Gayatri Mahima Madhuri By Mahanidhi Swami (Hardcover) English

Gayatri Mahima Madhuri is a response to the devotees who have asked me over the last ten years to explain the meaning of different mantras. Since the Brahma-gayatri is the most famous mantra, I have focused on that. In India there are several spiritual groups that propagate the glories of the Brahma-gayatri through the medium of books, tapes, classes, stickers, posters, and so on. They even sell clocks with the Brahma-gayatri written in Sanskrit on the face of the clock. According to them, Brahma-gayatri is the yuga-dharma, and chanting it will solve all the problems of Kali-yuga.
There are literally thousands of mantras mentioned in the Vedas, but this book describes eight mantras that are important to Gaudiya Vaisnavas. The reader learns that the actual position of the Brahma-gayatri is to support and assist the primary mantra for this age which is the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, the scripturally acclaimed "great chant for deliverance" for all the souls of Kali-yuga. The astonishing power of the mystical Gopala-mantra will shine forth with all its inestimable glories, what to speak of the Kama-gayatri and the secret sannyasa mantra.
Much of the information in this book comes from the Hari-bhakti-vilasa by Srila Sanatana Gosvami. The Hari-bhakti-vilasa explains various Vedic rituals to point the general class of Vaisnavas towards the worship and service of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Secondly, it gives rituals specifically meant for Gaudiya Vaisnavas to use for worshiping Radha and Krsna. It also has broad instructions on rituals so that newcomers to Gaudiya Vaisnavism from other Vaisnava traditions may practically engage in worshiping Krsna.
Hardcover - English