Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants

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Om Shakti Om - Kirtan Mantra Chanting Oct 15, 2010

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A Kirtan seminar class chants the mantra "Om Shakti Om" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. You can find this mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/profile/YogaVidyaKirtanheft as No. 311. More mantras like this one can you find at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti - yours Omkara

Om Oct 11, 2010

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Yoga practitioners chant "OM" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. Although Om is to be found in each upanishad, at least as part of the opening and closing mantras of blessing, eight of them have sections dealing with Om Itself. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is written: "Om is Brahman, the Primeval Being. This is the Veda which the knowers of Brahman know; through it one knows what is to be known." Om is Divinity Itself. This is an incredible truth. To fill the mind and consciousness with Om is to divinize ourself, to evoke that eternal Self which is our real being. Everything that exists is a manifestation of God. So lest we mistakenly decide that Om is divine because it-like everything else-only symbolizes the Divine or is a part or reflection of the Divine, the upanishad continues, telling us that Om is "the Primeval Being." Om is not a permutation, extension, or evolute of Brahman; It is Brahman in Its absolute, primeval state. Om does not lead us to Brahman, It IS Brahman. We need only realize that, and then we shall have attained Self-realization. For Om is our very Self, since Brahman is our Self. Those who know Brahman do not bother with the ritualistic hymns of the Vedas to obtain their desires, but chant only Om to obtain fulfillment of their desires-especially the desire for divine knowledge. For "through It one knows what is to be known." "Veda" can mean knowledge or wisdom when found in the scriptures, so we can also consider this statement to mean that Om is the knowledge and wisdom of those who know God-since it is God. Om is that Ishwara of whom Patanjali said: "In Him is the seed of omniscience." Sivananda wrote: "All things are named by the sounds and all sounds merge in Omkara. All Languages and words ending in a single sound - "Om". The hum of bees and the sweet song of nightingale, the seven musical notes, the sound of the mridanga and the drum, the lute and the flute, the roar of the lions, the song of the lover, the neighing of the horses, the hissing of the cobra, the groans of sick, the crying of babies, the clapping of the audience if the speaker keeps his speech - all this is nothing more than emanations from Omkara. The sound that comes from the flow of the Ganges, the sound in the distance and the noise and bustle of a market, the sound that arises when the flywheel of a machine is set in motion, the sound of rain - all this is only just Om. Om is the basis of all sounds. Om consists of three letters, A, U and M. A, U and M cover the whole gamut. The larynx and the palate are the sounding boards. If one expresses A, no part of the tongue or palate is touched. If you pronounce U, the sound rolls from the beginning to the end of the soundboard in the mouth. M is the last sound that is produced by closing the two lips. Therefore, all sounds are combined in Om. All languages are based on Om." - find more mantras like this at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti Om - yours Omkara

"Bleibt hier und wachet mit mir" chanted by David Oct 08, 2010

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David chants a Taizé Song "Bleibt hier und wachet mit mir" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. You can find this mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/profile/YogaVidyaKirtanheft as No. 532. More mantras like this one can you find at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti - yours Omkara

Bhaja Radha Govinda chanted with Gopi Oct 05, 2010

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Gopi chants the mantra "Bhaja Radha Govinda" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. Find more mantras like this at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti Om

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya chanted by Janin Oct 01, 2010

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Janin chants the mantra "Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. You can find this mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/profile/YogaVidyaKirtanheft as No. 187. More mantras like this one can you find at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti - yours Omkara

Hari Hari Bol chanted with Narayani Sep 27, 2010

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Narayani chants the mantra "Hari Hari Bol" Hari Hari Bol Hari Hari Hari Bol Keshava Mādhava Govindā Bol Shrī Krishna Govinda Hare Murāre Hey Nātha Nārāyana Vāsudeva (Gopāla Bol Govinda Bol Shiva Bol Shiva Bol Shiva Shiva Bol. Shiva Shankara Shrī Mahādeva Bol Nilakantha Bol Mahādeva Bol. Shiva Shiva Bol Shiva Shiva Shi-va Bol Shiva Shankara Shrī Mahādeva Bol) during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. Find more mantras like this at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti Om - yours Omkara

Kailash Ki Shakti Shiva chanted by Sunita Sep 23, 2010

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Sunita chants the mantra "Kailash Ki Shakti Shiva" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. More mantras like this one can you find at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti - yours Omkara

Ganesha Sharanam chanted by Bharata Sep 20, 2010

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Bharata chants the mantra "Ganesha Sharanam" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. Ganesha Sharanam - Sharanam Ganeshā means that I seek (or take) refuge in Ganesha. To seek (or take) this refuge is based on the realization and recognition of the possibility that every living being has the potential and the opportunity to free itself completely from suffering and that there are beings who have achieved that like Ganesha. More mantras like this one can you find at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti Om - yours Omkara

Ganesha Sharanam with Narayani Sep 18, 2010

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Narayani chants the mantra "Ganesha Sharanam" in a very gentle, peaceful and inspiring way. You can find it at the Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Kirtanheft No. 263. Are you looking for in a yoga seminar with Narayani, please check out the Yoga Vidya seminar calendar http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/english/yoga-vidya/seminar.html Find more mantra recordings at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti, Omkara

Tumi Bhaja chanted by Bharata Sep 13, 2010

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Bharata chants the mantra "Tumi Bhaja" during a satsang at Yoga http://www.yoga-vidya.de Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg. The mantras is "Tumi Bhaja Re Mana, Tumi Japa Re Mana, Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram, Japa Re Mana" and the meaning is very simple: "Let us worship Rama and praise his name." Here you find more informations, mantras and videos http://mein.yoga-vidya.de/profiles/blogs/tumi-bhaja about or with this mantra "Tumi Bhaja" - or check out our mantra podcast at http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/category/podcast/mantra/ Om Shanti Om - yours Omkara