Mantras

Oṁ is the One Oṁ is the Many SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA Excerpt from the commentary on Taittiriya Upanishad.

Kala Bhairava is a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva and is highly revered across the Indian subcontinent. He is depicted in an aggressive form with red, angry eyes, blazing hair, tiger’s teeth, snake coiled around his neck and crown and a garland of human skulls. He carries a trident, drum and the severed fifth head […]

The Nine days of Navaratri are usually divided into three sections devoted to Kaali, Lakshmi and Saraswati as I have mentioned in the first article.

The festival known as Raksha Bandhan (Rakṣābandhanam) falls on the full moon day Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā of the Sanskrit month of Śrāvaṇa which normally comes in August.

Veda - The Foundation of Sanātana Dharmā (Insights from Sri Aurobindo)   Introduction Sanatana[1] Dharma[2] is an all-encompassing way of life that seeks to transcend falsehood and limitations[3], awakening the divine essence within all of existence.

Oṁ Namaḥ Śivaya! Oṁ Śrī Bhairavāya Namaḥ!   Om kara kalaita kapalah kundali dandapanih Taruna timira nilah vyalah yajnopaviti. Kratu Jayati samaya saparya vighna viccheda hetuh vatuka nathah siddhidah sadhakanam. "Salutations to the one holding a skull, a drum, and a trident, Whose throat is blue like the young Tamala tree, and who wears the […]

Kirna Manor, Thursday, 03 Aug., at 19:00 - 21:00 In the workshop introducing Vedic mantras, we learn about the Vedas and mantras. • What are the Vedas? • What are mantras? • Why is it good to say them? • How to say them well? • We will learn the simplest and most powerful mantras […]

The recitation of the Vedas is considered highly auspicious and beneficial in Hindu tradition, and it is believed to confer various spiritual, mental, and physical benefits to both the reciter and the listener. Some of the perceived benefits include: Spiritual Upliftment: Reciting the Vedas is believed to elevate the spiritual consciousness of both the reciter […]

Om Sri Hanumate Namah Vanamali. Hanuman: The Devotion and Power of the Monkey God (p. 11). ENG Sri Hanuman is the greatest of all devotees of the Lord. He is a jñani (one in complete knowledge) in the fullest sense of the word. He has merged with his Lord, Sri Rama, in his own being, […]

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः oṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ When we go to find the original Gayatri Mantra by Rishi Vishvamitra in the Rigveda (3.62.10) we do not find there the expression ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः oṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ. The original Mantra is: तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि | धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् || tat saviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi […]

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय । तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय । ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ oṃ asato mā sadgamaya | tamaso mā jyotirgamaya | mṛtyormā amṛtaṃ gamaya | oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ || Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 1.3.28   Rishi-Devata-Chandas: This Shanti Mantra from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is a set of three profound Mantras. […]