Q: Guruji, singing devotional Mantras in satsang make many people wonder. Although we imbibe so many good vibrations this still makes some people think that we are singing Hindu songs. Why do we sing songs of so many Gods? People from other religions get confused between the real meaning of satsang and the symbolic meaning behind mantras.
Answer: The sound of ‘Om namah shivaya’ includes all the five elements – Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether. Hinduism is not a religion as such. People have been chanting this for thousands of years. Mantras are those sounds which you hear from deep within during meditation and the aim is to bring one back to the source. During later days, people started putting faces and drawings to these mantras. Mantras have got certain vibrations/ energy. They are universal.
Even in churches in Latin America ‘Marnah nath’ is used. Its translation in Latin and Sanskrit is so close. For ‘Lord’ the word in Latin is nath, and also in Sanskrit the word nath is used to refer to ‘Lord’. So the word marnah nath meaning ‘My lord’, is actually a Sanskrit word.
Sanskrit is the oldest language known to mankind. It has a deep impact on the consciousness. We welcome all songs – Japanese, Korean, Spanish. Any song that you want to sing is welcome. We sing a lot of songs in Spanish and Portuguese in Satsangs in South America. Of course, in India everybody easily connects with ancient mantras. Take any language that you want, but along with it take this also. How many of you feel singing and chanting these mantras creates some vibrations? It’s obvious. In Vedic chanting, many times you don’t know even the meaning but it has some effect. It enriches the subtle.
In the morning we did Rudra Abhishek, this has been practiced for over thousands of years. We use crystal, milk, yoghurt and flowers etc. They all create a certain impact and send out positive vibrations.
Even in churches in Latin America ‘Marnah nath’ is used. Its translation in Latin and Sanskrit is so close. For ‘Lord’ the word in Latin is nath, and also in Sanskrit the word nath is used to refer to ‘Lord’. So the word marnah nath meaning ‘My lord’, is actually a Sanskrit word.
Sanskrit is the oldest language known to mankind. It has a deep impact on the consciousness. We welcome all songs – Japanese, Korean, Spanish. Any song that you want to sing is welcome. We sing a lot of songs in Spanish and Portuguese in Satsangs in South America. Of course, in India everybody easily connects with ancient mantras. Take any language that you want, but along with it take this also. How many of you feel singing and chanting these mantras creates some vibrations? It’s obvious. In Vedic chanting, many times you don’t know even the meaning but it has some effect. It enriches the subtle.
In the morning we did Rudra Abhishek, this has been practiced for over thousands of years. We use crystal, milk, yoghurt and flowers etc. They all create a certain impact and send out positive vibrations.
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