Gurunathar’s Divine Message Ashwini Pooja 09-07-2007
Here is an interesting question, “Is it necessary to keep track of the number of times we chant a mantra?” Spiritually speaking, this is not necessary. Your mental concentration should be unwavering. This is more important than the number of times you repeat a mantra. However there are some who wish to gain super human powers (or siddhis) by chanting mantras. They pay particular attention to counting the number of times they chant them.
As a rule if a person chants a mantra one lakh and twenty five thousands they will gain spiritual powers. However they will not succeed in getting their aim if they fail to maintain their concentration even if they chant it five lakh times! For those who have come here, with the help of your devotion pay more heed to increasing your concentration and making your mind steady rather than counting the number of times you chant the mantra. Then you will find that a mantra chanted even a few times will yield good results.
{Extract from the translation of Gurunathar’s Divine message given to and read by Guruji Shri.K.V.Narayanan}