Gayatri Mantra
for Enlightenment

The Gayatri Mantra is one of the best known in the Sanskrit tradition and has layers of Depth and Meaning. It is a mantra of healing on physical, mental, and spiritual planes.

It aids in releasing negative karma and sin. It is a chant of forgiveness, and transcendence. It encourages Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment. See and be the light.

The Words are:

Om Bhur Bhuvah Swaha
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
Dhiyo Yonah Prachodayat

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There are many interpretations of this mantra and they are all good!

Gayatri Mantra Meaning

We meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe; may He enlighten our minds.
Swami Vivekananda

We meditate on the effulgent glory of the divine Light; may he inspire our understanding. We meditate on the adorable glory of the radiant sun; may he inspire our intelligence. S. Radhakrishnan O God ! Giver of life, Remover of all pain and sorrows, Bestower of happiness, the Creator of the Universe, Thou art most luminous, adorable and destroyer of sins. We meditate upon thee. May thou inspire, enlighten and guide our intellect in the right direction. Arya Samaj

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We meditate on the worship-able power and glory of Him who has created the earth, the nether world and the heavens (i.e. the universe), and who directs our understanding.
Brahmo Samaj

Unveil, O Thou who givest sustenance to the Universe, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, that face of the True Sun now hidden by a vase of golden light, that we may see the truth and do our whole duty on our journey to thy sacred seat William Quan Judge Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress toward his holy seat. Sir William Jones

May we commune with and receive the ever present light of the adorable source, creator of all the worlds and all the realms. May this one enlightenment direct us all to perceive eternal brilliance and receive the inspiration of awakening.
Sparrow Deviyani Brulotte

The Gayatri Mantra is a prayer to the very Source of All; use it with reverence and devotion.

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More Powerful and Enlightening Mantras

• Ganesha Mantras are sacred chants to Lord Ganesh, one of the more beloved depictions of God in the ancient Hindu Religion. Ganesha is the son of Shiva and Parvati and is the Lord of success, and Destroyer of evils and obstacles.
  
  
• Lord Shiva Mantras are of great benefit to all spiritual seekers of Enlightenment and Moksha. Meditation on Om Namah Shivaya is a great devotional act. Namah Shivaya is the most holy name of Lord Shiva, and is recorded in the very center of the ancient Hindu Vedas.
  
  
• Chanting Krishna Mantras is extremely beneficial to the seeker of Enlightenment. In today’s present age of worldly disillusionment and illusion, devotion and prayer to God is a necessity.
  
  
• The Mul Mantra is the main chant and foundation of all Sikhism. It is known to be the first composition by Guru Nanak upon Enlightenment.This mantra is a holy and sincere devotion onto God, the Creator and maintainer of this Glorious creation we call Universe.
  
  
• Sanskrit Mantras are of great benefit to all spiritual seekers of Truth. Sanskrit is the original language, eternal, holy, and sacred.
  
  

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