Rain Rain go away .............

There was a time when at the beginning of every puja  we used to pray :

काले वर्षतु पर्जन्यः - May the Rain god bless us with timely showers.

Then came - " Rain rain go away .............. " being chanted by hundreds of thousands  children every day in play schools and kindergartens across the country. Even in underprivileged village schools this chanting has become inevitable.

Can God help but answer this prayer from the innocent minds ?

No wonder, we have droughts  every year !

Why one should NOT chant mantras !!!!!!!

Mantras bear a relation with respect to the person who is chanting them. Accordingly they are classified into 

1.Siddha

2.Saaddhya

3.Susiddha

4. Ari

The fourth category called Ari mantras are enemies of the person who is chanting them. Which mantra could be an ari mantra for the individual depends on the syllables of the mantra and astrological particulars of the individual. This can be identified only by someone who is adept in mantra sastra.

Chanting  an enemy mantra can lead to destruction .

This is highly individual specific. Public deeksha ceremonies do not take this into account. People who go around advising " Do one mala japa of this mantra or that mantra" do not know this.

Moreover, there tatvas, gunas, gender etc. associated with mantras. Careful consideration of all these is required before taking up mantra chanting.

Better to stay away if you are not under able guidance.

Sincere prayers and simple stotras do no harm.