Excerpted from an online article (Source : https://aravindb1982.blogspot.com/2018/01/power-of-gayatri-mantra-is-beyond-belief.html)
It dawned on everyone that the girl’s father had died in the tragic terror attack and the explosion that occurred onboard the Air India flight enroute to India from Canada, off the western coast of Ireland.
Towards the end of the interview, Swami turned towards Dr. Vijai Kumar and said in a matter-of-fact manner,
"There were more than 250 passengers onboard Kanishka. Even if one had chanted the Gayatri Mantra, the accident could have been averted.” Everyone in the interview room sat in silence absorbing the profundity of the statement.
Many are the escapes that people have had by chanting the Gayatri Mantra. One of the most thrilling narratives of the same is the near-death experience of Sri Devesh Srivastava, the brother of Dr. Sailesh Srivastava (a teacher in Swami's school and university at Puttaparthi).
Swami says, “Gayatri Chandasaam Matha (Gayatri is the mother of the Vedas)”. He goes on to explain that one can either peel and eat multiple fruits to derive nutrition and strength or one can drink mixed-fruit juice. “Gayatri Mantra is the fruit-mix concentrate”, He adds. It embodies all the 4 Mahavakyas (great statements) of the Vedas.
However, there are certain conditions that must be met to unlock the mantra’s great powers.
Swami says that:
1. The person chanting the Gayatri mantra should not do it casually; it must be done with complete faith and reverence.
2. To ensure reverence, one must have purity. Purity comes from speaking the truth and having the unity of thought, word and deed.
