14 March 1973
I will tell you my old mantra. It keeps the outer being very tranquil: OM, Namo, Bhagavateh...
Three words. To me they meant:
OM: I implore the Supreme Lord.
Namo: I obey Him.
Bhagavateh: Make me divine.
(Silence)
This, I found, has the power to calm everything. Mother revealed on 16 September 1958 her Mantra
For the moment, of all the formulas or mantras, the one that acts most directly on this body, that seizes all the cells and immediately does this (vibrating motion) is the Sanskrit mantra: om namo bhagavate .
... you make a self-giving as total as possible, of everything, from top to bottom, from outside to inside, and an eradication, as total as possible, of all the resistance of the ego. And you begin repeating your mantra—your mantra, if you have one, or any word which has a power for you, a word leaping forth from the heart spontaneously, like a prayer, a word which sums up your aspiration. After repeating it a certain number of times, if you are accustomed to do so, you enter into trance. And from that trance you pass into sleep. The trance lasts as long as it should and quite naturally, spontaneously, you pass into sleep. But when you come back from this sleep, you remember everything; the sleep was like a continuation of the trance.
... let us take the mantra, which is a form of occultism; unless the mantra is given by a guru and the guru transmits his occult or spiritual power to you with the mantra, you may repeat your mantra thousands of times, it will have no effect.
The Mantra is essential for the sadhana of the body
I have come to realize that for this sadhana of the body, a mantra is essential. Sri Aurobindo gave none. He said one should be able to do all the work without resorting to external means. Though had he reached the point where we are now, he would have found that the purely psychological method is inadequate and that a mantra is necessary, because only a mantra has a direct action on the body. Of all the formulas or mantras, the one that has the most direct effect on this body is the Sanskrit mantra:
OM NAMO BHAGAVATEH
The first word, OM, represents the supreme invocation, the invocation to the Supreme.
The second word, NAMO, represents total self-giving, perfect surrender.
The third word, BHAGAVATEH, represents the aspiration, what the manifestation must become—Divine.
14 March 1973 I will tell you my old mantra. It keeps the outer being very tranquil: OM, Namo, Bhagavateh... Three words. To me they meant: (Silence) This, I found, has the power to calm everything.
Mother revealed on 16 September 1958 her Mantra
The Mantra is essential for the sadhana of the body I have come to realize that for this sadhana of the body, a mantra is essential. Sri Aurobindo gave none. He said one should be able to do all the work without resorting to external means. Though had he reached the point where we are now, he would have found that the purely psychological method is inadequate and that a mantra is necessary, because only a mantra has a direct action on the body. Of all the formulas or mantras, the one that has the most direct effect on this body is the Sanskrit mantra: OM NAMO BHAGAVATEH 19 May 1959