Our ancestors have taught so many ways to worship god. The way of worshipping that has become most familiar is the idol worship.
The way of worshipping god by means of words i.e., by arousing the words and praying them is known as Chakra form of worship. May be this is not a familiar method of worship but it is a very powerful method of worship.
In this chakra form of worship, Sri chakra, Thiru ambala Chakra, Bhuvanapathy Chakra, Saambavi mandala Chakra, Navaangari Chakra, Neela kanda Chakra all these are most powerful and special chakras.
The other form is the Mantra yoga. In this, the god is worshipped in the form of sound, by chanting mantras.
Mantra means the stength mind or protect the one who chants.
"Yoga" means uniting the soul into the god.
"Mantra Yoga" means the one who chants mantras with full of dedication will be protected and be united into god.
Out of these mantras, 'OM' is the primary one also called as pranava mantra and considered as the important and most powerful, hence it has to be added at the begining of any mantra that we chant.
This is called as Thaaraka Mantra. We shall see the reason in the next post.
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