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Gayatri Mantra

Lesson Overview

In this lesson, we explore the significance and practice of the Gayatri Mantra.

Objective

Be familiar with the significance of the Gayatri Mantra and various ways to describe and translate it.

Description

Describe the Gayatri Mantra and other names or ways of describing it. Translate “Gayatri.” Describe the three states of consciousness spoken of in the Gayatri Mantra. Provide the words of the Gayatri and their pronunciation. Give a few translations of the Gayatri. Describe the Goddess Gayatri. Explain why there are sometimes different mantras called the Gayatri Mantra. While the most common form of the Gayatri speaks of three states of consciousness, there is also a longer form of the Gayatri. Note the number of levels addressed in the longer form.

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