Hello, all.
I'm writing to ask a question which is a slight concern for me. A few months ago I worked for some time to string my own set of prayer beads (japa mala) and used them for a time with the Hare Krishna mantra, but now I feel that there's a distance between me and that mantra, and that the Gayatri, which one of my mentors introduced me to recently, is the mantra for me. Would it be wrong to change the mantra which I am using with these beads? Should I obtain/make another stand?
_/\_ to all,
L T L
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Nomaste LTL It is nice to have your presence again. i have noticed that often you have questions regarding fine details of spiritual practice. Do you really think that God finds it important to use different beads for a different mantra? i use my beads for any mantra or practice that i happen to be doing at the time. For me i feel that God has blessed all of them even the ones that i no longer practice very much. But i am no authority. i just can't imagine God looking at us and thinking such things as when we used a mantra with certain beads. The beads are only a mechanism to keep your mind focused. If they are blessed by your prayers,practice or a saint then that can only add to that devotion that you are feeling.
Sincerely
Steve[/size]
