Guest guest Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hare Krsna, Pranams. All glories to Srila PRabhupada. Can anyone assist in providing sastric quotes stating whether or not gayatri mantra should be spoken, whispered, chanted or sung loudly or in public? I have quotes from the Vedabase on the subject and am interested in other sources, for example eg Six Goswamis literature. your servant Deenanath das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Pamho.AGTSP. The Gayatri mantra can give variety of results.Also the Deities of Brahma Gayatri are described to be from Surya, Agni, Brahman, to Surya Narayana and also Radha Krishna.So unless given by a pure devotee Acarya the Gayatri can give only artha, dharma, kama, moksha. If one is empowered by a bona fide Guru then he will chant Gayatri in a specific way which is given by the parampara. But its not good to chant ones mantra aloud, as it is said that one should hide his relationship with guru, istha deva, mantra, japa etc. There is a story of a person who got Maha Mantra from guru, but then heard that even fisherman and all kinds of people chant this mantra.Then he lost the faith and thought this mantra is nothing special.But then the guru gave him a jewel and fisherman said its not heavy enought to be of help to catch the fish.In same way the mood in which the gayatri is chanted is secretly given to the disciple by transfering it in the parampara.This special mood is realized once chanted purely. Your servant Damana Krishna dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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