{"id":999,"date":"2026-08-27T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=999"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-138-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-138-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 138 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwS-Lesson-138.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Initiation Necessary to Perform Japa?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 138<br>The most precious of all \u015aaivite mantras, Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya is freely sung and chanted by one and all. Mantra d\u012bksh\u0101 bestows the permission and power for japa yoga. Without this initiation, its repetition bears lesser fruit. Aum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BH\u0100SHYA<br>The Pa\u00f1ch\u0101kshara Mantra is the word of God, the name and total essence of \u015aiva. But to chant Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya and to be empowered to chant Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya is likened to the difference between writing a check without money in the bank and writing a check with money in the bank. Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya is the gateway to yoga. Initiation from an orthodox guru is given after preparation, training and attaining a certain level of purity and dedication. The guru bestows the authority to chant Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya. After initiation, the devotee is obligated to intone it regularly as instructed. This forges the \u015bishya\u2019s permanent bond with the guru and his spiritual lineage, samprad\u0101ya, and fires the process of inner unfoldment. From the lips of my Satgurun\u0101tha I learned Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya, and it has been the central core of my life, strength and fulfillment of destiny. The secret of Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya is to hear it from the right lips at the right time. Then, and only then, is it the most powerful mantra for you. The \u015aiva Sa\u1e41hit\u0101 affirms, \u201cOnly the knowledge imparted by a guru, through his lips, is powerful and useful; otherwise it becomes fruitless, weak and very painful.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Initiation Necessary to Perform Japa? \u015aLOKA 138The most precious of all \u015aaivite mantras, Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya is freely sung and chanted by one and all. Mantra d\u012bksh\u0101 bestows the permission and power for japa yoga. Without this initiation, its repetition bears lesser fruit. Aum. BH\u0100SHYAThe Pa\u00f1ch\u0101kshara Mantra is the word of God, the name and <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-138-dancing-with-siva\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancing-with-siva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5384,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/5384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}