Thursday, June 6, 2019

The Foundational Emblems of Indian Culture: Shikha and Sutra (Translation of a discourse of Revered Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya)

(Post 08)

(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2004/Sept_Oct/ShikhaSutra/

What is the origin of the Vedic Religion and the Indian Culture?

It is the ultimate knowledge, the pre-eminent force of spirituality, the divine light, and the eternal values, embedded in Gayatri Mantra.

I have therefore motivated you all towards the sadhana of Gayatri Mantra.

This mantra is the root of the Vedas.

Lord Krishna himself was a devotee of Gayatri Mantra.

Look at the Valimiki Ramayana; it mentions that Lord Ram was also given the deeksha of Gayatri Mantra.

Further back, this mantra has been described in the Vedic scriptures as also being the root of inspiration and activation of the powers of the eternal Trinity: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

It is said to be the source of all creation and existence, in the gross and the subliminal realms of manifestation.