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I was born in a traditional Hindu family-namely
Brahmins, who are believed to be Aryans, A very orthodox community, with their own faiths and
customs, Gods and Goddess, Principles. A community which raised lots of intellects, businessmen,
great politicians and Guru's i.e. spiritual guru's. We have our own traditional books, Vedas,
Agamas, Brahmanas, and Upanishads. I was brought up by my father and mother, my father a
businessman and my mother a home maker. My grand fathers and grand mothers, their sisters and
brothers and relatives. A very happy surrounding, with my early days like a deer running around
the forest, with their parents, I have a brother younger to me by 3 ½ years. As usual I too had
fallen into wrong habits like smoking, drinking, talking rubbish things, never respect elders,
but I did have the fear of God. I used to pray to the almighty God saying "papoohum papak kanmoohum papathma papasampava thriviknum guruveah deva sarva papa hari hare, manasa vasa rashthabyam dehinam pahinam" I never realized that I am a sinner, even now people say, "what is sin, where is sin, it is quite natural when you find this you do it". I too felt strongly life is to live and I should not waste my youth and be an opportunist, survival of the fittest theories the world has taught me. I had a very strong feeling that God is real and he is one, all humans are equal before God and there is nothing unclean before him. When God is real he will sure treat everybody as his children and will not reject anybody. I understood that the almighty God is in the form of light that is what I learnt when I was taught the brahma sutra i.e. brahmopadesam, the Gayathri Mantra. What is the real essence of the sacred 'Gayathri Mantra'? In our tradition (brahmins) 'Gayathri Mantra' is sacred, it is very important. There is a saying before 'kama' enters a person 'Gayathri' should enter him. The Gayathri is taught to a student by a teacher, it is called 'Brahmopadesam' where 'upadesam' means advice, and Brahma means the Supreme God head. The teacher and the student cover themselves with a silk cloth and the mantra is whispered in his ears, that nobody should listen. After this brahmopadesam the student gets the authority to perform Vedic rituals. Gayathri = gayantham + thrayatha ithi gayathri That means 'to save him who meditates or prays / worships' in other words, the Lord will save him if he meditates or prays / worships. The Gayathri Manthra: "boorbuvas suvaha tat savithur varenyam bargo devasya deemahi diyoyonaha prachodayath" |