Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Manthra means any letter or syllable or word or sentence or their multiples, when repeated several times (in thousands) in the same manner, will develop a uniform sound wave. At that stage that letter or syllable or word or sentence and their multiples will become Manthra. GAYATHRI MAHA MANTHRA OOM l BHUR BHUVAS SUVAHA : l TATH SAVITHUR VARENIYAM IBHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI lDHIYO YO NA : PRACHODAYATH ll Meaning : We meditate on that adorable light of the divine Supreme who should rouse our intellects. When you finish chanting Gayathri Manthra, please conclude by chanting the following. SARVAM SRI KRISHNARPANA MUSTHU ll OOM SHANTHI : SHANTHI : SHANTHI : ll The Gayatri mantra has to be recited three times a day: in the morning at sunrise, at noon, and at sunset. These are called "sandhya kalam" --the time of coming together of night and day, of morning and evening, and of day and night. Time, like man, has three qualities: sathwa, rajas, and thamas (poised or pure or serenity, passion, and inertia). The day is divided into three parts: 4am to 8am and 4pm to 8pm have the sathwic (equanimous) quality; 8am to 4pm are rajasic (passionate); 8pm and 4am are tamasic (inaction). The eight hours from 8pm to 4am are used mainly for sleep. The eight hours of the day (from 8am to 4pm) are employed by allbeings, including animals and birds, in the discharge of their day to day duties and are regarded as rajasic (active pursuit). When the four sathwic hours of the morning are used for engaging oneself in good actions like worship, virtuous deeds, and keeping good company, one is sure to raise oneself from the human to the Divine level. It is during the sathwic period (4am to 8am and 4pm to 8pm) that the Gayatri mantra should be recited. Supplying the calories for the spirit is as necessary a process for happy living as supplying calories for the body. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, morning worship, noon worship, and evening worship --all six are equally essential The Gayatri can be recited even when one is taking a bath. It will mean also offering ablutions to the goddess. At noon, if the Gayatri is recited before taking one's meal, the food will get sanctified and become an offering to the deity. If the mantra is chanted, various kinds of powers will emerge in one. Hence the Gayatri mantra should not be treated casually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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