Learn about GAYATRI MANTRA

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Dear all,

This is very useful notes from a realised soul which i have come thru

and it shed new light to me about the Mantra,removing some of my

misgivings.

Every one read this, implement this and even take some time to tell

your fellow people and all poeple who might benfit.

 

The article i picked up as is given below ,

 

"

TO BRING to one's mind repeatedly the inspiring lives of great

personalities, the wise men

of all the ancient religions had set apart particular days in the

year, as specially sacred and

auspicious on their account. On these days, nations and races glorify

these lofty personalities, they

re-live the spirit of the great events to perpetuate the memory of

these great men. Thus we find that

the calendar of the Hindus is marked by birthdays of divine

incarnations, saints and sages, the Gita

Jayanthi, Guru Purnima, Shivaratri, Vaikunta Ekadashi, and many more

auspicious occasions. The

Gayatri Japa Day is one such very holy and glorious day intended to

remind all of the greatest and

most glorious of all Mantras, the sacred Gayatri Mantra.

 

The Gayatri is the life and support of every true Hindu. It is the

impregnable spiritual

armour, the veritable fortress, that guards and protects its votary.

In fact, that is the very meaning of

the word Gayatri—"that which protects one who sings it".

 

The Gayatri is the divine power that transforms the human into the

Divine and blesses man

with the brilliant light of the highest spiritual illumination.

Whoever may be one's favourite Deity,

the regular repetition of a few malas (rosary of a hundred and eight

beads) of Gayatri Japa every day

will shower upon one incalculable benefits and blessings. It is

universally applicable, being purely

an earnest prayer for light addressed to the Almighty Supreme Spirit.

The Para Brahma Gayatri

Mantra is the most important of all Mantras. For every Brahmin of any

creed or order of life, this has

been prescribed as being the sole transcendental guiding light. The

Brahmachari or celibate, the

Grihastha or householder, and the Vanaprastha or one who is retired,

must repeat this Mantra every

day; the Sannyasin or renunciate is asked to repeat Om instead of

this Mantra.

The nature of the Gayatri Mantra is such that you can repeat it while

meditating on any form

you like. It is generally conceived of as a female Deity by the

majority of devotees. One who

worships God as Mother adheres to this belief. But, in its true

light, the Gayatri never speaks of a

female at all. You cannot find a single word in the entire Gayatri

Mantra, which speaks of a female.

The feminine form of the word "Gayatri" cannot make its Deity

a

female. It is only the name of its

metre and not the Deity.

Some people think that the Gayatri Mantra is presided over by the

sun. In fact, even this idea

is to be modified a little. The sun that it speaks of is not that

which shines over this earth before our

physical eyes, but tat savituh or "that Sun", the great Sun

which

this sun or moon does not illumine,

and which is the impersonal, absolute Brahman.

Therefore, this is the greatest of all Mantras as its presiding Deity

is none other than Para

Brahman Himself. Hence, why hanker after other Mantras? The Gayatri

itself is the crest-jewel or

the king of all Mantras. It is the most powerful of all Mantras. Na

gayatryah paro mantrah—"There

is no Mantra greater than the Gayatri".

Each word, each letter of the Gayatri bears on its head the highest

Vedantic concept of the

absolute, supreme Truth. Do Japa of the Gayatri—it will give you

the

most excellent fruit, the fruit

of immortality! The Mantra is as follows:

Om bhur bhuvah svah

Tat savitur varenyam

Bhargo devasya dheemahi

Dhiyo yo nah prachodayaat.

Om: symbol of Para Brahman.

Bhuh: Bhu Loka or the physical plane.

Bhuvah: the astral plane.

Svah: the celestial plane.

Tat: That; the transcendental Paramatma; God.

Savituh: the Creator.

Varenyam: fit to be worshipped.

Bhargah: remover of sins and ignorance; glory, effulgence.

Devasya: resplendent, shining.

Dheemahi: we meditate.

Dhiyah: the intellect, understanding.

Yo: who.

Nah: our.

Prachodayaat: enlighten, guide, impel.

MEANING: "We meditate on the glory of the Creator who has created

the

universe, who is fit to be

worshipped, who is the embodiment of knowledge and light, who is the

remover of all sins and

ignorance. May He enlighten our intellect!"

 

Herein there are five parts: Om is the first part; Bhur bhuvah svah

is the second; Tat savitur

varenyam is the third; Bhargo devasya dheemahi is the fourth; and

Dhiyo yo nah prachodayaat is

the last. While chanting the Mantra you should pause after every part.

This rare and most precious divine treasure of the Gayatri Mantra is

neglected by the youth

of the present day. This is a very serious lapse indeed. Open your

eyes now on this sacred day and

start in right earnest the Japa of the Gayatri. Repeat it at least

108 times (1,008 is better!) on the

Gayatri Japa day. Then continue it (at least 108 times daily) without

missing even a single day.

May the whole world be made Gayatri-conscious through the inspiration

of the auspicious

Gayatri Japa Day! May you all be thrice blessed by taking the vow of

daily Gayatri Japa right from

this very moment! May you realise the inner Truth of the Gayatri

Mantra!

Gayatri Japa is observed on the day after the Raksha Bandhan or Avani

Avittam

(July-August).

GAYATRI JAPA DAY"

 

 

 

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May we realise the heartful blessings of Gurudev filled in all ways

of our life

Jai Gurudev