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  • Gayatri Kavacha Nyasa Details How To Chant Lord Narayana

    Lord Narayana describes the inner meaning and procedures of the Gayatri Manta to Sage  Narada.

    The Gayatri mantra is from the Rig Veda.

    The Gāyatrī Mantra, also known as the Sāvitrī mantra, is a highly revered mantra from the Rig Veda (Mandala 3.62.10)

    Narayana explains Gayatri from Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas.

    I am providing the Armor of the Gayatri Mantra.

    This forms the Nyasa.

    Gayatri Mata. Jpg
    Goddess Gayatri.

    This is the Kavacha one has before chanting the Gayatri Mantra.

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    Now hear the Risis, Chhandas, etc., of this Kavacha :–

    Brahmâ, Visnu and Mahes’vara are the Risis;

    the Rik, Yajus, Sâma and Atharva Vedas are the Chhandas;

    the Paramâ Kalâ Gâyatrî of the nature of Brahmâ is the Devatâ;

    “Tat” in Gâyatrî is the Vîja; “Bharga” is the S’akti; and “Dhîyah” is the Kîlaka; and its viniyoga (application) is in getting the Moksa (liberation.).

    With the first four syllables touch the heart; with the next three letters touch the head;

    with the next four letters touch the tuft on the crown of the head; with the next three

    letters on the Kavacha; with the next four letters on the eyes and with the last four letters

    make the Nyâsa, all over the body repeating “Astrâya Phat,” O Nârada! Hear now the

    Dhyânam of Gâyatrî, that grants all desires.

    The Gâyatrî Devî has five faces; one of which is of white colour; and the other four is of pearl, Vidruma, golden, and Nîlakântamani colour respectively.

    Each face has got three eyes; on the head there is a crown of jewels and the digit of the Moon is shining there. Her body is composed of the twenty-four tattvas.

    She has ten hands :– On the top right and left hands there are two lotuses; lower down, there are disc and conch shell; lower down, there are rope and skull; lower down, there are noose and goad; and on the bottom hands right and left she is making signs of “No fear” and “ready to grant boons.”

    Thus meditating on S’rî Gâyatrî, one is to recite the Kavacha thus :–

    Let the Gâyatrî Devî protect my front; Sâvitrî Devî protect my right;

    the Sandhyâ Devî, my back and

    the Devî Sarasvatî, my left.

    Let my Mother Pârvatî Devî protect my quarters.

    Let Jalas’âyinî protect the southeast;

    Yâtudhâna Bhayankarî protect my South-west;

    Pavamânavilâsinî my north-west;

    Rudrarûpinî Rudrânî protect my north-east.

    Let Brahmânî protect my top and

    Vaisnavî protect my nether regions

    . Let the word “Tat” in the Gâyatrî protect my legs;

    “Savituh” protect my Knees;

    “Varenyam,” protect my loins;

    “Bhargah,” my navel.

    Let “Devasya” protect my heart;

    “Dhîmahî” protect my neck;

    “Dhîyah,” protect my eyes;

    “Yah,” protect my forehead;

    “Nah” protect my head; and

    “Prachodayât” protect the tuft on the crown of my head.

    Again let the “Tat” of the twenty-four syllabled Gâyatrî protect my head;

    “Sa,” protect my forehead;

    “Vi” protect my eyes;

    “Tu” my cheeks;

    “Va,” protect my nostrils;

    “Re,” my mouth;

    “ni” protect my upper lip;

    “Yah” protect my lower lip;

    “Bha” within my face;

    “rgo,” protect my cheeks;

    “De,” my throat; “Va” my shoulders;

    “Sya” my right hand;

    “Dhi” my navel;

    “ma,” my heart,

    “Hi,” my belly;

    “Dhî,” my navel;

    “Yo” my loins;

    “Yo”, my anus;

    “nah,” my thighs,

    “Pra,” my Knees;

    “Cho” my shanks ,

    “Da” my heels;

    “Yâ” my legs;

    and let “at” protect all my sides.

    O Nârada! This divine Kavacha of the Devî Gâyatrî can baffle hundreds and thousands of obstructions and evils; can grant sixty-four Kalâs and liberation. By the glory of this Kavacha, man can become free from all evils and can attain the state of Brahmâ. Moreover whoever reads or hears this acquires the fruits of making a gift of a thousand cows.

