Post #586

In the Narada-pancharatra it is said: "The three Vedas, six Vedangas, poetry, demigods, words, and everything else, are all situated in the eight-syllable mantra." "The eight-syllable mantra is the essence of all Vedanta philosophy. It is a boat to cross the ocean of repeated birth and death. It is the path followed by they who wish never to be born again." "A country that honors a person perfect in chanting the eight-syllable mantra will not be touched by disease, poverty, or theft." "The demigods, demons, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Vidyadharas, and others respectfully bow before a person exalted with knowledge of the eight-syllable mantra." "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Näräyaëa, personally appears in the mouth as the eight-syllable mantra."