Pt ShriRam Sharma Acharya
(1911-1990)
A Visionary
A Father
A Soldier
A Fighter
A Revolutionist
A Writer
A Leader
An Orator
A Practitioner
A sage
An elevated soul
& above all
A Guru
Mission and Vision
Mission & Vision
The spiritual acumen and enlightened wisdom of seer-sage Pandit Shriram
Sharma Acharya had a reach into the deepest depth of human mind and
emotional core. He could feel the agony of the masses through heart.
He could therefore identify the root cause of the ailing state of the world today as
– the crisis of faith, people’s ignorance of the powers of the inner self, and the
lack of righteous attitude that have evaporated the oceans of joy from people’s life
and polluted it with ever increasing insecurities, infirmities and complexities.
Realizing the hidden power of thoughts, quite relevant in the present era of
intellectual evolution, he pioneered the Mission of Thought Transformation,
Dissemination of Scientific Spirituality and Social and Cultural Reformation and
Elevation with collective participation of awakened souls.
“All World Gayatri Pariwar” was propounded by him to accomplish this noble goal
with collective participation of altruistic talents and duty-bound people from all
walks of life and all parts of the world.
The basic tenets of the Mission include:
 Rise of divinity in human beings and heavenly atmosphere on earth
 Individual, familial and societal refinement
 Healthy body, pure mind and civilized society
 Atmavat sarvabhooteshu (all living beings are soulkins),
 Vashudhaiv kutumbkam (Entire earth is our family)
 One nation, one language, one religion, one government
 Everyone should get equal opportunity for self-growth irrespective of caste,
creed, color, religion, region, language or sex
To achieve the above goals, Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya (Gurudev) started the
Global Movement for Transformation of Thoughts. Some of the tools and techniques of
this movement include:
Three Means of Spiritual Awakening:
 Upasana (Contemplating on divine virtues);
 adhana (Practicing self-control for acquiring divine virtues);
 Aradhana (Using acquired resources for the welfare of the society)
Propagation of Gayatri (collective wisdom) and Yagna (cooperative virtuous
demeanor)
Yoga, Meditation and Alternate Healing
Huge volume of constructive thoughts on every aspect of human life written by
Gurudev (equivalent to 100,000 pages of encyclopedia Britannica size books)
Create addiction free society
Promote Vegetarianism
Work towards establishing a well balanced, pollution free ecosystem
Harmony, friendship, brotherhood, peace and prosperity of the whole universe
Promote Scientific Spirituality
Inculcate family and cultural values in younger generation via Multimedia and other
state-of the art technology
Women awareness
Commonalities of
Gayatri Pariwar &
HIndu Swayamsevak
Sangh
Both the organizations aspire to…
 To face the challenges and protect the freedom and diversity of Indian
civilization
 Revival of Hindu tradition
 A burning devotion to the Motherland (India),
 A feeling of fraternity among all citizens,
 Intense awareness of a common national life derived from a common
culture and Shared history and heritage
 Ekam Sat Viprah Bahudha Vadanti Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
 Nationalistic ideology and sacrifices of selfless karyakartas from all
sections, caste, level and creed of the society
 A voluntary, non-profit, social welfare & cultural organization
 Shakhas are the core building blocks of RSS structure. Gayatri Pariwar
call them Sanskar Shaalas
 The activities consist of yoga, games, discussions on broad range of
social topics, prayer to Bharat Mata and an inspirational session
There is definitely a lot of things in common.
The need of the age is…
Bharatiya Samskriti Punarutthan
This can be done only by reviving Maa Gayatri who is the origin of
The Vedas- the foundation of our Samskriti
THE ORIGIN OF
VEDMATA GAYATRI
Veda means Supreme Knowledge.
Rig, Yaju, Sam and Atharva are four branches of knowledge.
Rigved.
Spiritual wellbeing &
fulfilment,
self realization,
peace of mind,
Brahma-Nirvana,
dutifulness,
love,
Tapas,
compassion,
beneficence,
generosity,
service etc.
Yajurved.
Generosity,
valour,
courage,
gallantry,
self defence,
leadership,
fame,
victory,
power,
dignity etc.
Games,
Sports,
Amusement,
Recreation,
Music,
Arts,
Literature,
Sensual enjoyment ,
Beauty,
Harmony,
Poetic imagery dynamism,
Refined taste, etc.
Samved
deals with
Atharva Veda….
Wealth & prosperity,
Accumulation of money and resources,
Medicines,
Food grains,
Materials, metals,
Buildings,
Vehicles,
Animals and similar other materials of
worldly wellbeing
If the subtle and material,
internal
and
external
activities and imaginations of
any living being are seriously
and scientifically examined,
it will
appear
that
its
entire
consciousness moves within
these four spheres.
