--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote:
> The mantras that are recited > are no mantras at all. > Without the immutable potency that is in the mantras, > as their very life and soul (jiva), > they are futile like a cloud that will not rain. > > Shiva-sutra-vimarshini > So Vaj-That really sounds romantic, now, just how are the mantras given *potency*? And IF the mantras have **"immutable potency"** how then can it be lost?