Q: Who gives them the words and breathing exercises? Are the priests Murshids?
A: First of all, a Brahman is a priest by birth; a Brahman is a born priest. Therefore the first lesson he receives is in his own family, of the sacred word. But when he takes an esoteric path, at that time he needs the guidance of a Murshid. What the Brahman calls a Guru. And it may be the same word perhaps which he has learned from his parents. Still when that word is given by the Guru, that has a different value again. Perhaps he has repeated that word in his life, but when it is given by the Guru the value of the word is different.