Yoga Chants and Mantras
Prayer for Wholeness LOKAH SAMASTHA SUKHINO BHAVANTHU May this world be established with a sense of well-being and happiness Prayer for Peace and Clarity OM SAHANA VAVATU SAHANA BHUNATTU SAHA VIRYAM KARAWAVAHAI TEJASVINAVADITAMASTU MA VIDVISHAVAHAI OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI May both of us together be protected May both of us together be nourished May we work together uniting our strength for the good of all humanity May our learning be luminous and purposeful May we not hate or dispute with each other May there be peace, peace, peace Prayer for Enlightment OM ASATOMA SADGAMAYA TAMASOMA JYOTHIRGAMAYA MRITHYORMA AMRUTANGAMAYA OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI Lead us from darkness to light From ignorance to truth And from death to eternity Let peace prevail everywhere Ashtanga Invocation OM VANDE GURUNAM CARANARAVINDE SANDARSITA SVATMA SUKHAVA BODHE NIH SREYASE JANGALIKAYAMANE SAMSARA HALAHALA MOHASANTYAI ABAHU PURUSAKARAM SANKHACAKRASI DHARINAM SAHASRA SIRASAM SVETAM PRANAMAMI PATANJALIM OM I bow down to the two lotus feet of the Gurus Which awaken insight into the happiness of pure Being, Which are the refuge, the jungle physician, which eliminate the delusion caused by the poisonous herb of samasara I prostrate before the sage Patanjali who has thousands of radiant, white heads and who has , as far as his arms, assumed the form of man holding a conch shell (divine sound), a wheel (discus of light or infinite time) and a sword (discrimination) peace |
