anadi kal se hi hindu dharm men anek prakar ki manyataon ka samavesh raha hai. vicharon ki prakhrta evan vidvanon ke nirantar chintan se manyataon v asthaon men bhi parivartan hua. kya in manyataon v asthaon ka kuch vaigyanik adhar bhi hai? yah prashn baranbar buddhijivi pathkon ke man ko kachotta hai. dharmagranthon ko uddhrit karke‘ ‘babavakya pramanam’ kahne ka yug ab samapt ho gaya hai. dharmik manyataon par samyak chintan karna aj ke yug ki atyant avashyak pukar ho chuki hai.
prashna: mala ka prayog kyon karte hain?
uttara: mala ek pavitra vastu hai jo‘ shuchi sangyaka’ vastuon se banai jati hai. ismen 108 manke hote hain jisse sadhak ko anushthan sanbandhi jap- mantra ki sankhya ka dhyan rahta hai. angira smriti men kaha hai- ‘‘asankhya tu yajjaptan, tatsarvan nishfalan bhavet.’’ arthat bina mala ke sankhyahin jap jo hote hain, ve sab nishfal hote hain. vividh prakar ki malaon se vividh prakar ke labh hote hain. angushth aur anguli ke sangharsh se ek vilakshan vidyut utpann hogi, jo dhamni ke tar dvara sidhi hriday chakra ko prabhavit karegi, dolta hua man isse nishchal ho jayega.
prashna: mala jap madhyamanguli se kyon?
uttara: madhyama anguli ki dhamni ka hritpradesh se sidha sanbandh hai. hridayasthal men hi atma ka nivas hai. atma ka mala se sidha sanbandh jorne ke liye mala ka manka madhyama anguli ki sahayta se firaya jata hai.
prashna: mala men 108 dane kyon?
uttara: mala ka kram nakshatron ke hisab se rakha gaya hai. bhartiya rishiyon ne kul 27 nakshatron ki khoj ki. pratyek nakshatra ke char charan hote hain. 27 g 4 = 108 . atah kul milakar 108 ki sankhya tay ki gai hai. yah sankhya param pavitra v siddhidayak mani gai. tatpashchat hindu dharm ke dharmacharyon, jagadguruon ke age bhi ‘shri 108’ ki sankhyaen samman men lagai jane lagin.
prashna: mala kanthi gale men kyane?
uttara: maulana bhi apne gale men tasbi latkate hain. isai padri bhi ishu masih ka kraes gale men latkate hain. atah apne isht vastuon ko gale men dharan karne ki dharmik paranpra hinduon men bhi hai.
oshth v jihna ko hilakar upanshu jap karne vale sadhkon ki kanth dhamniyon ko adhik prarishram karna parta hai. yah sadhak kahin galagand, kanthmala adi rogon se pirit n ho jay, us khatre se bachne ke liye tulsi, rudraksh adi divya aushdhiyon ki mala dharan ki jati hai. hindu sanatan dharm men keval mantra sankhya janne tak hi mala ka mahattva simit hai. maharshiyon ne iske age khoj ki tatha vibhinn ratn aushdhi v divyavrikshon ke mahattva, upadeyta ko janakar unki malaen dharan karne ki vyavasthaen is prakar se di hain.
‘tantrasar’ ke anusar
1. kamlaksh (kamalagatte) ki mala shatru ka nash karti hai, kush granthi se bani mala pap dur karti hai.
2. jiyapita (jivputra) ki mala, santangopal adi mantron ke sath japne se putra labh deti hai.
3. munge (praval) ki mala dhan deti hai.
4. rudraksh ki mala mahamrityunjay mantra ke sath japne se rogon ka nash karke dirghayu deti hai.
5. vighna-nivritti hetu, shatru-nash men haridra ki mala.
6. maran v tamsi karyon men sarp ke haddi ki mala, akarshan evan vidya hetu sfatik mala.
7. shri krishn v vishnu ki prasannata hetu tulsi evan shankh ki mala prashast hai.
8. vaise vyaghranakh, chandi, sone, tanbe ke sikke se sannivesh dora bachchon ko najr-tokar evan bahut si sankramak bimariyon se bachata hai.