Is the word "mother" a mantra?

[Marble]

Is the word "mother" in ones own language a mantra?
I ask because usually "mother" is the first word children say in any language.
On the other hand mantras are usually in Sanskrit, so perhaps I'm entirely wrong here...

 

[Breathe]

Can you elaborate what you mean by is it a mantra?

 

[Marble]

Mantra, like "Om Namah Shivaya", "Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya", "Om Sri Maha Kalikayai Namah", etc.

 

[Madhuri]

Not that I am aware of. But mothers do have special significance and high status in Hinduism.

 

[Breathe]

I don't know if these are usually considered as mantras, but there's:


Jai Kālī Mā (Victory to Mother Kāl&#299
Jai Mātā Di (Victory to Mother Di (Durga))

The Gāyatrī mantra is called "the mother of the Vedas".


Here's a few I found:
Mantras to the Divine Mother - Mantra Mania - tribe.net

...but I am unsure of how common these are.

 

[Marble]

In Hinduism there is the pratice of "Nama Japa", repetition of the name of ones choosen deity (Ishta-Devata).
I like the Divine Mother, but she has so many names & aspects and I just cannot decide which of them I like best.
So I thought I could practice that Nama Japa with the word "mother" instead.

 

[Marble]

I don't know if these are usually considered as mantras, but there's:


Jai Kālī Mā (Victory to Mother Kāl&#299
Jai Mātā Di (Victory to Mother Di (Durga))

The Gāyatrī mantra is called "the mother of the Vedas".


Here's a few I found:
Mantras to the Divine Mother - Mantra Mania - tribe.net

...but I am unsure of how common these are.

Thanks for the links, problem is that I just cannot make a decision which aspect of Mahadevi I like best.

 

[Breathe]

Thanks for the links, problem is that I just cannot make a decision which aspect of Mahadevi I like best.

Well, Durgā Mā has a special place for me personally, but it's for you to find out. I'm sure you will find out in time.

Found this: Devi Mantra - MAHA DEVI - tribe.net

 

[Madhuri]

You could just chant : Jai Mahadevi
Your devotion to a particular deity (intention) is more important than the sound vibrations.

 

[Marble]

You could just chant : Jai Mahadevi
Your devotion to a particular deity (intention) is more important than the sound vibrations.

Problem is: When I chant "Jai Mahadevi", "Jai Shakti Mata", "Jai Sri Parameshvari Namah" or something like that - I feel nothing.
But when I chant "Mother" I get an emotinal response.

 

[Madhuri]

Problem is: When I chant "Jai Mahadevi", "Jai Shakti Mata", "Jai Sri Parameshvari Namah" or something like that - I feel nothing.
But when I chant "Mother" I get an emotinal response.

Then that works for you and it's what you should go with. Always do what works for you. The great thing I find within Hinduism is the level of freedom allowed by every individual to express their ideas and spirituality uniquely.

 

[Atman]

Namaste Marble.

Many Hindus will chant "Jai Maa" or "Jai Mataji" (meaning victory to the mother), but if you feel more devotion in the word mother, then by all means make this your mantra. Traditionally Hinduism taught that the Sanskrit language was sacred, and chanting Sanskrit mantras had spiritual benefits to them, as these mantras were empowered by the deity they are invoking. Personally, I believe it is not the words themselves, but the devotion we pour into their chanting that really matters. If you wish to chant mother, and do so with a heart full of devotion, this is better than chanting any other mantra.

Jai Mataji.

 

[Luminous]

Mantra, like "Om Namah Shivaya", "Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya", "Om Sri Maha Kalikayai Namah", etc.

Or... "there is no other God but Allah, and Muhamud was his prophet!" or "In Jesus' name"

mother ~ m(ale) and Other

 

[zenzero]

Friend Marble,

Is the word "mother" a mantra?

