Comments on: Who Can Chant Gayatri Mantra?

By: Ragsha

Ragsha — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:08:51 +0000

Thanks for the detailed information…, I am a female, i too like to Gaythri Manthra but one of the prohithar advised me that if u feels happy when saying this, u can say bu the ladies sud not say this mantra becos of the huge power. But what i feel is that , when i get peace while saying the gayathri nama… whats wrong is going happen for me. I can agree only with the thing is we have to be very clean and neat while saying the mantras only GOD should be in us…. Hope i am writing the right one
May the good lord bless us all………… even it is a mistake…

By: VG

VG — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:15:34 +0000

Please tell them that the person who explained Vedas to man kind
namely Veda Vyas is not a brahmin but he is from a fishermans family

By: Jay_NY

Jay_NY — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:26:53 +0000

I think not to chant Gayatri is pure speculation created by us. Clearly Lord Krishna says in Bhagvad Gita that among all mantras I am gayatri…..Show me one scripture directly spoken by GOD prohibits us from chanting any Mantra….or Mantra chanting is sinfull????…WHAT CAN REALLY GO WRONG IN CHANTING GODS NAME??? Use your intelligence in what seems right…

By: Ramakrishnan

Ramakrishnan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:50:07 +0000

Mantras are for the benefit of humanity. Then why should there be rrestrictions as to whom and when to be recited. If the mantras are intended to be kept secret, why they were revealed out. There is no point in arguing that only certain persons alone should recite a mantra. It is only cheating or on the otherhand it is only selfishness.Let us take an example if a teacher doesn’t teach students the lessons intendd for the First standard then how can the children get enlightened and how they will go to the next higher standaed. In such a way the mantras are for the uplift of human community and either if it is forbidden to anyone or if it is not taught the very purpose of mantra is itself defeated. So mantras have to be revealed to everybody and the benefit should serve the people, otherwise it is only foolishness or selfishness to create rrestrictions as to its use and recital. A car is devised not to keep it idle but people should be permitted to ride on it otherwise the very purpose of devising a car is itself defeated. Therefore mantras are for entire humanity and not only for certain sects.To know and understand this one should not search vedhas, puranas etc it is simple logic.Some mantras are for doing harm for others, I completely endorse this view. In that case those mantras are to be taught for eligible persons only. The teacher or guru should take a stand that these harmful mantras are to be taught to persons who are capable of controlling their feelings and they are well deserved to be taught so that no harm will be caused to anybody unless and otherwise these harmful mantras to be utilised.

By: Prasad Athalye

Prasad Athalye — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:51:01 +0000

Who the hell do we Hindus think we are ? Are we all great Gurus to change traditions enjoined to us by Rishis ? Such attempts to degrade Hindu Rituals should be resisted strongly.

By: Siddarth Sriram

Siddarth Sriram — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:57:32 +0000

SORRY, ASADHOSJI NOT ASHUTOSHJI

By: Siddarth Sriram

Siddarth Sriram — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:54:59 +0000

I find it very irritating that people use two arguments over and over again:

1. Ashutoshji said that all prohibitions on chanting of Gayatri were made by humans and that sincerity in prayer is the only necessity. Your statement that God would tolerate everything as long as it is sincere seems to be founded by mortals too-MORTALS LIKE YOU ASHUTOSHJI. Sincerity is not the only factor in worship. Obedience to rules also count. The Hunter who sincerely offered meat to Lord Shiva was only blessed because he was ignorant. If a Priest who knows the rules did the same offence, Lord Shiva would have probably burnt him. D.K.M. Kartha stated wonderfully that we do not need many mantras to attain spiritual advancement.

2-”In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says that he is Gayatri among mantras.”
So?? In the same chapter, he also famously says that he is the gambler among gamblers. Does this mean we should all gamble?? Remember that the entire mahabharatha revolves around the sin of gambling. This use of faulty and weak logic disgusts me.

IN SUM, FOLLOW THE RULES. DO WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU. YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO ALTER TRADITIONS. YOU ARE NOT AN AUTHORITY FOR YOURSELF. HUMBLY ACCEPT THE COMMANDS OF VEDAS AND TRADITIONS. HINDUISM IS BEING DESTROYED TODAY BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO INFUSE WESTERN IDEAS OF EGALITARIANISM INTO IT. NOBODY WANTS TO OBEY RULES. HOW DISGUSTING? MAY GOD SHOW YOU THE WAY HE SHOWED ME. THE TRUE WAY IS THE ORTHODOX WAY.

By: chetan

chetan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:32:44 +0000

my friend said people who have lust and desire should not chant gayatri mantra. is it right? he asks me to chant hare krishna hare rama mahamantra.

By: praveen rao

praveen rao — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:42:59 +0000

dear sir

i have heard that women cannot recite gayatri and also they cannot even listen to it.. is it true?

By: D.K.M. Kartha

D.K.M. Kartha — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:48:43 +0000

There are many, many Mantra-s in the puranic lore and in the great poems and plays of masters like Kaalidaasa, Bhaasa, etc. All of them can become potent Mantras with healing power and redemptive abilities of various kinds (removing addiction, etc.) if one is sincere and full of true faith. And all of them are open to everyone.

The non-puranic Mantra-s are, in my thinking, for those who are orally initiated in the prescribed way through the Grace of a true Guru or relatives who has received oral initiation themselves.

I live in the west and people bring me (as I read a little bit of Sanskrit) mantras from Naigamika as well as Aagamika sources and I politely direct them to just the name of a divinity or a shloka that can be easily recited auch as

Gajaananam Bhoota Ganaadi Sevitam

Kapittha jamboo phala saara bhakshitam

Umasutam Duhkkha Vinaasha Kaaranam

Namaami Vighneshwara Paada Pankajam.

And also, I dont understand why anyone needs tons of Mantra-s while one in itself has infinite potential. My dear departed father used only “Rama” “Rama” recited with devotion and inner and outer purity. My grandmother only used “Shambho Mahaadeva Paahi Maam Paahi Maam” and derived immene benefits and blesings from it.