[Advaita-l] Devatha Gayathris and Initiation

[vishwanthan Krishnamoorthy]

one can learn this as part of learning the vedas
(mahanarayanopanishad) from a vahdyiar does that
qualify as initiation? is mantra dheeksha different
from vedha adhyaayanam in this case? 

regards
Vishwam

--- "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Karthik Subramanian wrote:
> 
> >  Does one require upadesha from the guru to chant
> the gayathris 
> > pertaining to the devathas, i.e. Ganapathi
> Gayathri, Rudra Gayathri, 
> > Narasimha Gayathri, etc?
> >
> 
> Undoubtedly yes.
> 
> -- 
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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