    ( Devi Bhaavatham,Book 12,Chapter 3, Slokas  to 25)

    Source.

    Devi Bhagavatham

  • Twenty Four Meters for Gayatri One For Each Syllable.

    The Gayatri Mantra, the Mother of all Mantras explained in Hindu Texts is the ultimate mantra and is called Maha Mantra.

    One can understand the significance of the Mantra by the following statement.

    Gayatri Mata. Jpg
    Goddess Gayatri.

    ‘Gayatri Chadasam Mata, Gayatri is thr Mother of all meters, Chandas

    Mantras are not mere letters.

    They represent vibrations and as such they are to be heard and learnt and not by writing/reading.

    This applies to all Hindu scriptures right from the Vedas.

    The sounds are captured in Syllables and Mantras have never been written as a poem or as Prose.

    Individual Syllables are locked mystically and together they form a Mantra.

    Placement of the syllable results in delivering different results.

    Mantras were grasped from Ether by the Rishis, Seers and were released by them for the welfare of Mankind.

    Each Mantra has a Rishi, Devata and Athi Devata.

    And each mantra has to be chanted in a specific meter called Chandas.

    For more details on Chandas please read my article.

    The speciality of Gayatri. thpugh it is a Mantra. It is a Chandas, that is Meter!

    The avahana, the welcome and seating of the Gayatri Mantra is,

    Savitrya Rishi:

    Nisruth Gayatri Chandah”

    It is clearly stated that the Meter of Gayatri, the way it is ti be chanted is the Gayatri meter.

    Meter for Meter, Chandas for Chandas!

    Every letter of 24 of Gayatri has one Rishi , in all twenty four Rishis for twenry four Syllables.

    Now Gayatri , a meter by itself has twenty four Meters.

    It can be intoned in twenty four meters, a rarity for A Mantra as a Mantra can be recited only in on meter.

    Each syllable Gayatri has one chandas, that is the essence of the specific Meter.

    One can chant in this way.

    The other method is to chant Gayatri in any of the 24 Chandas.

    Each Recitation has a different effect .

    I shall be writing on this in detail.

    Inputs on this is requested from Scholars.

    The twenty Four Chandas, meters of Gayatri are,

    (1) Gâyatrî,

    (2) Usnik,

    (3) Anustup,

    (4) Brihatî,

    (5) Pankti,

    (6) Trisnup,

    (7) Jagatî,

    (8) Atijagatî,

    (9) S’akkarî,

    (10) Ati S’akkarî,

    (11) Dhriti,

    (12) Ati Dhriti,

    (13) Virât,

    (14) Prastârapankti,

    (15) Kriti,

    (16) Prâkriti,

    (17) Âkriti,

    (18) Vikriti,

    (19) Samkriti,

    (20) Aksarapankti,

    (21) Bhuh,

    (22) Bhuvah,

    (23) Svah and

    (24) Jyotismatî.

    ( Devi Bhagavatham Book 1, Slokas 8 to 27)

    I shall be writing on the 24 Reigning Deities of Gayatri.

    Source.

    Devi Bhagavatham.

     

  • SUN Hums OM Scientific Study

    The Universe, which includes us, Is, because of vibrations and Sound.

    interstellar Sound recorded
    interstellar Sound

     

    It is constantly in Motion and motion creates sound( or is it the other way around?)

    And apart from the above facts mentioned by Hindu Texts, they also mention that what is is in the Macrocosm is in the Microcosm, that is what is found in the biggest objects in the Universe is also found in the minutest things/organisms in the Universe.

    Universe is made of Five elements,Earth, Water,Fire, Air and Ether(Aakasa)

    the sun god Surya in Hinduism
    Surya, son God

    So are we.

    What happens in the Universe also happens in/to us.

    The Vibration of the Universe is recorded.

    I have written on on OM , the sacred Mantra of Hindus, which can be chanted by any one, how it originates in the Human Body, how the breath of Earth is identical to OM ., and how Om throws up the image of Sri Yantra, a practice of worshiping through geometric shapes, on  screen when used by a tonoscope.

    The sound generated by Sun is OM.

    Watch the video.

     

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    Our Sun lies 93,000,000 miles away, surrounded by the vacuum of space. Sound won’t travel through space, of course. But with the right instrument, scientists can “hear” pulsations from the Sun.

