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Re: Query about Gayatri Mantra
Vasudev Tanikella (tanikelv@ucs.orst.edu) wrote:
: Hi,
: I know the Gayatri mantra. But, can somebody tell me the meaning of
: Gayatri mantra and the correct procedure to do it during morning and
: evening. I never gave much thought about it. But, I wanted to do
: seriously from now onwards. Also, I wanted to know what exactly does
: it signifies. Thanks in advance.
:
: Vasudev Tanikella.
According to what I heard, the Gayatri mantra is what Lord Brahma heard prior
to creating the world. He was meditating prior to the creation in order to
figure out what to do, and what he heard was the music from Lord Krishna's
flute. This music is supposed to be the Gayatri mantra.
You might want to check out Swami Mukhyananda's _Om and The Significance of
The Gayatri Mantra_. This book gives a word-for-word translation of the
mantra, and also describes the details of performing the Sandhya Upasana.
However, Swami M. is an Advaitist, so you might want to take some of his
translations with a grain of salt.
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