Author: Sadguru Sant Keshavadas
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 148
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788120806979
Description
In Yoga, the mantra is a mystical formula, an incantation, which aids the individual to liberate the self and attain bliss and ultimate fulfillment.
Gayatri-The Highest Meditation describes the Gayatri, the mantra which helps the higher man to be born in us all. Sant Keshavadas profoundly tells the meaning and many facets (water rites, sitting posture, time, atmosphere, breath control, pronunciation of sacred sounds) of this ancient meditation.
There are few books available on the Gayatri meditation in English. Professor T K Venkateswaran of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Detroit, praises Sant Keshavadas work and states that if the Gayatri Mantra is understood, repeated, and meditated upon, in the manner in which it is presented in this book, it will illumine the intellect and produce the highest bliss, creativity, and success in the world.
Contents
Introduction
Preface
Gayatri-sadhana
Prayer to Gayatri
PART I: MANTRA-YOGA
Yoga
Mantra-yoga
Japa-yoga
Who Is a Guru?
Dhyana-yoga or yoga of Meditation
PART II: SANDHYA-VANDANA
Meditation on Gayatri
Gayatri, the Personal Mother
Upanayana-samskara
Gayatri, the Highest meditation for Illumination
Gayatri-sadhana
Gayatri meditation
Gayatri and Purusa-sukta
Visvamitra
Practice of Sandhya-vandana
Chart of the Gayatri
Meditation on Kundalini through the Gayatri-manta
Different Gayatri-s