Nowadays I see many people chanting Vedic mantras like Gayatri without adhikara i.e. without having a yagyopavit sanskar or having diksha from a traditional guru. I request them to shift to naam jap instead of chanting those mantras. WHY?. please read the whole thread for answer

Jagadguru Swami Shri Nishchalanand Saraswati ji says that Vedic mantras have power more then that of an atom bomb . If you chant these mantras without adhikara the 'Shakti' of these mantras instead of doing good can give you total opposite results.

Their are many cases where chanting of Vedic mantras without adhikara have given very very bad results in the life of people. Even if you pronounce the mantras incorrectly they can show bad or no result.
BUT now the question is "WHAT SHOULD BE DONE THEN"
the answer "NAAM JAP"

Naam jap is basically chanting the name of your isht bhagvan e.g. SHIV KRISHN RAM DURGA etc.
Hanuman Poddar ji says in Kalyug naam jap is the best way to attain moksha. Naam jap is the most easy thing to do and has almost no restrictions.

For Vaishnavas Mahamantra and Ram naam jap are prescribed by him. He says just by chanting one Ram Naam with bhaav and vishvas a human become free of every paap he has done in past.
For a Shaiva what can be a better name then "SHIV"
the name that itself means "Kalyankaari"

In upcoming days I will try to tell you more about naam jap. But from today instead of chanting Vedic Mantras without adhikara please start doing naam jap with bhaav . You will definitely see results a positive change in personality and growing bhakti bhaav.
Har Har Shankar