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of the Vedas.” It holds within it the meaning of all the Vedas. Reciting the Gayatri, we pray for an enlightened intellect that transcends all desire and thus realizes divinity. These mantras are forms of God, and Swami tells us that the name of God, or these holy mantras, are equal to all the power and glory of God. Chanting the name can tame and focus the mind and bring us into oneness with God. He reminds us that all names of God are His and that chanting Ram, or Om, or the Gayatri mantra brings us to Him.
Goddess Gayatri
The Protective Power of the Gayatri Mantra
A patient developed a severe illness that le her in pain and with a partial paralysis. She called me one day to tell me that Swami had visited her. “I was dropping off to sleep when
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