Q. 233: Guruji, singing Shiva and Krishna songs in satsang make many people wonder. Why do we sing songs of so many Gods?

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

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 mean ‘Lord’. So the word marnah nath meaning ‘My lord’ which is used in Christianity which is actually a Sanskrit word.Chanting in Sanskrit is beneficial because 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 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 you want but along with it take this also.

How many of you feel singing and chanting these mantras creates some vibrations? (All raise hands in affirmation) It’s obvious. In Vedic chanting, many times you don’t even know the meaning but it has some effect.In the morning we did Rudra Abhishek, this has been practiced for over thousands of years. We use crystal, milk, yogurt and flowers etc. They all create a certain impact and send out positive vibrations.

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