In response to your query you need an understanding of what a *MANTRA* is, how it works etc so kindly go through the following pasted from:
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Mantras and their Effect
Mantra

What Is a Mantra and How Does It Work

A saying from the Vedas claims that “Speech is the essence of humanity.” All of what humanity thinks and ultimately becomes is determined by the expression of ideas and actions through speech and its derivative, writing. Everything, the Vedas maintain, comes into being through speech. Ideas remain unactualized until they are created through the power of speech.

Definition # 1: Mantras are energy-based sounds.
Saying any word produces an actual physical vibration. Over time, if we know what the effect of that vibration is, then the word may come to have meaning associated with the effect of saying that vibration or word. This is one level of energy basis for words.

Another level is intent. If the actual physical vibration is coupled with a mental intention, the vibration then contains an additional mental component which influences the result of saying it. The sound is the carrier wave and the intent is overlaid upon the wave form, just as a colored gel influences the appearance and effect of a white light.

In either instance, the word is based upon energy. Nowhere is this idea more true than for Sanskrit mantra. For although there is a general meaning which comes to be associated with mantras, the only lasting definition is the result or effect of saying the mantra.

Definition #2: Mantras create thought-energy waves.
The human consciousness is really a collection of states of consciousness which distributively exist throughout the physical and subtle bodies. Each organ has a primitive consciousness of its own. That primitive consciousness allows it to perform functions specific to it. Then come the various systems. The cardio-vascular system, the reproductive system and other systems have various organs or body parts working at slightly different stages of a single process. Like the organs, there is a primitive consciousness also associated with each system. And these are just within the physical body. Similar functions and states of consciousness exist within the subtle body as well. So individual organ consciousness is overlaid by system consciousness, overlaid again by subtle body counterparts and consciousness, and so ad infinitum.

The ego with its self-defined “I” ness assumes a pre-eminent state among the subtle din of random, semi-conscious thoughts which pulse through our organism. And of course, our organism can “pick up” the vibration of other organisms nearby. The result is that there are myriad vibrations riding in and through the subconscious mind at any given time.

Mantras start a powerful vibration which corresponds to both a specific spiritual energy frequency and a state of consciousness in seed form. Over time, the mantra process begins to override all of the other smaller vibrations, which eventually become absorbed by the mantra. After a length of time which varies from individual to individual, the great wave of the mantra stills all other vibrations. Ultimately, the mantra produces a state where the organism vibrates at the rate completely in tune with the energy and spiritual state represented by and contained within the mantra.

At this point, a change of state occurs in the organism. The organism becomes subtly different. Just as a laser is light which is coherent in a new way, the person who becomes one with the state produced by the mantra is also coherent in a way which did not exist prior to the conscious undertaking of repetition of the mantra.

Definition #3: Mantras are tools of power and tools for power.
They are formidable. They are ancient. They work. The word “mantra” is derived from two Sanskrit words. The first is “manas” or “mind,” which provides the “man” syllable. The second syllable is drawn from the Sanskrit word “trai” meaning to “protect” or to “free from.” Therefore, the word mantra in its most literal sense means “to free from the mind.” Mantra is, at its core, a tool used by the mind which eventually frees one from the vagaries of the mind.

But the journey from mantra to freedom is a wondrous one. The mind expands, deepens and widens and eventually dips into the essence of cosmic existence. On its journey, the mind comes to understand much about the essence of the vibration of things. And knowledge, as we all know, is power. In the case of mantra, this power is tangible and wieldable.

