Guruji's teachings
Guruji explains why one mantra, the guru paduka, can guide you even when the guru is far away.
From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Post title: "Guru Paduka Mantra — The Supreme Key to All Attainments". Posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra on 5 November 2016. The post also includes a short account by one of Guruji's disciples, kept below, and photos of padukas, which are not copied here. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com.
Guruji: You will obtain everything only thru the guru paduka mantra. Without guru paduka it is like groping in the dark. It offers you light and direction to succeed on the path of spirtuality.
Out of all mantras, Guru padukam is most important. You can let go all the rest, besides that one.
Paduka means the sandals that the Guru wears. If you can wear sandals, the sandals know where to go. The guru may be there or may not be there, but the guru paduka mantra takes you because you wear them, they know where to take you, how to take you, they are used to going with him (Guru).
Guru paduka mantra always stays with you, other mantras can come and go but this always stay with you. You dissolve into that, you become that, I become Shiva. It’s supposed to take you all the way up from root chakra to brain and keep you there. Don't get worried, to get all mantras. Just chant the guru padukam, it itself contains mantras of many deities and fills the world
You want me always be present with you? Then you have to chant the Gurupaduka mantra all the time.
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Disciple of Guruji, "When Guruji was initiating me I asked Guruji, "I live 1000km away, I cannot come regularly, and learn from you, I may come once in a year, how I can learn from you?" Then he said "I will give you the guru paduka, that will guide you, do every day xxxx times, you will be guided"
"Guru Paduka Mantra — The Supreme Key to All Attainments", as posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra on 5 November 2016. The last paragraph is a disciple's account, kept as in the original. The "xxxx" for the number of daily repetitions is how it appears in the original post; the number was not given there.
In Sri Vidya the guru paduka mantra comes from your own guru at initiation. Guruji does not give it in this post, and we do not print it here. Ask your guru for it.
The sandals image is simple. You do not need to know the whole road. You put on what the guru gave you and walk. The disciple who lived 1000 km away was told the same thing: chant every day and you will be guided.
In Kaula practice, inner worship starts with the guru, and the guru is also inside you. Chanting the paduka mantra each day is one way to keep that link alive. Guruji attained mahasamadhi in 2015. Many students still chant it to feel his presence, and Guru Amma Annapurnamba guides the lineage today.
It is the mantra of the guru's sandals, given by the guru at initiation. Guruji says it is the most important of all mantras and that you can let go of the others.
Paduka means the sandals the guru wears. Guruji says that once you wear them, they know where to take you and how, because they are used to going with the guru.
Guruji says you obtain everything through it, and that without it the path is like groping in the dark. It stays with you while other mantras come and go.
Not according to this post. Guruji says the guru paduka already contains the mantras of many deities, so you need not worry about getting them all.
Guruji says to chant it all the time if you want him present with you. A disciple was told to chant it every day a set number of times, given by the guru.
Read the original: "Guru Paduka Mantra — The Supreme Key to All Attainments" on Guruji's blog.
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