Voice of Sai - Sathya Sai Baba Central Council of Malaysia

Talk on Gayathri Mantra
As the chanting of the Gayatri Mantra has been taking centre stage of late, a talk was
organized on Thursday, 19 th March 2009 for the devotees of the SSBC of Subang Jaya and to all
those interested in the Central Region. The purpose of the talk was to enlighten the devotees
on the following:
• On the proper pronunciation/recitation of the Mantra
• To understand the meaning of the Mantra
• To understand the history of the Mantra
• To understand the benefits of chanting the Mantra
Bro Muthu, the VP of Spiritual of the Central Council was invited to present the talk. The
devotees of the SSBC of Subang Jaya are very grateful to Bro Muthu for his love and a very
informative session which was very keenly participated by all presented.
Brother Muthu started thanking Swami for this opportunity to share the Gayatri Mantra and
introduced the significance of the Mantra and also dwelt on the meaning and the mysterious
power of the Mantra when chanted properly.
He emphasised that reciting the Gayatri is a sacred and auspicious spiritual exercise and that
the Gayatri can be chanted for all occasions (religious, spiritual, holy and social functions such
as birth, death, wedding and blessing) and that the Gayatri in a universal prayer that can be
chanted by all people regardless of race, religion, caste and gender.
Bro Muthu iterated that the Gayatri is a simple and sincere prayer to the Almighty to confer
bright and brilliant intelligence.
However he stressed that the potency of the Gayatri is in its sound and phonetic vibrations. Thus
the correct pronunciation is of paramount importance and that wrong pronunciation will
cancel its effects, benefits and desired results. All present were advised to repeat ‘shanti’ thrice
at the end of each recitation, to have peace within the three entities of body, mind and soul.
Although the Gayatri can be chanted at any time the devotees were advised not to forget to
repeat the Gayatri in multiples of three at dawn, noon and dusk.
Some of the benefits of chanting the Gayatri are listed below:
• Gayatri is the reliever of all diseases
• Gayatri wards off all miseries
• Gayatri is the fulfiller of all desires
• Gayatri destroys dirty influence of demonic forces.
• Gayatri is the Mother ‘Annapurna’, the force that animates all life.
• Gayatri promotes the acquisition of divine power and develops the power of discrimination.
A brief explanation on the Gayatri was given as follows:
Gayatri Mantra consists of three parts namely:
• praise, meditation and prayer.
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