The current of knowledge of all
living-beings flows only in the
four directions of
(1) Rik-spiritual wellbeing and
fulfilment ,
(2) Yaju- valour, (Moksha)
(3) Sam- enjoyment, (Kam) &
(4) Atharva- prosperity.
These are four faces of Brahma. Brahma has been described four- faced, because
although having only one face, there is outflow of four currents of knowledge from his
mouth. Although supreme Knowledge or law which is called Veda is one, it manifests
in four different aspects.
This is the secret behind the four arms of Vishnu.
For the spontaneous development of these four aspects, four stages of human life
(Ashrams) and four social divisions (Varnas) have been formed.
Childhood is the stage of playfulness and self development;
Youth of raising a family and earning money,
Vanprastha of virility, and
Sanyas of doing welfare activities.
These four kinds of knowledge are off-shoots of that creative consciousness
of Brahma which has been described in the ancient scriptures by the name of
Gayatri.
Thus, Gayatri is mother of four Vedas and it is,
therefore, called Vedmata.
Now let us consider its gross form.
Before creating the four Vedas, Brahma created Gayatri Mantra consisting of twentyfour letters. Every letter of this Mantra is instinct with a superbly refined subtle
conscious energy field from which have emanated the four Vedas and their branches
and sub branches.
Sr. No
Letter
(Gland) Granthi
Involved Energy
1
tat
Tapini
success
2
sa
Saphalta
bravery (Parakram)
3
vi
Vishwa
maintenance
(Palan)
4
tur
Tushti
wellbeing (Kalyan)
5
va
varda
Yog
6
re
revati
love (prem)
7
ni
Sookshma
money
8
yam
gyana
brilliance(tej)
9
bhar
bharga
defense (raksha)
10
go
gomati
intellect (buddhi)
11
de
devika
suppression
(daman)
12
va
varahi
devotion (nistha)
13
sya
sinhani
dharna (power of
retention)
Sr. No
Letter
(Gland) Granthi
Involved Energy
14
dhee
dhyan
Pran (life-breath)
15
Ma
maryada
self-restraint
(sanyam)
16
hi
sfuta
tap
17
dhi
medha
far-sightedness
18
yo
yogmaya
jagriti (awakening)
19
yo
yogini
production
20
naha
dharini
sarasta (sweetness)
21
pra
prabhava
ideal
22
cho
ooshma
Courage
23
da
drashya
wisdom (vivek)
24
yat
niranjan
sewa (service)
Gayatri - The Source of Occult Powers
The root cause of all
human suffering in the
world is
Lack
Infirmity
These three kinds of suffering can be removed by invoking the triple
currents of the occult powers of Gayatri.
Hreem – Saraswati removes ignorance,
Shreem
Lakshmi
removes
lack
Kleem
Kali
removes
infirmity.
ACTIVATION OF INTERNAL POWER CENTRES
BY GAYATRI SADHANA
The masters of Mantra-Vidya know that words
are uttered by different
parts of the mouth such as, throat (larynx),
tongue, teeth, lips and
the root of the tongue. During speech, the
nerve-fibres of the particular
parts of the mouth from which sound emits
stretch upto different
parts of the body and put pressure on the
corresponding glands. If
particular glands of the person concerned are
diseased or dysfunctional
he starts stammering while uttering the
specific words.
Yogis
know that some specific energies lie hidden in
these glands, ShatChakras (six energy centre) related to the
Sushumana are quite wellknown
but there are several other such glands in the
body. The utterance
of different words has its impact on different
glands and by such
impact the energy of these glands gets
stimulated.
Mantras have been
composed on this basis. There are twenty-four
letters in GayatriMantra which are related to twenty-four such
glands located in the
body which, on getting stimulated, activate
and awaken the powers of
righteous wisdom.
Singing of Deepak-rag lights up extinguished
lamps. It starts raining
when megh-malhar tune is sung. The melody
created by playing flute
makes the snakes wave their hoods in
synchronicity, deer gets swooned
and cows start yielding more milk. The
warbling of cuckoo incites
passion. Even strong iron bridges may collapse
by the sound created
by the in-step, coordinated and rhythmic
marching of a troop soldiers.
The army is, therefore, forbidden to march
rhythmically, in-step,
while crossing a bridge. Dr. Hutchinson of
America has achieved success
and fame in curing several patients suffering
from incurable and
painful diseases by different musical sounds.
The vibrations of a specific sound
spread
in the ether and attract atoms of
similar type and return to their
origin
within few moments, duly charged
with appropriate energy which
exercises curative impact in the
appropriate area. This is how
Mantras
accomplish miraculous effects.
