Mysteries of Sound

Points from lecture H.H Bhanu Swami Maharaj on 19 – 05 – 2019 at ISKCO, Abids

 Everything in the world is vibrating. Even our body and brain is vibrating. Everything that vibrates
produces sound.
 Effects of vibration was mentioned
 Effects of Music
o It has a profound / strong impact
o Experiment: ‘Secret Life of Plants’ by Harper and Row, 1999
o Classical music reduces Cortisol and stress levels
o Loud and Fast music produces stress
 Sound as Weapon
o LRAD uses in USS Blue Ride
o The 3 gunas of sound – Sattva, Rajo and Tammo
 Sound also has a form. Cymatic patterns of sound. It has 3d pattern, but there are instruments to
detect 2d pattern
 Sacred geometry : Sound = Yantra = Universe where it was quoted about the universe as mentioned
in Srimadh Bhagawatham

 Raga has a form. Shown the form of Hindholam Ragam

 Figure 1Form of Hindolam Ragam

 Sounds as information : Through Words

Sounds => syllables => words => sentences => books => knowledge
 Vedic definition of sound : Sound is the
th quality of ether. S.B 3.26.33
Persons who are learned and who have true knowledge define sound as that which conveys the
idea of an object, indicates the presence of a speaker screened from our view and constitutes the
subtle form of ether.
 Sound has a spiritual effects. Breathing of Vishnu is sound of Vedas
 Om => all of Vedas = Vishnu . Katha Upanishad. Aum is indeed Brahman.
 Dissolution of creation is through breathing and sound
 Spiritual Sound wave is MANTRA. MAN (Mind) + TRA (deliver(deliverance).
ance). Sound that delivers the mind.
mind It
does not belong to material world
 Transformation of Sound.. 4 stages:

Para => manifestation in prana

pasyanti =>manifestation
manifestation in mind

madhyama => manifestation in indriyas

vaikhari => manifestation in expression

 Sound ‘KRISHNA’ stimulates the atma even though one thinks the sound is material

ATMA MIND INTELECT

Spiritual World Voice

 Krishna’s sound form came from spiritual world , to atma and then to mind and then to intellect and
then onto toung. If the same Krishna is spoken by toung, intellect activates, delivers mind and take
the atma back to spiritual world.
 Mantra has positive material effects. Repairs your telomeres which are important DNA
 Effects of Kirtan. Research showd 43% improved effects of telomeres
 Mantra effects subtle body. Realize spiritual form of sound. Sound and object are non different from
Krsna
 Maha Mantra explanation:
o Krsna = means source of everything and source of bliss
o Rama = means giver of bliss
o Hare = means embodiement of bliss
 Mantra acts on physical, mental and spiritual levels – DIAGRAM

ATMA

BODY MANTRA MIND

 When starts acting on atma it takes on to spiritual level

 Mantra =>DNA => Chakras => Atma

Chant with devotion makes favourable for above transition