    The entire Sun vibrates from a complex pattern of acoustical waves, much like a bell. If your eyes were sharp enough, you could see a bell’s surface jiggle in complex patterns as the waves bounced around within it.

    Likewise, astronomers at Stanford University can record acoustical pressure waves in the Sun by carefully tracking movements on the Sun’s surface. To do this, they use an instrument called a Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI), mounted on the SOHO spacecraft, circling the Sun 1,000,000 miles from Earth.

    The Sun’s acoustical waves bounce from one side of the Sun to the other in about two hours, causing the Sun’s surface to oscillate, or wiggle up and down. Because these sound waves travel underneath the Sun’s surface, they are influenced by conditions inside the Sun. So scientists can use the oscillations to learn more about how the structure of the Sun’s interior shapes its surface.

    The Sun’s sound waves are normally at frequencies too low for the human ear to hear. To be able to hear them, the scientists sped up the waves 42,000 times — and compressed 40 days of vibrations into a few seconds. What you’ll be hearing are just a few dozen of the 10 million resonances echoing inside the Sun.

    Studying the Sun Through Its Sounds Waves (NY Times)

    Listen To the Sun’s Song These solar sounds were generated from 40 days of SOHO/MDI data and processed by A. Kosovichev

    Reference. and citation.

    http://solar-center.stanford.edu/singing/

    http://www.noao.edu/education/ighelio/solar_music.html

  • Inauspicious Death Days Tripada Dosha Parihara

    Hinduism states that there are days which are considered as inauspicious for Death.

    If one dies on these specified days, Parihara, Atonement is recommended.

    Pitru Dosha.jpg
    Pitru Dosha.

    Commonly held belief is that if the Pariharas are not done, more deaths would follow.

    I am not too sure about this.

    What I am certain is that these deaths bring in Pitru Dosha and Pariharas are necessary.

    The Days inauspicious for Death fall under three categories.

    Relating to the Nakshatras, Stars.

    Rohini, Dhanishta, Satabhisham, Purvabhadra, Revathi, Mrugasira, Punarvasu, Uttara, Chitra, Visakha, Uttarashada, and Magha.

    Thithis, Waxing and Waning of the Moon.

    Padyami, Vidiya, Shashti, Ashtami, Ekadasi, Dwadasi, Trayodasi, Chaturdasi and Amavasya.

    Days.

    Sunday, Tuesday, Friday and  Saturday.

    Some Smritis offer the following Parihara.

    • If a death has only one dosha the family members should leave the house for 1 month
    • If a death has two doshas the family members should leave the house for 6 months.
    • If a death has all the three types of doshams the family members should leave the house for 1 year.

    As this is not practical now a days, there are other Pariharas as well.

    1. Pitru Tarpan Pooja (Shraddha Pooja) needs to be done at home with 5 dolls  made of Darbha (Kusha Grass) & White Cotton.

    Prana Prathistapana ritual (infuse life in the Dolls) ceremony of the 5 dolls needs to be performed.

    After Pooja, these 5 dolls should be buried in sand or mud near River or Sea shore.

    Or perform Rudrabhisheka at home & offer food to   ancestors.

    This pooja needs to be done without fail, otherwise dosha will not be removed.

    1. Nakshatra Shanti pooja & Navagraha Shanti Pooja need to be done for nullifying  the affect of Dosha.
    1. Perform Mahamrityunjaya Homa/Japa  at  home  after the above pooja’s are done.

    Or Visit Gokarna  or other Pitru Parihara Sthalas and offer Sraddha.

    Nine Temples foe Pitru Dosha Parihara

    References.

    http://www.oursubhakaryam.com/DEATH%20DOSHAM.htm

    http://someshsastroworld.blogspot.in/2013/01/nakshatra-dosha-due-to-inauspicious.html

  • Reply To Abusive Comments on Castes in Islam Post

    I have received a lot of criticism for this Post.

    List Of 308 Castes In Islam Indian Muslims

    I have approved those which have not used abusive language.I am posting some of the comments below.

    One says that I have just provided the information from other sources ‘this article of mine is a poor one , I do not even proof read properly, I have not provided references  from other sources(while one says I have provided information from other sources!), I hate Islam, and I do not have Intellectual honesty.