The chanting of Gayatri Mantra activates
the network of nerves in the mouth and
stimulates specific glands.
No sooner do they get stimulated, a Vedic
symphony is created which
spreads in the ether, takes a round of the
entire universe, coming back
to the source with its energy augmented
manifold, capable of fulfilling
the desired purpose. Gayatri Sadhana, thus,
becomes a spiritual as
well as a material boon for the Sadhak.
The factor which makes Gayatri Mantra
extremely potent is the
sadhak’s confidence coupled with faith
When the
Sadhak takes up Sadhana with faith and
confidence Gayatri Mantra
becomes much more effective and proves
to be extra-ordinarily powerful
due to the combined effect of faith and the
Mantra’s own instrinsic
spiritual energy
Gayatri is Kamdhenu
Gayatri is Kalpa Vraksha
According to Maharshi Vyas “just as honey
is the essence of flower,
ghrit of milk, in the same way Gayatri is the
essence of all the Vedas.
No other mantra has been worshipped and
chanted as much as Gayatri Mantra. Since
ages highly elevated souls
have been practising Gayatri Sadhana.
Thus, a huge mass of highly
elevated spiritual energy has been
accumulated in subtle celestial spheres
(loks) enveloping the earth.
No other Ved-Mantra possesses so much
radiant and puissant
energy as Gayatri Mantra.
THE MEANING OF GAYATRI MANTRA
Om - Brahma or Almighty God
Bhuh - embodiment of vital spiritual energy
(Pran)
Bhuvah - destroyer of sufferings
Svah - embodiment of happiness
Tat - that
Savituh - bright, luminous like the Sun
Varenyam - best, most exalted
Bhargo- destroyer of sins
Devasya- divine
Dhimahi- may imbibe
Dhiyo- intellect
Yo- who
In short it is a prayer to the Almighty
Nah- our
Supreme God, the Creator of
Prachodayat - may inspire
entire cosmos, the essence of our life
existence, who removes all our
pains and sufferings and grants happiness
beseeching His divine grace
to imbibe within us His Divinity and
Brilliance which may purify us and
guide our righteous wisdom on the right
path.
Eternity or Sound and Science of Mantra
Omnipotent Role of Sound in the Universe
The
existence of the material world is said to
have originated from the cosmic impulse,
the infinite
bang of Ïabda. [The big-bang theory of the
modern science agrees with this
conclusion of the
The vaidika scriptures on the origin of the –iÌis -scientists of yore].
universe mention that the absolute
existence of the
Brah® is expressed and realized in the
sublime vibrations of Ïabda and N³da.
The knowledge of Ïabda Brah® – N³da
Brah® is an important branch of the Indian
school of
spirituality. The science and philosophy of
Ïabda Brah® encompasses the
methodology and
effects of mantra-japa, prayers, collective
chanting and s³dhan³s of the veda-mantras
and that of
the N³da Brah® deals with the genesis,
expansion and influence of music.
Linguistically, the word mantra in Sanskrit
implies a specific structure of sonic
patterns – coded
in syllables and vowels, that works as an
spiriutal tool to liberate the mind from
ignorance,
illusion and evil instincts. The specific
configurations of syllables and the
corresponding
combinations of phonemes in the mantras
make the latter powerful ‘carriers’ of the
cosmic
energy of sound.
In our day-to-day life, we generally come
across with two types of sound – vyakta
(audible) and
avyakta (non-audible).
The spoken
words fall under the first category and
those expressed silently (e.g. while
thinking....) or through
the language of mind are examples of the
latter.
The ultra and
supersonic forms are avyakta to our ears, which can normally sense a sound only
in the
frequency-range of 20 to 20000 vibrations per sec. Similarly, the loud noise of a
busy road would
be non-audible to a person who is sitting in a closed house away from the road....
These examples
clearly illustrate that the avyakta sound also exists in the same ‘reality’ as the
vyakta one.
The sonic vibrations of each spoken or
mentally thought syllable exist in the
universe forever.
Mantra Vijó³na is the science of the subliminal as well as the
cosmic powers of
sound. The specific configuration of the syllables compiled in
the mantras makes them important
in terms of associated sonic effect. The enunciation of a
vedic mantra in a specific composition
of accent, pitch, intensity, amplitude and rhythm results in its
expansion (at a pace faster than the
laser beams) in the endless domain of physical energy
waves and consciousness. Because of the
unique property of sound to traverse (via the electromagnetic waves) anywhere in the space, the
collective chanting of vaidika mantras can induce cosmic
impact.
The treasure of knowledge in the Vedas is
encoded in the form of mantras and
chandas (hymns).
