Sri Ganaraja Sadhana

The first year of Ganesha Sadhana begins with the teachings of Maharishi Mudgal (Ganesha Purana).

Sadhana Plan

Year 1:

Ganesha [Believer] – Long life, freedom from all diseases, path to knowledge, and removal of all troubles and obstacles in life

Parashara Mantra – Incorporating the teachings of Parashara [This is a mantra very specific to Parashara]… You will learn more about this when we conduct contact classes.

Year 2: Surya Upasana – Dashakshari Mantra for great success and prosperity, Navagraha Puja

Year 3: Krishna Mantra Sadhana – Karmayogi [Recommended only by Parashara – for astrology purposes]

Simple Procedure

Asana

Aasthik Mantra

ॐ ह्रुं चैतन्याय नमः | om hruṁ chaitanyāya namaḥ

• • Ganesha is the bestower of faith and dispels doubts and evils caused by Rahu and the Tamasic planets.
    He is seated on a Swastika Mandala.
    Mandal Mantra – Swastikaya Namaha | Draw this on a piece of paper or draw lines with red vermillion on the wall at eye level in the eastern part of your room so that you can see it and sit and chant the mantra.Spread a mat in front of the picture of Shri Ganesha and place the picture at eye level so that you do not have to look down. Looking at the same level or upward is beneficial. Sit facing east in a posture that you are comfortable with.

    Light a ghee lamp in front of the picture or yantra of Ganesha and chant the following mantra:

Now read the Viniyog below :

आचमनम् (Achamanam)

This is a process of purifying the soul, which is responsible for performing some good deeds, and it is necessary to be purified to receive the benefits of chanting and meditation.

Take a little water (from a clean vessel kept nearby) in your right palm and swallow it while chanting a mantra. Wash your palm with the water, wipe your lips with the clean palm, and then wash your palm again.

ऋष्यादि न्यास Rishiadi Nyasa

Nyasa is the process by which the sounds associated with a mantra (or its deity) are placed on specific body parts. In Rishi and other Nyasa, the mantra—the Rishi, the mantra verse, the deity, the seed, and the Shakti—are placed on corresponding points of the body.

Shadanga Nyasa

This is the process of establishing mantra sounds or seeds (including elements) in the six parts of the body. This is the true protection of the body. If this is done before chanting mantras, the body is protected from any evil, disease, and suffering.

Mala

A small (not too small) Rudraksha Mala with 54 beads is a good mala. While chanting each mantra, use your middle finger and thumb to push the beads away from your body, never going past the head bead. Turn the mala using your middle finger and ring finger. This will become easier with a little practice. The index finger, called “Tarjani,” should never touch the mala. This angers the deity, which is against this sadhana. Ganaraja Sadhana is an extremely peaceful sadhana that completely calms the mind.

Choose the same mala you would use for any other sadhana, as this mantra will support the other mantras and deity as well. The best mala is one made of coral beads, but these can be expensive. Besides crystal, Rudraksha beads are also very auspicious.

Mantra

Choose a name from the 12 Ganesha names selected by Sri Narada or from another list based on your ascendant.

Ganesha Siddha Mantra

In the morning, sit facing east and place a pen and a copy of the BPHS (four-pointed swastika or a picture of Ganesha) in front of Lord Ganesha.

You must decide whether you will chant this mantra 108 times daily, or those of you prepared for rigorous sadhana should chant 15 rounds daily, except on the Chaturthi of each month, when you chant 22 rounds. This is a very large number of mantras. Furthermore, the duration of sadhana is one year, from one Ganesh Puja to the next. But the fruits of this sadhana are extremely delicious. If you can accept this challenge and remain determined, it will, in addition to all other benefits, give you tremendous confidence in this subject. You can become an expert in astrology.

Like all scriptures and the teachings of Thakur Ramakrishna, chanting is the penance of Kaliyuga. There is no other path to penance. If you decide to accept the challenge of chanting 600,000 mantras in a year at the suggested rate (15 rounds daily + 22 rounds on Chaturthi), please write to me privately.

Don’t ask me any more questions. Note: Select the mantra based on the ascendant only.

