Importance of Namah Shivaya Jaap - नमः शिवायः जप का महात्म

• Namaḥ Shivaya has such power, the mere intonation of these syllables reaps its own reward in salvaging the soul from bondage of the treacherous instinctive mind and the steel bands of a perfected externalized intellect.
  


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  Namaḥ Shivaya quells the instinct, cuts through the steel bands and turns this intellect within and on itself, to face itself and see its ignorance
  


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  Namaḥ Shivaya is in truth both Āgama and Veda. Namaḥ Shivaya represents all mantras and tantras. Namaḥ Shivaya is our souls, our bodies and possessions. Namaḥ Shivaya has become our sure protection.
  


• Upamanyu said that if you practise this mantra enough so that it vibrates continuously in your heart, then you don't need to do any yoga or further practises like pranayam.
  


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  Adi Shankaracharya says that the name "Shiva" means "the one who purifies the one that repeats His name."