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Gâyatri Mantra

Gâyatrî Mantra

We meditate on the glory of the Creator;
Who has created the Universe;
Who is worthy of Worship;
Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light;
Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance;
May He enlighten our Intellect.

Om is bhûr, Om is bhuvas, Om is suvaha... Om is everything

bhûr

bhuvas

suvaha

om bhûhû

om bhuvaha

om suvaha

om mahaha

om janaha

om tapaha

om satyaM

bhûhû - earth, the physical world
bhuvaha - astral/desire/breath, the world of becoming
suvaha - mental, the world of thinking
mahaha - causal, silent mind, the world of emotion
janaha - world of creative generation
tapaha - world of intuition
satyaM - world of Absolute Truth

om tat savitur vareNyaM

bhargo devasya dhîmahi

dhiyo yo nah prachodayât

A succinct and delightful translation of the Gâyatrî Mantra by S. Krishnamurthy is:

We meditate upon the radiant Divine Light
of that adorable Sun of Spiritual Consciousness;
May it awaken our intuitional consciousness.

bhûr bhuvas suvar om
Om âpo jyotih rasomritam brahma
bhûr bhuvas suvar om

Om, the Water, the Light, the very Essence in which we exist, the Absolute, the physical world, the astral realm, the mental realm, all are Om.

Quotes from various Upanishads describing the nature of Om:

I will give you the Word all the scriptures glorify and which all spiritual disciplines express, to attain which aspirants lead of a life of sense-restrain and selflessness. It is Om. This symbol of Brahman is the highest. Realizing it, one finds complete fulfillment of all one's longings. It is of the greatest support to all seekers.

Katha Unpanishad (I, ii, 15-17)

Take the great bow of the sacred scriptures, place on it the arrow of devotion; then draw the bowstring of meditation, and aim at the target, the Lord of Love. Om is the bow, the soul is the arrow, and Brahman is called its target. Now draw the bowstring of meditation and hitting the target, be One with It.

Mundaka Upanishad (II, ii, 3-4)

Fire is not seen until one firestick rubs across another, though the fire is still there, hidden. So does Brahman remain hidden until being revealed by the mantram Om. Let your body be the lower firestick and the mantram Om be the upper. Rub them against each other in meditation and realize Brahman.

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (1, 13-14)

Create your own unique rendering:

For example, here is my current rendering:

We meditate upon the Divine Radiance,
that One Light which deserves our worship,
the One whose noble thought energizes and directs our awakening.

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Comment by Nada Jung on November 28, 2011 at 4:07pm: “Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.”

- Rabindranath Tagore

Comment by Nada Jung on October 21, 2011 at 9:55pm: Dechhen Choiling Monastery Jalpaiguri

"None of us, I am sure, knows what is the pain of hunger, but one day I learne...d it from a little child. I found the child in the street and I saw in her face that terrible hunger that I have seen in many eyes. Without questioning her, I gave her a piece of bread, and then I saw that the little child was eating the bread crumb by crumb. And I said to her: 'Eat the bread.' And that little one looked at me and said; 'I am afraid because when the bread is finished, I will be hungry again.'
------ MOTHER TERESA

Comment by Ravishankar.G on April 18, 2011 at 4:36pm: Hinduism does not advocate conversion. We believe that if a person faithfully follows the teachings of his religion, he will obtain salvation, which is the goal pointed out by all religions. There is, therefore, no need for extolling one religion or decrying another. Wisdom lies in developing the spirit of tolerance.

- Pujyasri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamiji of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.

Comment by Eva Libre on March 23, 2011 at 11:23pm: Only our river

and i dont want to cry my whole life through i want to do some laughing too so come on, come on, come on, come on, laugh with me.

Comment by Irit Hakim-Keller on March 15, 2011 at 10:17am: thank you, Eva.
a blessed day to all.

Comment by MEDARD DU ROCHER - BOPE on March 15, 2011 at 9:27am: Namaste.

Comment by WILLA NYOKA on March 15, 2011 at 6:37am: OSIYO AND WADO FOR TH INVITE TO THIS GROUP

Comment by Eva Libre on March 8, 2011 at 11:02pm: ART OF KRISHNA

SRIMATI RADHARANI

"The transcendental goddess Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lord Sri Krishna. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord."