Re: Work needed by a great Acharya..
Originally Posted by
Lakshmidevi
Vannakkam,
I agree with EM and others. The mantras themselves hold power. The tone creates a frequency just as Aum vibrates through the universe. We can translate the meaning into English so us non Sanskrit speakers know the meaning. Then we can practice the mantras in Sanskrit- youtube is a great help in this.
Learning Sanskrit for puja is not an impossible task. In fact think of it as a form of bhakti.
Aum Hari Aum!
I am just starting to try to learn Sanskrit, so I can learn to recite mantras and verses from the Gita in Sanskrit. I have a natural talent for Languages, and so I'm pretty sure I'll be able to do it. Right now I'm having a little difficulty with the alphabet, so I have tio read the romanised Sanskrit text in my Gita. Hopefully I'll be able to read the regular Sanskrit text before very long.
Jeff (a.k.a. Govinda Das)
Hindu Quaker.
Though I am eternal, immutable, and the Lord of all beings, yet I manifest Myself by controlling material Nature, using My own divine potential energy, the Divine Light
(Bhagavad Gita 4:6
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