।)
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ReplyDeletekindly check the previous comments
DeleteSidharth what do u do? I mean bussiness or job, and what is ur qualification.
ReplyDeleteDear ashok sir..really need an answer from you over this.about om chanting many say chant it as om itself,many say chant it as aum.sir how to actually chant or say the pranava mantra.really need your guidance.too many confusion over this one thing and from what i see we hindus live in confusion for there is never one solid explanation for the many main things regarding our religion and its practices.please help ashok sir.thank you.
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DeleteAshok sir..requesting again.how to actually say or chant the pranava mantra..is it to be chanted as om or as aum.really need your guidance.
ReplyDeleteThank you sir for guiding in how to say or chant the pranava mantra.
ReplyDeleteAshok sir..i have tried getting an answer as to how the below mantra should sound like but unable to get its proper sound.so really hopeful sir that you would guide.the mantra is om namo bhagwati raktam peetham namah.my question is ashok sir..how should raktam and peetham be said or pronounced or chanted.for peetham,can it be said as peedam or as how it is,peetham.a little guidance from you would be very helpful Sir.i know that its quite difficult to say or guide about the sounds but i am really hopeful that i can get some guidance from you sir.thank you sir.i had never tried any mantra sadanas before but i would like to do this.its not for any specific needs or wishes but just to feel the grace of god.
ReplyDeleteAshok sir..can u please guide me in how to pronounce the words raktam and peetham that appears in this mantra Om namo bhagwati raktam peetham namah.thank you sir.
ReplyDeletePeetham is the right way
DeleteThank you ashok sir for guiding on how to say peetham.thank you again
ReplyDeleteSir pls take control over comments that prophet666 site has taken to go throgh owner approval just like that or members can only comment if abusive then remove that.here environment is going out of control one is stubborn other
ReplyDeleteBy deleting my comments, you yourself has proved again how much authentic your articles are and how much positive changes you have seen in your life by worshipping gods. If you are genuine priest/upaasak and seen positive changes then you would give strong supporting answers with real proofs. Since you don't have any you delete my comments time to time.
ReplyDeleteYour attempts are nothing more than of trying to bring others and stop them because you haven't yourself been able to get success in sadhanas for your reasons.
DeleteExperience of not just me but many many sadhaks are there far and wide all over the internet.
I do not need to share my experiences because they haven't been negative.
If you believe that some people are running all of this mantras and all this like some very big scam in the entire world, and every single person who is talking about his or her positive experience is, in fact, under the illusion and is part of nothing but a gigantic cycle of coincidences in this world, then you are only fooling yourself, nobody else.
God has never asked anybody to believe in him, so you are always free to do what you wish.
You constantly repeating the same words about becoming bill gates, millionaire, etc. show that your focus has been more on trying to get some miraculous results by just chanting mantras all day long and waiting for success to fall upon you like gods drop flowers from the sky.
You have been doing nothing but constantly spread hate and negativity.
You talk all about mantras not making you bill gates or becoming rich, but you never talk about what work you put towards achieving it.
You talk about mantras being useless, but you never talk about the process you followed for chanting mantras or stotras, which caused you to not get any result from it.
When mantras or stotras say that you will become equal to kubera, it doesn't mean that one day when you would have completed 10,000 recitations god will himself come to you and money equal to kuber's. It means that the mantra will bring such big opportunities, that you will be able to make that much amount of wealth and become like kuber.
But for getting those opportunities one needs to make the preparations by doing work.
Blaming someone else and outside events for what happened to them has long been one of the biggest negative qualities in humans.
Ashok sir..can you please guide me as to what the mantra is about and what it says,in total the meaning of the mantra.i really do hope sir,that you can tell me.the mantra is om namo bhagawati raktam peetham namaha.sir i tried googling up extensively but cant get hold of the meaning of the mantra and when i asked the priests in the temple,they were unable to help out.hope to really know the meaning of this mantra from you sir.again sir,thank you for guiding me in how to say peetham for the same mantra.thank you sir
ReplyDeleteI do not know about this mantra so cannot comment.
DeleteThank you ashok sir for responding.
ReplyDeleteDear Ravi,Om namo bhagwati raktam peetham namah is not a mantra ,as the sentence is not correct .In Hindi we say -Ram ko namaskaar ya pranaam (Ramam namah=I bow to Ram),but in Sanskrit we say -Ram ke liye namaskaar ya pranaam (Ramaay namah=I bow for Ram).Here namah unnecessarily comes twice.The correct sentence is -Om namo bhagwatyai raktaay peethaay.(or-Ombhagwatyai raktaaya peethaaya namah )."rakta"means blood,red,dear,beautiful ,vermilion ."peeth"means the place of residence of an obiect/ the place where any part of dead body or ornaments of Sati fell on ground,when her dead body was cut off by chakra of Lord Vishnu.
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