The Vedic Gayatri Mantra ,’Om! Bhoor bhuva Swah. Tat Savitur Varenium, Bhargo Devasya Dhee Mahi . Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat’ stands for Salutation to God the almighty, the supreme creator of the universe, the deliverer from the sins , to grant us the wisdom to motivate our karmas and intellect so that we may always pursue the path full of virtues and noble deeds free from evil karmas. The essence of the supreme mantra lies in the words intellectual wisdom to discriminate between the evil and the good. It is the intelligence that can steer us through this life.
The chanting of this supreme mantra can transform your life.

In the Mantra, ’Om Mani Padme Hum’ which is considered as the prime Mantra of the Buddhists, a similar view is expressed. Om Salutation to the Jewel of the mind(Mani) that has reached the Lotus (symbol of wisdom) of the Heart. According to His Holiness Dalai Lama ,the mantra means “ In dependence on the practice which is in invisible union of method and wisdom, you transform your impure body, speech and mind into the pure body, speech and mind of a Buddha.” The Buddhists believe that chanting of this mantra brings wealth, health and happiness.

I can’t express the joy of my hard found mantras in a better way than in a poem,‘my ecstasy ’ which I had conceived in a fit of poetic frenzy on the last Birthday of His Holiness Dalai Lama

MY ECSTASY

When the lotus on my crown

Spreads its petals opening

To welcome

The healing light

Descending on me from heaven

And when the warmth of the descended light

Trickles down

Through my senses and my frame

Unstrained and unrestricted

Rejuvenating my spirits, my body and my mind

When my heart beats become slower and slower

The mind is calm

And is at eternal peace

The world around me looks

Glittering in glory with its divine colours

It is then

I can hear

The music in my ears

The sound of the sea waves

The birds chirping

The whispering morning breeze

And the trees dancing with joy away somewhere

That is my bliss

My ectasy, my love, my synergy

My ‘Gayatri Mantra’

And my ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’

V.N.Mittal
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