The Gayatri Mantra
OM BHUR BHUVAHA SVAHA
TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM
BHARGHO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YONAHA PRACHODAYAT
Translation 1 : I meditate on the radiant and most venrable light of the divine, from which issues forth the triple world ( the bhuh, bhuvah, svaha). May the divine light illuminate and guide my intelligence. Translation 2:Higher power, giver of life, the remover of pain and sorrow and the bestower of happiness; may we receive your supreme sin-destroying light; may our intellect be guided in the right direction.
This mantra is traditionally called " the mother of the vedas." The practice of this mantra enabled the sages to receive revelation from all others mantras, for this mantra calms mental noise, washes off karmic impurities, purifies the ego, sharpens the intellect, and illuminates the inner being with the light which flows directly from the source. This mantra connects us to the teacher within and helps us receive inner guidance and inner inspiration. we may ont notice instantaneous transformation,but the effect of this mantra is immense and everlasting. The process of purification through this practice begins in the deep unconscious and gradually pervades all aspects of our personality. We become new and fully transformed, from inside out.
"I invoke the Earth Plane, The Astral Plane, The Celestial Plane, The Plane of Spiritual Balance, The Plane of Human Spiritual Knowledge, The Plane of Spiritual Austerites, and The Plane of Ultimate Truth. Oh, great Spiritual Light which is the brilliance of all Divinity, we meditate upon You. Please illumine our minds."
By chanting this mantra, Divine spiritual light and power is infused in each of the seven chakras and connects them to the Spiritual Realms. The last part infuses our minds, hearts and souls with the power of the spiritual light that created the Universe.
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushthi Vardhanam
UrvaRukamiva Bandhanat
Mrytyor Muksheeya Mamritat
We recite this mantra and move towards attaining good health, and enjoying release from bondage of mind conditions and other worldly problems. This can be considered a panacea for all evils and can be recited at any time.
Translation :
I meditate on, and surrender myself to, the devine being who embodies the power of will, the power of knowledge, and the power of action.I pray to the devine being who manifests in the form of fragrance in the flower of life and is the eternal nourisher of the plant of life. Like a skillful gardener, may th elord of life disentangle me from the binding forces of my physical, psychological, and spriritual foes. May the lord of immortality residing within free me from death, decay, and sickness and untie me with immortality.
Om Namo Bagavate Vasudevaya
One who is blessed and can bless/ Blessed be. Used for space clearing,usually at the beginning of class or during a time of change.Making room for new things to come.
Om Mani Padme Hum
The bodisattva’s mantra of compassion
Living a life by love transformed, by spirit empowered,
By creative imagination guided , in peace with all.
Tvameva Mata Mantra
Tvameva Mata Chapita Tvameva,
Tvameva Bandhu Cha Sakha Tvameva
Tvameva Vidya Dravinam Tvameva
Tvameva Sarvam Mama Deva Deva
The essence of this chant is that God is everything – mother, father, brother, friend, knowledge, wealth, etc. Everything is connected and is inseparable from God. It is sometimes used at the end of meditation or prayers as a gesture of surrender to the Divine.
The chant reminds us that we are all connected, and everything is okay because everything is divine.
Green Tara Mantra
Om Tare, tuttare, ture svaha
Heart Sutra :
Gate gate para gate parasemgate bohdi svaha.
- "gone gone, gone beyond, gone altogether beyond, O what an awakening, well said!"