21. What does the Gayatri Mantra bestow on the person who chants it with faith?
The Gayatri Mantra is the bestower of all that is beneficial to the person who chants it with faith.

22. What are the other results of chanting the Gayatri Mantra?
If the Gayatri Mantra is chanted various kinds of powers will emerge in one. Hence the Gayatri Mantra should not be treated casually.

23. What is Truth?
Truth is that which is valid at all times past, present and future. That Truth is the Gayatri Mantra.

24. What does the Gayatri Mantra imply?
The Gayatri Mantra implies the 4 Maha Vakyas or the Four core declarations enshrined in the Four Vedas.

25. What are the four Maha Vakyas?
The four Maha Vakyas are:

1. PRAJNANAM BRAHMA
Consciousness is Brahman (Aitareya Upanishad of the Rg Veda)

2. AHAM BRAHMA ASMI
I Am Brahman (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad of the Yajur Veda)

3. TAT TVAM ASI
That Thou Art (Chandogya Upanishad of the Sama Veda)

4. AYAM ATMA BRAHMA
This Self is Brahman (Mandukya Upanishad of the Atharva Veda)

26. When should the Gayatri Mantra be chanted?
The Gayatri Mantra should be chanted at dawn, noon and dusk.

27. What are these times also known as?
These times are also known as Sandhya Kaalam, that is to say, the meeting point between night and day, morning and evening, day and night. These times are beneficial for spiritual practices.

28. Do we have to be bound by these periods of time to chant the Gayatri Mantra?
No, we do not have to be bound by these three periods of time to chant the Gayatri Mantra.

29. When can the Gayatri Mantra be chanted?
The Gayatri Mantra can be chanted at any time and everywhere.

30. What should the person chanting the Gayatri Mantra ensure at all times?
The person chanting the Gayatri Mantra should ensure that his heart is pure at all times.
Bhagawan's injunctions are that we should -

(1) not treat the Gayatri Mantra casually (Q 22) and

(2) that our heart should be pure at all times. We should therefore obey and practice implicitly Bhagawan's Teachings. (These are to be found in Summer Showers 1990. Briefly, they are as follows:)

1. Speak Truth. Attach value to your words. Truth is the life of a word.

2. Practise Righteousness. How ? By developing Trikarana Suddhi (Q12).

3. Purity and Harmony of Thought, Word and Deed.

Think no evil - Think what is good
See no evil - See what is good
Hear no evil - Hear what is good
Talk no evil - Talk what is good
Do no evil - Do what is good

4. At all times follow Bhagawan's maxim -
Help ever - Hurt never.

5. Dedicate all your actions to the Lord - without undue concern for the results, and without the false sense of doership ("I am the doer").

31. What is Bhagawan's advice to young people?
Bhagawan's advice to young people is that they should chant the Gayatri Mantra when taking their bath.

32. Why does Bhagawan recommend this?
Bhagawan says that when we take our bath, we are cleansing our bodies. Therefore, we should take this opportunity to cleanse our minds and intellects also at the same time.

33. At what other times does Bhagawan recommend that we chant the Gayatri Mantra?
Bhagawan recommends that we chant the Gayatri Mantra

(1) before every meal
(2) when we wake up from bed
(3) when we go to bed.

34. What should we repeat after chanting the Gayatri Mantra?
We should repeat 'Santhi' three times after we finish chanting the Gayatri Mantra.

35. Why should we repeat 'Santhi' after completing our recitation of the Gayatri Mantra?
We should repeat 'Santhi' because it will give 'Santhi', or peace of mind, to the three entities in us - body, mind and soul.