GAYATHRI MANTRAM

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MY NAMASKARAMS TO ALL. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE CHANTING OF

GAYATHRI MANTRAM. IS THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS IN CHANTING THE MANTRAM?

THE DIVINE MANTRA IS RECITED DIRECTLY ON THE EARS OF THE BRAMHACHARI

DURING THE MAHA UPANAYANAM AND I WAS TOLD BY ELDERS AND LEARNED

PANDITS THAT THE GAYATHRI MANTRAM SHOULD NOT BE RECITED BY THE WOMEN

FOLK. NOW IT HAS BECOME MORE OF A FASHION TO RECITE GAYATHRI MANTRAM

BY ONE AND ALL.I REQUEST THE GROUP TO THROW SOME LIGHT ON THIS

QUESTION WHICH HAS BEEN LINGERING IN MY MIND.

 

SALUTATIONS

S.HARIHARAN

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--- posting a letter without address -will it serve any purpose?

for any manthra for that matter the concerned devata should be

invited/manasik meditation of the image of the devata by chanting the

dhyan mantra

should be done/after japa the devata should be saluted with a

upasthana mantra.for all these actions physical cleanliness and

mental

purity should be observed.i hope this clarifies your questions.there

is nobody greater than mother and no mantra is greater than gayathri,

because it offers raksha to the person chanting it in a proper manner,

like a mother to her children .

*please post all your letters with address.

my humble pranams to great

masters of this group and they can correct me if i have given any

wrong message.

krishna krishnaa.

 

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Note:=

*please post all your letters with address.

I hope the above line will be applicable for himself / herself.

 

There is a considerable amount of message is there in the above message about

chanting Gayathri Manthras.

 

We should not worry about the person who are not following the rules or sastras,

but we should try to abide sastras.

 

This was answered several times. Kindly refer the old messages.

Later I will give you the location of article posted in our site about it.

nvs

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srI:

Srimate ramanujaya namaha

 

Dear Sri Vasu vadhyar swamin,

dasoham.

 

Clarification for topic (gayatri mantram) has been answered under vaideekam

before: The msg numbers are 2306 & 1205.

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In question/answer section of ahobilam dot com, sri Vasu vadhyar has answered as

well.

URL http://www.ahobilam.com/tamil/anushtanam/qa.htm

 

Gayatri manthram should be learnt from an Acharya/Guru (your father or brother)

during brahmopadesam. This is a Veda manthram. One gets the phalan only if

chanted correctly after upadesam from a Guru.

Reading from a book or learning from a audio media will NOT offer any fruit.

If we believe in our scriptures, then we should follow it fully.

 

(Reference: Message# 1332)

Manthram - that which protects the manas (mind)

Gayathri - she who protects the one who sings

(gaayaka:) about her

 

adiyen.

Ramanuja Dasan.

Venkat chari (New Jersey)

 

 

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Very kind of you swamin (Venkat Chary) for finding out the previous message.

nvs

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Dear Swaaminah:

 

One thing that many members have touched on is the prevalence for

playing the gaayatri manthram on radio, TV, cassette recorder etc. As

pointed out by Sri Venkat Chari, and as Sri Vasu Vadhyar swAmin said

in the link given, there is a tendency to not give the Veda manthrams

the respect which is due to them as per shaastram. One thing that

many people have forgotten is the importance of getting proper

upadesham from a Guru.

 

There is one uncertain area though regarding women regarding

gayathri manthram. While as I understand it, the tradition we have

today mainly does not give women upanayana samskaaram, I have read

that there is considerable evidence that women used to undergo

brahmopadesham and do veda adhyayanam in the past, for which of course

gayathri japam and sandhyaavandanam are the required minimum. The

quote often given is from " Harita dharma sutra " or " Harita Smriti "

which says something like:

 

" There are two sorts of women. Those who are bramavadinis (students of

sacred lore) and those that are sadyovadhus (who marry straightaway).

Out of these, brahmavadinis have to go through upanayana, keeping

fire, Vedic study and begging in one's house (under the parents'

roof). But in the case of sadyovadhus, when their marriage is drawing

near, the mere ceremony of upanayana should somehow be performed and

then their marriage should be celebrated. "

(http://www.payer.de/dharmashastra/dharmash104.htm)

 

There may be other quotes in other dharmashaastras. Also the

Brihadaaranyaka upanishad contains many quotes spoken by Gargi and

Maitreyi, so many argue that if they could speak the veda manthrams in

the first place, that women should also be able to chant (after

upanayanam). Also apparently there are many " rishikaas " who are the

" mantra drashtaas " for many of the Rig Veda manthrams, so people

suggest that if women rishis can be mantra drashtaas, they could also

chant the veda manthrams.

 

I completely accept that any reciting of veda manthrams should be

done only after brahmopadesham and upanayanam and learning from a

veda-vaadhyaar (regardless of whether it is a man or woman), otherwise

we are not giving proper respect to the Vedam. But I thought members

may be interested in these quotes. Members learned in dharmashaastram

can perhaps shed some light on their meaning and why we do not do

upanayanam for women nowadays? Perhaps different dharmashaastrams

give different opinions?

 

Apologies if I have misread anything in the above quotes, and if there

is anything offensive to bhaagavataaLs. These are honest questions.

 

many thanks,

sarvaaparaadhaan kShamasva

praNaamams,

namo naaraayaNaaya

Ranjan

 

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In Sri Ramayanam Sri Hanuman used to speak in Sanskrit while he is speaking with

Sri Rama and used 'Prakrutham' while speaking with 'Sita Praati'. It denotes,

that they had given equal respect to sanskrit as well as vedham.

 

Also we can take many examples from many puranams for anything, but we should

check which is applicable for this Kaliyugam. After the completion of those

quotes they might have given those are not applicable for 'Kali Yugam'. For

example, in the previous yugams Brahmins are used to take 'mamisam' which is not

applicable for this yugam.

 

This type of arguments are trying to waste the time of members and confusing

them. We are not running any research foundation to produce our innovations for

implementation. Also the Sastram says, do not continue to tell the sastrams for

the 'Kouthaskudhas' who are asking more and more meaningless questions without

belief.

nvs