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    A very poorly written article. Let alone research or referencing, you haven’t even proofread it. There are many duplicate entries. You seem to confuse cultural groups and lineage with castes. Caste is characterised by hereditary occupations and intermingling, among other characteristics. The image at the start lists out different belief systems within Islam; it is not indicative of social/cultural classes or groups, but theological differences amongst Muslims. Most importantly, there is no sanction for castes in Quran/Hadith unlike other religion’s authoritative and definitve texts.

    What you’ve compiled (or, just posted perhaps) and passed off as castes, is in fact –
    – a repetitive list; Syed, Sayyid, Sayyed, etc. are merely different spellings. What’s with Pathans of X area and Pathans of Y area? This differentiation is hardly ever identified in reality.
    – a list of lineages, i.e. – Syed, for instance, implies that they descend from Ali, the Prophet’s cousin and Pathans are those people whose ancestors were from Af-Pak.
    – cultural backgrounds; Konkani, Dakhani (of Deccan), Goan, Gujarati, etc. are not castes. These are cultures, not castes.

    All those you’ve listed, will and do, stand shoulder to shoulder in the same mosque and pray to the same God and believe in the same things, with some variations in practice and theory. At the most, there may be about 10-15 different groups that wouldn’t share mosques due to major differences in beliefs, and not social status.

    For starters, eliminate the duplicate entries. Check ‘Faqir’, for instance – it appears as the 101st, 189th and 264th ‘caste’, besides a couple of entries without numbers. You’d be surprised to know that anybody can be a ‘faqir’ – it’s a way of life wherein one takes an oath to give up material life. Somewhat like sanyaas.
    ‘Sayyid’, with the same spelling and no variations, appears at 181, 76 and 33 positions. Then, it appears as ‘Sayyid of Gujarat’ as well.’

    As I have said in ‘About, , I am not a professional writer and my job is to provide information and leave the reader to judge.

    I have also said that at times I do not even proof read and I have requested people to point out my mistakes.On this count I plead guilty and shall try to improve.

    I am aware that there are cultural groups mentioned here under Caste.

    My question is would people from one group marry from one with another,?

    I know from my Muslim friends in Tamil Nadu, that they do not.

    “The image at the start lists out different belief systems within Islam; it is not indicative of social/cultural classes or groups, but theological differences amongst Muslims. Most importantly, there is no sanction for castes in Quran/Hadith unlike other religion’s authoritative and definitve texts”

    Islam Unified?

    What about Shias and Sunnis and other groups?

    Some of them do not even stand the sight of another and kill each other.

    Let me mention in the passing that one of my closest friends is a Muslim.

    Please read my post Where Are These Muslims?

    I am aware that there are e duplicate entries.

    I have been waiting for Islamic scholar to correct them and I am yet to find a reader who would.

    As to Pathans X and Pathans Y, they seem to identify themselves as such.

    The fact is that despite saying Islam is One Religion, One Ummah, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims are treated as inferior in Islamic countries,Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

    Where is the concept of One Religion based on Equality?

    Yes , I am providing information  from other sources as I am not the original author in some areas and in such cases I provide information from other sources and give credit to these authors as Sources or Citations.

    And I provide my views on the subject

    This is a normal practice in a  researched article.

    ‘At the most, there may be about 10-15 different groups that wouldn’t share mosques due to major differences in beliefs, and not social status.”

    Exactly what I am trying to convey.

    Whether it is 15 or hundred it not ONE as touted.

    And I have not talked about Shia Sunni divide here.

    You may read about this in the Link below.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2013/08/08/bahrain-shia-sunni-violence-simmers-to-erupt/

    What I am trying to convey is that Islam is not what it is purported to be..Caste-less..

    Another comment.

    ‘Sheer ignorance.. You would have consulted some muslim on the validity of what you are putting. You have every right to love or hate Islam but dont be intellectually dishonest.If 2 diff courts give 2 diff judgements,doesnt mean we have 2 constitutions. Same is wd sch of law.Its just 2 interpretations. Your classification fails at Level 1,

    If my statements are not valid and do not pass Level 1, may people correct these with facts.

    And I am yet to find any corrections !

    Excepting abusing me and ascribing motives.

    What is being offered as a correction, only confirms my Post!

    As to Intellectual dishonesty, I do not proclaim what I am not.

    And try to justify it.