Re: Mantras: It's The Same God - Why Different Results?
Originally Posted by
Ametyst
Today I spoke to some vaishnava friends and they said that mantras like Gayatri do not work unless you have a guru, because it is among secret mantras.
Can somebody explain that to me then? Why is Gayatri mantra which is also very popular outside of India and which is sung on many sangas or events that have something to do with Indian spiritual traditions secret and supposedly not working unless a person is initiated in it?
And what other mantras belong to this category?
Om
Namaste Ji,
Different mantras have different rules,some have many,some have none,some require initiation,some don't.Always better to receive mantras from an qualified Guru as the Guru can supervise the progress and suggest corrections if necessary.
Not all mantras have swaras,the Gayatri is a Vedic mantra,every Vedic mantra has swara or a fixed way of chanting.Anyone who wishes to learn the Gayatri can go to a qualified Guru and receive the mantra and the procedure to chant it.If one chants an uninitiated mantra by oneself it may work, it may not work but isn't it much better to learn the the right way to chant.
He dances in the golden hall of Chidambaram, Let us worship His rosy anklet girt Feet.
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