In tantra the gayatri mantra can be used in several ways to achieve worldly goals, to overcome specific obstacles, or to advance spiritually. Offering a mixture of sugar, honey, coconut, ghee, and kaner (Nerium indicum) into the fire while repeating the gayatri mantra cures physical and psychosomatic problems. Offering the flower of a lotus while reciting the gayatri mantra brings prosperity. Offering the fruit, leaves, and sticks from a bilva tree (Aegle marmelos) brings both peace and prosperity. Offering karanja fruit (Pongamia pinnata) is a tantric cure for phobia and schizophrenia. An
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