Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Hari OM In Manusmriti it has been stated ,"In the early dawn by doing the Gayatri Japa standing one ends all sins committed during the night, and by doing this Japa in the evening by sitting one ends sins committed during the day." Sin here means the agitations created in our mental life by our own negative actions and the tendency to repeat the same, which is left by them as impressions upon the mind. In Manusmriti we find very interesting and clear directions on the worship of this Mantra. These instructions are--- "Afterwards getting up from the bed, after answering the calls of nature, purifying yourself completely, disallowing the mind to wander hither and thither, sincerely perform the morning Japa standing on your feet and repeating the Mantra very very slowly". Elsewhere it is stated ,"In the morning worship till the sun rises above the horizon do the Japa standing and in the evening sitting down do your japa until the stars emerge out." The Gayatri is chanted generally at each Sandhya, a minimum of ten times. But never is this Mantra chanted at night; after the sunset Gayatri is not to be repeated is the rule. Mind and body are the sources of our activities in the world outside and they,with their likes and dislikes,their emotions and appetites, their passions and cravings bring out from us a host of passionate animal instincts which try to conquer and destroy the spiritual essence in us---the Brahman-- in us. The essential brilliance of the human intellect thus gets clouded by the approaching hosts of these passions--- and Gayatri Japa and its consequent effects are like thunder and lightning descending upon those passions. The full Gayatri Mantra has, in fact, a fourth line also. It reads," Paro Rajase Savad Om",meaning 'He who is transcending the effulgence, in this. Thus the fourth line invokes that which is beyond the effulgence, and it assists in intimate subjective experience of the devotee,his identity with it as ,'that is this.' The fourth line is mentioned in Chandogya Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka and Brahma Sutra. This line has always been preserved as sacred and secret, and it is given out only to to full-time seekers or to self-dedicated Sanyasins. Well, this line is not so much for chanting as for experiencing in the highest moments of intense meditation in Samadhi. (to be continued) G.Balasubramanian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Dear Balasubramanian ji and all members can you please explain the difference between short-form and long form of Gayatri mantra, I did not find a decent explanation of the difference anywhere. Thanks, Divakar. --- On Thu, 7/23/09, G Balasubramanian <gbsub wrote: G Balasubramanian <gbsub SOME THOUGHTS ON VEDA MANTRAS--4USBrahmins Cc: viprasamhitha (AT) googl (DOT) com, brahmin_world, mukti_marg, Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 9:51 AM Hari OM In Manusmriti it has been stated ,"In the early dawn by doing the Gayatri Japa standing one ends all sins committed during the night, and by doing this Japa in the evening by sitting one ends sins committed during the day." Sin here means the agitations created in our mental life by our own negative actions and the tendency to repeat the same, which is left by them as impressions upon the mind. In Manusmriti we find very interesting and clear directions on the worship of this Mantra. These instructions are--- "Afterwards getting up from the bed, after answering the calls of nature, purifying yourself completely, disallowing the mind to wander hither and thither, sincerely perform the morning Japa standing on your feet and repeating the Mantra very very slowly". Elsewhere it is stated ,"In the morning worship till the sun rises above the horizon do the Japa standing and in the evening sitting down do your japa until the stars emerge out." The Gayatri is chanted generally at each Sandhya, a minimum of ten times. But never is this Mantra chanted at night; after the sunset Gayatri is not to be repeated is the rule. Mind and body are the sources of our activities in the world outside and they,with their likes and dislikes,their emotions and appetites, their passions and cravings bring out from us a host of passionate animal instincts which try to conquer and destroy the spiritual essence in us---the Brahman-- in us. The essential brilliance of the human intellect thus gets clouded by the approaching hosts of these passions--- and Gayatri Japa and its consequent effects are like thunder and lightning descending upon those passions. The full Gayatri Mantra has, in fact, a fourth line also. It reads," Paro Rajase Savad Om",meaning 'He who is transcending the effulgence, in this. Thus the fourth line invokes that which is beyond the effulgence, and it assists in intimate subjective experience of the devotee,his identity with it as ,'that is this.' The fourth line is mentioned in Chandogya Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka and Brahma Sutra. This line has always been preserved as sacred and secret, and it is given out only to to full-time seekers or to self-dedicated Sanyasins. Well, this line is not so much for chanting as for experiencing in the highest moments of intense meditation in Samadhi. (to be continued) G.Balasubramanian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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