(Post 01)
(Source: http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2003/May_Jun/v1.SupremeSignificanceGayatri)
(Translation of the original discourse in Hindi given on the last day of an anushthan camp at Gayatri Tapobhumi, Mathura in the 1960s; Original Title: "Gayatri Mahamantra Ki Mahatta")
Let us all begin with the collective chanting of the Gayatri Mantra, "Om Bhur Bhuvaha Swaha, Tatsaviturvareyam, Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo Yonaha Pracodayat ||"
Sisters and Brothers, Gayatri Tapobhumi is the living abode of Goddess Gayatri. It is an Ashram for the sadhana of the Gayatri Mantra.
The spiritual experiments using mantras are of unique importance because mantras are carriers of immense occult potencies and can be used to accomplish great tasks. A snake charmer can relieve a person from the poisonous effects of snake-bite by perfecting the practice of the particular mantra.
The utility of mantras for spiritual sadhana is like that of instruments (yantras) in the material world. Yantras play a key role in the materialistic development of the world. The history of the ascent of human civilization is, to a great extent, the history of the invention and advancement of yantras.
Mantras also have their own history of discovery and mastery of inner realms of consciousness by a long line of masters. Mantras have great significance in the mental and spiritual evolution of harmony. These could also manifest tremendous results in the physical world; they could be powerful like a Patton tank or an atomic bomb. Our spiritually empowered, eminent ancestors, the Rishis, knew this fact, and had therefore developed a whole gamut of mantras for specific purposes, and had also devised the methods of experimentation with the use of these subliminal tools.
(Source: http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2003/May_Jun/v1.SupremeSignificanceGayatri)
(Translation of the original discourse in Hindi given on the last day of an anushthan camp at Gayatri Tapobhumi, Mathura in the 1960s; Original Title: "Gayatri Mahamantra Ki Mahatta")
Let us all begin with the collective chanting of the Gayatri Mantra, "Om Bhur Bhuvaha Swaha, Tatsaviturvareyam, Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo Yonaha Pracodayat ||"
Sisters and Brothers, Gayatri Tapobhumi is the living abode of Goddess Gayatri. It is an Ashram for the sadhana of the Gayatri Mantra.
The spiritual experiments using mantras are of unique importance because mantras are carriers of immense occult potencies and can be used to accomplish great tasks. A snake charmer can relieve a person from the poisonous effects of snake-bite by perfecting the practice of the particular mantra.
The utility of mantras for spiritual sadhana is like that of instruments (yantras) in the material world. Yantras play a key role in the materialistic development of the world. The history of the ascent of human civilization is, to a great extent, the history of the invention and advancement of yantras.
Mantras also have their own history of discovery and mastery of inner realms of consciousness by a long line of masters. Mantras have great significance in the mental and spiritual evolution of harmony. These could also manifest tremendous results in the physical world; they could be powerful like a Patton tank or an atomic bomb. Our spiritually empowered, eminent ancestors, the Rishis, knew this fact, and had therefore developed a whole gamut of mantras for specific purposes, and had also devised the methods of experimentation with the use of these subliminal tools.
