Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants

Shankara and friends are chanting Asato Ma Sat Gamaya at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. Here is the text to sing along:

asato ma sadgamaya
tamaso ma jyotirgamaya
mrtyorma amrtam gamaya

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय ।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।

Lead me from the asat to the sat.
Lead me from darkness to light.
Lead me from death to immortality
Om Peace Peace Peace.

(Brhadaranyaka Upanishad — I.iii.28)

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Sonya from Mantra Circle chants the mantra Om Namo Narayanaya at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany.

"Om Namo Narayanaya" is called Ashtakshara Mantra, eight syllable mantra, Ashta - eight, Akshara - syllables, Ashtakshara Mantra of Vishnu. Narayana is Vishnu, comes from Nara - human being, Narayana is the one who dwells in all human beings, in all creatures and is the one who works through all creatures. "Om Namo Narayanaya" is also a peace mantra.

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Shivapriya from Mantra Circle chants the kirtan "Jay Shri Ma" at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. Here is the text to sing along:

(Am)       C G            Am             Am
Jay shri ma, jaya kali ma, jay shri ma.
C                    G               Dm            Am
Ananda-mayi, jay shri ma, jay shri kali ma.

In the further verses replace "kali" by: "durga", "lakshmi", "sarasvati", "devi".

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Baba Ram Das and Angeli are chanting "Nityananda Nitai Nitai" during a mantra concert at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany.

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Ramadasa, Radha and friends are chanting Om Sarva Mangala Mangalye during a mantra concert at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. Here is the text to sing along:

Sarva-mangala-mangalye
Shive Sarvartha-sadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gauri
Narayani Namostu Te

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Sarah chants the kirtan "Om Namah Shivaya" during a mantra concert at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany.

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The music band "Sat Chit Ananda Express" performed Om Namah Shivaya during a mantra concert at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany.

Om Namah Shivaya is a common greeting in yoga. "Om" is Om , the all-encompassing. "Namah" means more or less "greeting to" and "Shivaya" means "to Shiva". So Om Namah Shivaya means obeisance to Shiva. But what does Shiva mean?

Shiva has many different meanings. "Shiva" literally means "the loving, the kind". But it also means “the higher self” and “the divine everywhere”. We can say "Om Namah Shivaya" and use that in meditation or in kirtan. It is invoking the kind, the loving, the higher self within us.

Mantra/ kirtan chanting is a wonderful practice to open the heart and to feel divine presence

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Baba Ram Das chants Hare Krishna Hare Rama during a saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany.

Enjoy power and inner contemplation with this mantra, sung and played by Baba Ram Das. Mahamantra means "great mantra. It is considered the mantra that helps to joy and love. 🪕🥁

The Maha Mantra is also called Hare Krishna Mantra or Hare Rama Hare Krishna Mantra. In the Vaishnava tradition it is said, "The Maha Mantra is the greatest mantra especially in the present age, Kali Yuga. The Maha Mantra invokes God in His aspects as Hari (Vishnu), Rama and Krishna.

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asato ma sad gamaya
tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
mrtyor mamrtam gamaya

performed by
Shankara – vocals, harmonium
Ramani – vocals, egg shaker
Immanuel – djembe

Asato Ma Sat Gamaya, is an ancient verse from the Vedas.
It is a peace mantra, and it is also a prayer where we ask to experience the highest.
The entire text of Asato Ma means: lead us from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from mortality to immortality.

" I try not to sing, but to be sung. Not to put anything in the way of every sound that may come, to become empty, to become still. Back to the source. Hari Om Tat Sat." (Shankara) shankarayoga.de/

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Mantra/ kirtan chanting is a wonderful practice to open the heart and to feel divine presence

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