Talk 606.
Mr. Venkatakrishnayya, a lawyer-devotee, visited Sri Bhagavan ten years before and asked Him what he should do to improve himself.Sri Bhagavan told him to perform Gayatri Japa. The young man went away satisfied. When he returned after some years, he asked:
D.: If I meditate on the meaning of the Gayatri mantra, my mind again wanders. What is to be done?
M.: Were you told to meditate on the mantra [?] or its meaning? You must think of the one who repeats the mantra.
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Again, the same man had seen another reputed Mahatma who told him to say Om Namah instead of "OM" because pure "OM" is meant for sannyasis whereas others can repeat Om Namah. When he came here he asked Sri Bhagavan about it. Sri Bhagavan replied casually:
Should not others besides the sannyasis enquire into the Self and realise it?