Age after Age, the Adi Śakti Gayatri descends on the earth as thy savior in different incarnations. Mahā Śakti Durgā, Mahā Kālī, Mahālakśmī, Mahāsaraswati, Sītā Mātā are all its manifestations. Great souls also come into being as envoys of the divine power with all its incarnations. The Parivrajakas of Buddha, the first Disciples of Christ, the Dharmacharyas of Chanakya, the Satyagrahi followers of Gandhi were all the ‘messengers’, the ‘instruments’ of the different experiments, the different expressions of this Maha Sakti in the Modern Age.
Today, in the critical phase of Kaliyuga – that appears to be leading to absolute decline and global devastation, there is an alarming need to emancipate people’s mind from the deadly influence of Kaliyuga in the subtle world. Spiritual refinement and reorientation of the maligned and perverted minds is the call of the present era….
All of the spiritual elements and seeds of divinity that educe thy light in the sadhaka’s inner self are immanent in the twenty-four distinctive syllables of the Gayatri Mantra. These can effectuate divine purification and righteous orientation of the sādhaka’s heart, mind and intellect. This has been experienced and unanimously advocated by the rishis, munis, sages, yogis and spiritually enlightened great personalities since the time of yore. The divine incarnations in human forms too have been the devotees of the Adi Sakti Gāyatrī…. Sadbuddhi and Sadgyāna – spiritual wisdom and pure knowledge, are the perennial elements of divine elevation of human life…. In the present era, when the devil’s demons have universally shrouded human mind and intellect, these appear to be the sole silver lines of hope and remedy. The grace of Gayatrī – the Goddess of Sadbuddhi and Sadgyana, is therefore utmost prayed. The super science of Gayatri encompasses complete knowledge of the welfare of all living beings.
Gāyatrī Sādhanā bestows divine enlightenment and glorious progress of the present life and the lives beyond…. There is no tapa-sādhanā equivalent to this pre-eminent spiritual endeavor. The enormous potency of the Gāyatri Mantra isn’t magical or imaginary. It is indeed a super scientific effect of the immense power of Sabda and the subliminal spiritual force of the inner sentiments…. Everybody – whether a believer or a non-believer, could benefit from the scientifically endeavored japa-sādhanā of Gāyatrī Mantra. In the present era, the Gāyatrī Śakti has descended as Yug Śakti to ruin the reign of the devil of durbuddhi that has enslaved human mind and is the root cause of all the man-made problems and the untoward detrimental developments on all fronts of life. Likewise the other faculties of the Vedic Culture, the great science and philosophy of Gayatri Vidyā too got shrouded in the mist of antiquity and ignorance with the advent of Kaliyuga in the modern age. There were hardly any texts or authentic commentaries available on this deep knowledge. Whatever was there, was too complicated and incomplete and beyond the comprehension of the common people.
Some ego-driven scholars and some fake ‘savants’ of vedic knowledge had created such a confusion and distortion for their selfish motives that no aspirant of true knowledge could dare decipher this vidyā or attempt Gāyatrī Sādhanā. Illogical interpretation and misconceptions like “only Brahmins could practice Gayatri-Upāsanā (moreover, the word “Brahmin” wrongly propagated as that by caste)”; “women should not know or chant the Gayatri Mantra”; “The Gayatri Mantra is a secret, only to be told by a ‘guru’ in the ears of the ‘deserving’ disciple”; “Gayatri Vidyā is cursed and prohibited…”, etc — were quite common among the masses until past few decades. These baseless and blind convictions had maligned and damaged the pearl of invaluable knowledge and ultimate welfare.
Vedmurti Taponishtha Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya had sharpened and revived the divine glow of this buried diamond by his peerless, ardent tapa-sādhanā and angelic spirituality. Rishi Bhagiratha’s tapa had brought the holy Ganges on the earth. The devout endeavors of Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya enabled the epochal descent and unalloyed flow (comprehensive decipheration) of the Ganges of the super knowledge for emancipation of the world from the smog of Kaliyuga. He scrupulously studied, researched and himself experimented on Gayatri Mantra through the paramount dedicated Sadhanās of Gayatrī. His life was a remarkable evidence of the authentication of his absolute knowledge of the super science of Gayatrī. The divine luminescence of Gayatri Vidyā and supramental attainments of the spiritual force of Gayatri Śakti was visible in every impulse of his thoughts and sentiments and every expression of his conduct and deeds. He presented the great knowledge of Gayatri Vidyā, Upāsanā-Sādhanā and the science of Gayatri Mantra in a thorough, comprehensive and eloquent style. He was indeed a rishi of this era (Yug Rishi) whose sagacious writings, lucid discourses and adept practical guidance enabled the true light of Gayatri reach all the men and women – the illiterates as well as the educated ones, the atheists and the theists, the rich and poor, the healthy, mighty and the weaker or discarded ones…, without any barrier. Gayatri Sakti was thus incarnated as Yug Sakti. This unfolded the dawn of resurrection of the divine cultural values and bright future for the world.
Millions of people across the globe have been blessed by the dikśā of Gayatri Mantra by Yug-Rishi Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya. Gayatri Pariwar is a family-like ensemble of these dedicated sādhakas of high morality, who are sincerely transacting their worldly duties along with the devoted upāsanā-sādhanā of Gāyatrī and are also contributing to the altruist constructive mission of Yug Nirman.
Shantikunj, Hardwar, located in the sacred vicinity of the Ganges and the pristine shadows of the Himalayas is the fraternity of the All World Gayatri Pariwar. This sapt-sarovar region had been the siddha tapasthali of Maharshi Vishwamitra in the Vedic Age. With the arousal and resurrection of the spiritual energy of this place by the vigorous tapa-sādhanā of Yug- Rishi Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya and Rev. Mata Bhagavati Devi Sharma in the modern age, Shantikunj has been erected as a Gāyatrī Siddha Pitha. The divine vibrations of the Gayatri Mantra and sublime flow of mahāprāṇa generated by it pervade this spiritually energized tirtha of our times.
Performing Gayatrī Sādhanā in Shantikunj fulfils all noble desires of the sadhaka and induces new light, inner strength and elevated confidence in them. Regular Sādhanā Satras of nine days (from 1st to 9th, 11th to 19th and 21st to 29th every month) are organized here for comprehensive training for spiritual refinement of personality and Laghu Anuṣṭhāna Sādhanā of Gayatri. Any aspirant can participate in these satras free of cost without any constraint of creed, caste, sex or social status. A prior permission at least one month in advance is desired to facilitate proper accommodation in the Ashram premises. Everyone has been bestowed the rare opportunity by the Almighty to link himself with the epochal flow and beatitudes of Yug Sakti by sincere participation in these sādhanā satras and enlightening the mind and heart by the supreme knowledge and grace of Gayatrī.
Source: Gayatri Sadhana – Why and How?