Every mantra and chanda has its
significant importance. The G³yatrº Mantra
is honored as
preeminent in the science of spirituality and
the mantra vijó³na. This ³di (absolute
origin) mantra
is a compilation of nine special words (in
ancient Sanskrit) formed by twenty four
syllables. The
japa of this mantra creates rhythmic
pressure on the nerves and also titillates
the extrasensory
energy center (the six cakras) and subtle
nerve-bundles (upatyik³s) that generate
soothing effects
in the s³dhaka’s body and mind and also
affect his deep inner self.
Because of its unique potential of inspiring
the individual consciousness to link with
the supreme
consciousness, the G³yatrº Mah³mantra is
indeed the most powerful and astonishing
creation of
Ïabda.
All the branches of Mantra- Vijó³na and
related fields of yoga deal with the study
and practice of
rhythmic enunciation of mantras and deep
meditation upon the transcendental powers
of Ïabda
and N³da hidden in the former. These
areas of research in the science of
spirituality and yoga
deal with the knowledge of Ïabda Brah® N³da Brah®.
Astonishing Power of Ïabda – The Eternal
Element of Sound
The scientific investigations on the existence and properties of sound
waves indicate that the
effects of sound could be as physical as those of the other forms of
energy. The Doppler Effect is
worth mentioning in this regard. The historical breaking of a bridge due
to the superimposition of
the cyclic sound created by the orderly footsteps of Napoleon’s army;
Falls of several huge and
stout bridges due to the synchronization of sound of noisy winds or
noises of the surroundings –
for instance, the falls of the Lao Bernard bridge in France in 1852 and
1871, the Ohio river’s
bridge in USA in 1854 and those of its Niagara water-fall in 1864 and
1889, the bridge over
Tacoma river in Washington, in 1940..., etc – are some of the well
known examples of this
significant effect.
Some German scientists are said to have
gained, during the time of first World War,
the
knowledge about the development of a
weapon that could produce sound waves
of a frequency
higher than 105 vibrations per second.
Such waves would ruin the targeted
persons in less than a
second because the resultant sonic effect
would destroy the neurons of the subjects
at a rate faster
than that due to a high power direct
electrical shock...
Occurrences of earthquakes are also largely attributed to similar effects, of
periodic resonance of
superimposed sound waves (at specific frequencies in a specific order) deep
inside the earth’s
surface.
Modern scientific research has gone a long way in its study of the sonic waves.
These
investigations coupled with the advancement of electronics have now made the
speech
recognition by machines like computers and robots, an established reality.
Applications of the
radio waves and the lasers have become integral part of modern life. It is not far
from sight when
experiments will be set in the advanced laboratories to verify and demonstrate the
super natural
physical effects of classical music such as – the automatic kindling of oil-lamps by
R³ga Dºpak,
the potential of R³ga Malh³r in commencing rainfall at any time at the singer’s will,
the power of
R³ga Ïankar in transforming a dry wooden stem into a blossoming tree..., etc.
The progress, at the same pace, of the current practice of using the creative
power of music in
psychological treatments, stress management and in healthier maintenance of
animals and
vegetation...etc., would certainly pave the ways for the realization and use of
the knowledge of
the Ïabda and N³da for an overall ascent of personality as described in the
Indian scriptures of
yore.
On the subtler front as well, modern science is moving towards investigating, to
some extent, the
latent powers and subtle energies of Ïabda (N³da) as described in the ancient
Indian scriptures.
The journey of research from atoms to electromagnetic waves has finally been
oriented on the
fundamental and vital role of sound waves pervaded everywhere in the cosmic
expansion. The
big-bang hypothesis of the origin of the universe is also coming closer to the
‘theories’ cited in
the vaidika literature.
Constructive Applications of Sound in the
Modern Age
The discovery of radio waves had created revolution in the scientific
development of the modern
world.
The pulse-echo method for testing of metals was developed in 1940-‘50 based
on Prof. Dazisch’s research on ultrasonic waves. Contemporary research on
ultrasound has led to multifaceted applications in engineering and sciences.
Use of ultrasound – in noninvasive technologies like the EMR, sonography and
ultrasonic surgery, in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases like arthritis, gallstone and in complicated surgical operations has taken a predominant place in the
medical technology today.
The frantic running around by animals like cats, dogs, rabbits...etc., hours before the
occurrence of an earthquake in the nearby area – indicates the capabilities of these
animals in sensing the infrasonic vibrations deep below the earth’s surface.
Systematic experimental studies on the changes in the behaviors of several animals
and birds have given conclusive results in this regard. The Japanese make use of
the Goldfish to know about the tremors well in advance. Some species of elephants
and fin whales are found to make efficient use of infrasonic signals for deciding the
direction of their future movements....