Statements About Mantra

Definitions of mantras are oriented toward either the results of repeating the mantra or of the intentions of the original framers and testers of the mantra.In Sanskrit, sounds which have no direct translation but which contain great power which can be “grown” from it are called “seed mantras.” Seed in Sanskrit is called “Bijam” in the singular and “Bija” in the plural form. Please refer to the pronunciation guide on page 126 for more information on pronunciation of mantras.Let’s take an example. The mantra “Shrim” or Shreem is the seed sound for the principle of abundance (Lakshmi, in the Hindu Pantheon.) If one says “shrim” a hundred times, a certain increase in the potentiality of the sayer to accumulate abundance is achieved. If one says “shrim” a thousand times or a million, the result is correspondingly greater.But abundance can take many forms. There is prosperity, to be sure, but there is also peace as abundance, health as wealth, friends as wealth, enough food to eat as wealth, and a host of other kinds and types of abundance which may vary from individual to individual and culture to culture. It is at this point that the intention of the sayer begins to influence the degree of the kind of capacity for accumulating wealth which may accrue.
Mantras have been tested and/or verified by their original framers or users.Each mantra is associated with an actual sage or historical person who once lived. Although the oral tradition predates written speech by centuries, those earliest oral records annotated on palm leaves discussed earlier clearly designate a specific sage as the “seer” of the mantra. This means that the mantra was probably arrived at through some form of meditation or intuition and subsequently tested by the person who first encountered it.
Sanskrit mantras are composed of letters which correspond to certain petals or spokes of chakras in the subtle body.As discussed in Chapter 2, there is a direct relationship between the mantra sound, either vocalized or subvocalized, and the chakras located throughout the body.
Mantras are energy which can be likened to fire.You can use fire either to cook your lunch or to burn down the forest. It is the same fire. Similarly, mantra can bring a positive and beneficial result, or it can produce an energy meltdown when misused or practiced without some guidance. There are certain mantra formulas which are so exact, so specific and so powerful that they must be learned and practiced under careful supervision by a qualified teacher.Fortunately, most of the mantras widely used in the West and certainly those contained in this volume are perfectly safe to use on a daily basis, even with some intensity.
Mantra energizes prana.“Prana” is a Sanskrit term for a form of life energy which can be transferred from individual to individual. Prana may or may not produce an instant dramatic effect upon transfer. There can be heat or coolness as a result of the transfer.Some healers operate through transfer of prana. A massage therapist can transfer prana with beneficial effect. Even self-healing can be accomplished by concentrating prana in certain organs, the result of which can be a clearing of the difficulty or condition. For instance, by saying a certain mantra while visualizing an internal organ bathed in light, the specific power of the mantra can become concentrated there with great beneficial effect.
Mantras eventually quiet the mind.At a deep level, subconscious mind is a collective consciousness of all the forms of primitive consciousnesses which exist throughout the physical and subtle bodies. The dedicated use of mantra can dig into subconscious crystallized thoughts stored in the organs and glands and transform these bodily parts into repositories of peace.

The eventual idea to quieten the mind and chanting any word can help too which may not be as powerful as the usual mantras as words themselves are finally left behind at the moment of actually merging i.e. when the mind quietens then words are of no use.
Words are like coaches in of a train where the gaps between coaches are silence between the repeat chanting of the mantra and this gaps of silence slowly joins where silence remains and the words/mantra falls off like shedding of leaves by trees.

Love & rgds

 

[Satsangi]

In Hinduism there is the pratice of "Nama Japa", repetition of the name of ones choosen deity (Ishta-Devata).
I like the Divine Mother, but she has so many names & aspects and I just cannot decide which of them I like best.
So I thought I could practice that Nama Japa with the word "mother" instead.

The word "Mother" is NOT a Mantra. It may invoke devotional feeling in you and you can chant it like any devotional "song", but that does not make it a Mantra. The God does accept anything offered with devotion and hence you are okay chanting it.

Mantras can be divided as - from the Vedas and from the Puranas. The Vedic Mantras are the revealed Mantras to the Rishis. The Puranic Mantras are given by the Rishis- many of which trace their origin to God Himself- just like the Vedic Mantras. Many Rishis have also added "Samputa" to the Mantras to augment it.

Besides the above Mantras, accomplished Gurus of different sects have given different Mantras for their own sect.

Regards,