{"id":6056,"date":"2018-09-28T11:26:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theyogasanctuary.biz\/staging\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:02:13","slug":"the-gayatri-mantra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/the-gayatri-mantra\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gayatri Mantra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>by Gwen Burdick<\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_6057\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6057\" class=\"wp-image-6057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gayatri-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"Devangari script\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gayatri-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gayatri-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gayatri-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gayatri-1024x995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gayatri-1080x1050.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gayatri.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gayatri Mantra in repeating Devangari script<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tat savitur varenyam<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bhargo devasya dhimahi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Translation:\u00a0 With loving reverence we bow to the inner Light, the supreme wisdom in all the world.\u00a0 May this Divine Light guide and illuminate our intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Gayatri mantra, the most ancient of the mantras found in the Rig Veda, is considered to be the mother of the Vedas.\u00a0 The sound \u201cgai\u201d in Sanskrit means sing and \u201ctrai\u201d means protect.\u00a0 Gayatri therefore translates to \u201cshe who protects the singer.&#8221; The practice of the Gayatri mantra allowed the Rishis, or seers, to receive the revelation of all other mantras.\u00a0 The first line is comprised of what is known as the Great Utterances.\u00a0 Bhur indicates earth or matter, Bhuvah indicates sky or energy, and Svah indicates heaven or mind.<\/p>\n<p>The practice of the Gayatri mantra helps us become strong by overcoming our own inner weaknesses. It stills mental chatter and clears away karmic impurities.\u00a0 It purifies the ego and sharpens the intellect.\u00a0 Connecting us to the teacher within, we receive inner guidance and inspiration.\u00a0 As the inner being which flows directly from Source is illuminated, the deep unconscious is purified.\u00a0 Gradually and with sustained effort and patience, the effect pervades all aspects of our personality.<\/p>\n<p>Gayatri is the mantra for the common man.\u00a0 Exact pronunciation is less important than intention.\u00a0 The sages tell us that the practice of the Gayatri mantra allows for immense and everlasting transformation.\u00a0\u00a0 No one among us will not benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gwen Burdick Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah Tat savitur varenyam Bhargo devasya dhimahi Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat &nbsp; Translation:\u00a0 With loving reverence we bow to the inner Light, the supreme wisdom in all the world.\u00a0 May this Divine Light guide and illuminate our intelligence. &nbsp; The Gayatri mantra, the most ancient of the mantras found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,113,128,107,100],"tags":[208,31,207,105,109,58,136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6062,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions\/6062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}