दशाक्षरमंत्रस्तोत्रम् ||

Recite this stotra once at the end of the chanting.

श्रीगणेशाय नमः।
मुद्गल उवाच।
असच्छक्तिश्च सत्सूर्यः समो विष्णुर्महामुने।
अव्यक्तः शङ्करस्तेषां संयोगे गणपो भवेत्॥ १॥
संयोगे मायया युक्तो गणेशो ब्रह्मनायकः।
अयोगे मायया हीनो भवति मुनिसत्तमा॥ २॥
संयोगायोगयोर्योगे योगो गणेशसंज्ञितः।
शान्तिभ्यः शन्तिदः प्रोक्तो भजने भक्तिसंयुतः॥ ३॥
एवमुक्त्वा गणेशस्य ददौ मन्त्रं स मुद्गलः।
एकाक्षरं विधियुतं ततः सोऽन्तर्हितोऽभवत्॥ ४॥
ततोऽहं गणराजं तमभजं सर्वभावतः।
तेन शान्ति समयुक्तश्चरामि त्वकुतोभयः॥ ५॥
न गणेशात्परं ब्रह्म न गणेशात्परं तपः।
न ग़णेशात्परं कर्म ज्ञानं न गणपात्परम्॥ ६॥
न गणेशात्परो योगो भक्तिर्न गणपात्परा।
तस्मात्स सर्वपूज्योऽयं सर्वादौ सिद्धिदायकः॥ ७॥
गणेशानं परित्यज्य कर्मज्ञानादिकं चरेत्।
तत्सर्वं निष्फलं याति भस्मनि प्रहुतं यथा॥ ८॥
सर्वांस्त्यज्य गणेशं यो भजतेऽनन्यचेतसा।
सर्वसिद्धिं लभेत्सद्यो ब्रह्मभूतः स कथ्यते॥ ९॥
एवमुक्त्वाऽत्रितस्तस्मै ददौ मन्त्रं दशाक्षरम्।
विधियुक्तं ततः साक्षादन्तर्धानं चकार ह॥ १०॥
इति दशाक्षरमन्त्रस्तोत्रं समाप्तम्।[/su_column]

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
mudgala uvāca |
asacchaktiśca satsūryaḥ samo viṣṇurmahāmune
avyaktaḥ śaṅkarasteṣāṁ saṁyoge gaṇapo bhavet || 1||
saṁyoge māyayā yukto gaṇeśo brahmanāyakaḥ
ayoge māyayā hīno bhavati munisattamā || 2||
saṁyogāyogayoryoge yogo gaṇeśasaṁjñitaḥ |
śāntibhyaḥ śantidaḥ prokto bhajane bhaktisaṁyutaḥ || 3||
evamuktvā gaṇeśasya dadau mantraṁ sa mudgalaḥ |
ekākṣaraṁ vidhiyutaṁ tataḥ so’ntarhito’bhavat ||
tato’haṁ gaṇarājaṁ tamabhajaṁ sarvabhāvataḥ
tena śānti samayuktaścarāmi tvakutobhayaḥ ||
na gaṇeśātparaṁ brahma na gaṇeśātparaṁ tapaḥ |
na ġaṇeśātparaṁ karma jñānaṁ na gaṇapātparam || 6||
na gaṇeśātparo yogo bhaktirna gaṇapātparā |
tasmātsa sarvapūjyo’yaṁ sarvādau siddhidāyakaḥ || 7||
gaṇeśānaṁ parityajya karmajñānādikaṁ caret |
tatsarvaṁ niṣphalaṁ yāti bhasmani prahutaṁ yathā || 8||
sarvāṁstyajya gaṇeśaṁ yo bhajate’nanyacetasā
sarvasiddhiṁ labhetsadyo brahmabhūtaḥ sa kathyate || 9||
evamuktvā’tritastasmai dadau mantraṁ daśākṣaram |
vidhiyuktaṁ tataḥ sākṣādantardhānaṁ cakāra ha || 10||
iti daśākṣaramantrastotraṁ samāptam |[/su_column][/su_row]