A Brahmin is often referred to as ‘twice-born’. Having been born from the womb of a Brahmin lady, he is born the second time when he obtains the
mantropadesha of Gayatri mantra as a part ofBrahmopadesham conducted during his upanayanam . This rebirth could happen anywhere between his seventh and fifteenth years. Only one who obtains this mantropadesha and chants the mantra correctly andregularly, is a Brahmin. Not others. By chanting this mantra for five days continuously one is completely dissolved of all sins done in this birth and all previous births – say the sastras. Chanting of this mantra begets a sharp mind, great fame and resplendence ( brahma tejas ). There is no mantra that is morebeneficial than the Gayatri mantra – the sastras emphacize. One who does not perform (three times) trikala SandhyaVandanam is not pure and hence is unfit to perform any other Vedic rite. All Vedic rites like parayanam, japam, worship, charity, tarapanam, and other obligatory rites done by such a person, go waste like water poured into an open field. Moreover, such a person is called a brushtan (renounced by the sastras) and one should not eat in his presence and have any relations with him. Such a person is disloyal to the Lord as he is disobeying Him. Therefore it is bounden duty of every parent to ensure proper and timely conduct of upanayanam of their sons and ensure that their wards perform trikala SandhyaVandanam, uttering all the mantras correctly along with their svaras.
Maharishis perform Sandhya without fail. Regularity and timeliness in performance of Sandhya is one of the reasons for their long and healthy life. Even Brahma, Vishnu and Siva perform Sandhya Vandhanam
SandhyaVandanam which means worship during three time junctions of the day namely morning, midday and evening, is an allimportant form of worshipping the all-pervading and in-dwelling Lord. He who does not perform this, is deemed unfit for performing any major religious duty or rite. He who performs Sandhyavandnam properly, not only reaps holy merit and union with Supreme Lord but also worldly benefits such as good mental and physical health, long life, spiritual splendor. SandhyaVandanam purifies the body and mind and enables the performer to enjoy union with the Lord in-dwelling the Sun. It is a MahaYoga being a confluence of Karma, Jnana and Bhakti and their aids such as
Pranayama, Japa and Dhyana. Demons Mandeharuna obtained boons from Brahma and attack Aditya every morning and evening. Arghya accompanied by Gayatri mantra, offered by devotees work like thunderbolts and help to throw these demons away to the island of Mandeharuna. After some time the demons become alive and attack the Sun again to be killed and thrown away to the island. The demons are thus kept away by performing Sandhya. Aditya, pleased with his devotees blesses them. Demon Mandeha denotes laziness or tamoguna and Aruna sanguinary passion or Rajoguna. They attack the Sun of the form of Atman. When Arghya is offered in remembrance of Gayatri whose import is Paramatman in-dwelling the Sun, the Rajoguna and Tamoguna are destroyed. But when we come back to worldly life the demons are revived and again they should be destroyed at the proper time. This process of cleaning the vessel should take place every day as long as we live in this prakruti.
There is a flow of electricity in human body, referred to as Bioelectricity. Electric currents pass in the body in ten sets of linescorresponding to ten fingers and toes. Body fluids and tissues are good conductors of electricity. When a metal is attached and patterns of electrical change are observed in the cardiac muscle, it is called ElectroCardioGraph (ECG). Using the ECG, substantial changes in electrical potential have been observed during performance of
pranayama and japa.This confirms the fact that we absorb bioelectricityduring these rituals.Earlier, a number of natural healing therapies based on the selfhealing property of the human body existed and now they have made a grand come back. These systems aim to correct the distortions in the flow of bio-electricity in the body. One such is Acu-pressure therapy. Thissystem uses our palms and finger tips as control boards and healing is achieved by applying slight pressure at specific points. Various stances and touching different parts of the body calledkarnas, that are used in SandhyaVandanam have the same healing effect. Sound waves have a capacity to energize water. Studies made during Vedic rites like Udakashanti and Punyahavacanam, reveal that the temperature of water rises substantially when energized through Vedic import is Paramatman in-dwelling the Sun, the Rajoguna andestroyed.wheworldly lidemons ahymns. This water is then used for purification. A miniature of such rites is in SandhyaVandanam as Prokshanam, Prasanam, Aacamanam. Hencewhile performing these rituals sound waves must be produced through the mouth. Flow of bio-electricity within our body causes emission of electrons for upto 8-10 inches from the body. This invisible body of chargedparticles, also called Bio-plasmic body or Aura, has been photographed by a process known as Kirlian photography. Any disease first enters the bio-plasmic body and then our visible body. The healing system attempts to rectify the bio-plasmic body by induction of bioenergy at specific points in the body known as cakras . One such system is Pranic healing and the other one is Reiki. In these systems energy may also be infused into the body by the use of energized water, sugar etc. Thus one can cure others also in this manner of transfer of energy. Meditation has a great influence on the bio-plasmic body. Brain cells are known to produce electric waves of different frequencies. All these go to explain rituals like mantra japa and meditation included in SandhyaVandanam. Thus science has proved without doubt that performance of SandhyaVandanam regularly and correctly will lead to a healthy body and mind. Although God- realization is the main objective, it can be declared without any doubt that reciting hymns, performance of karanas, japa, meditation and other rituals in SandhyaVandanam help to achieve the twin objectives of God-realization and good health hymns. This water is then used for purification. A miniature of such rites is in SandhyaVandanam as Prokshanam, Prasanam, Aacamanam. Hence while performing these rituals sound waves must be produced through the mouth. Flow of bio-electricity within our body causes emission of electrons for upto 8-10 inches from the body. This invisible body of charged particles, also called Bio-plasmic body or Aura, has been photographed by a process known as Kirlian photography. Any disease first enters the bio-plasmic body and then our visible body. The healing system attempts to rectify the bio-plasmic body by induction of bioenergy at specific points in the body known as cakras. One such system is Pranic healing and the other one is Reiki. In these systems energy may also be infused into the body by the use of energized water, sugar etc. Thus one can cure others also in this manner of transfer of energy. Meditation has a great influence on the bio-plasmic body. Brain cells are known to produce electric waves of different frequencies. All these go to explain rituals like mantra japa and meditation included in SandhyaVandanam. Thus science has proved without doubt that performance of SandhyaVandanam regularly and correctly will lead to a healthy body and mind. Although God- realization is the main objective, it can be declared without any doubt that reciting hymns, performance of karanas, japa, meditation and other rituals in SandhyaVandanam help to achieve the twin objectives of God-realization and good health.
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