Mantra with Shivadasi

Om: is the original and most powerful mantra and is the primordial sound of the divine

Shantih, shantih, shantih: peace, peace, peace

Namaste: I honor that which is great within you that resides within me

Om bolo sat guru bhagavan qi jai: God is the only REAL teacher, amen

Hari om tat sat: God is the Truth

Om mani padme hum: Tibetan Buddhists (prayer) invokes the embodiment of compassion

Kato Upanishad: om saha navatu saha nau bhunaktu saha viryam karavayahal tejasvi navadhitam astu ma vidvisavah, om shanti: Peace mantra, together may we be protected, together may we be nourished, together may we work with great energy. May our journey together be brilliant and effective, may there be no bad feelings between us, may god protect us both in togetherness, may God nourish us both in togetherness may we both work in togetherness, with great energy, physically mentally, spiritually, individually, universally, psychologically, economically, nationally and international. May our study be vigorous and our meetings be effective to strengthen our togetherness in all respects, may we not hate each other destroying our togetherness.

Mahamritunjaya Mantra: tryambakkam yajamahe sugandhim pustivardhanam urvaruookameva baandanaan mrityormoksheeya maamritat: Everything that is created will one day be dissolved, and that anyone who takes birth will also have to face death. Death is an integral part of living. How we face death will (in many ways) be decided by how we live our life. Tryambakkam refers to the Three eyes of Lord Shiva. 'Trya' means 'Three' and 'Ambakam' means eyes. These three eyes or sources of enlightenment are the Trimurti or three primary deities, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and the three 'AMBA' yajamahe means, "We sing Thy praise". sugandhim refers to His fragrance of knowledge, presence and strength i.e. three aspects) as being the best and always spreading around. Fragrance refers to the joy that we get on knowing, seeing or feeling his virtuous deeds. pustivardhanam: Pooshan refers to Him as the sustainer of this world and in this manner. urvaruookameva: 'URVA' means "VISHAL" or big and powerful or deadly. Aruookameva means 'Disease'. “CUCUMBER interpretation given in various places is also correct for the word URVAROOKAM”. baandanaan means bound down. mrityormoksheeya means to deliver us from death (both premature death in this Physical world and from the neverending cycle of deaths due to re-birth) for the sake of Mokshya (Nirvana or final emancipation from re-birth). Maamritat means 'please give me some Amritam (life rejuvinating nectar). Read with the previous word, it means that we are praying for some 'Amrit' to get out of the death inflicting diseases as well as the cycle of re-birth.

Om bhur bhuvat svah, tat savitur varenyan bhargo devasya dhi-mahi dhiyo yo nah pracodayat Om, we meditate (Dhimahi) on the Spiritual Effulgence (Bhargo) of that Adorable Supreme Divine Reality (Varenyam Devasya), the Source or Projector (Savitur) of the three phenomenal world-planes - the gross or physical (Bhuh), the subtle or Physical (Bhuvah), and the potential or casual (Suvah), both macrocosmically and microcosmically. May that Supreme Divine Being (Tat) stimulate (Prachodayat) our (Nah) intelligence (Dhiyo), so that we may realize the Supreme Truth.

Asatoma sad-gamaya tamasoma jyothir gamaya mrithyorma amritan gamaya, om shanti: Prayer for enlightenment, Lead us from darkness to light From ignorance to truth and from death to eternity, let peace prevail everywhere.

Gurur brahma, gurur vishnu, gurur devo mahesvara, guru sakshat, param brahma, tushamai sri guruve namaha: I offer my efforts and bow down before all my teachers (guru), that teacher which is this birth, that I have taken, that teacher which is this life I continue to lead, that teacher which is all hardship and calamity in my way, that teacher who sits nearby and that teacher who is beyond all this formless and supreme.

Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya: Krishna responds to the call of the heart immediately and invariably. See me in your duties. I am committed to those who are committed to their duties. Believe in putting faith in me "I am the indweller of everybody.

Hare rama rare rama rama rama hare hare, hare krishna hare krishna, krishna krishna hare hare hare: from the Vedas. Hare - addresses the energy of God, Rama – means the Greatest Pleasure and is an incarnation of Vishnu, regarded as the preserver. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of God. This chant is a love dialogue between the (soul) Rama and Lord Krishna (god).

Om namah shivaya, shivaya namaha om: "I bow to Shiva", "I bow to the Inner Self". Shiva denotes divine inner Consciousness.

Shiva shiva shankara namo nami hare hare maha deva namo nami: Salutations to Shiva. Along with Brahma and Vishnu, Lord Shiva is one of the three main Hindu deities, which represent creation, preservation, and destruction. Shiva, who when he dances life into and out of creation is known as Nataraj, is also known as Mahadev, Shambo, and Shankara. He is an ascetic, spending much of his life alone in meditation in the Himalayas. He usually carries a trident or trishul, a double headed drum, and the river Goddess Ganga flows into and out of his jetta hair knot. Around his arms and ankles are protective snakes, or nagas.

Sri krishna govinda, hare murare, he natha narayana vasudeva, he natha narayana vasudeva, he natha narayana vasudeva: Beautiful Krishna, who is Lord of the senses and who destroys the demon (Murare), the one who abides in all things as the sacred heart.

Om namah shivaya gurave, saccidananda murtaye, nisprapanchaya shantaya, niralambaya tejase: I offer myself to the light who is the true teacher within and without, who assumes forms of reality consciousness and bliss, who is never absent and is full of peace, Independent in its existence, it is the vital essence of illumination.

Aum puurna madaha puurna midam puurnaat puurna mudachyate, puurnasya puurna maadaaya puurna mevaa vashishyate, aum shantihi shantihi shantihi: That is whole, this is whole. From that whole this becomes manifest. From that whole, when this whole is removed, what again remains is the whole.

Jai mata kali jai mata durge kali durge namo namah kali durge namo namah: Kali is one of the manifestations of the wife of Shiva and mother goddess Devi, Durga, is also a mother-goddess and is first mentioned in the Mahabharata, her primary scripture is the Chandi. Durga has many different forms as sakti, she is the “ultimate female principle of the first female deity in the universe, she is the essence of creation. She slays demons and exists without male protection or guidance. Mata is a term of respect; a divine mother; a namah is to bow to in reverence.

Sarvesham swastir bhavantu, sarvesham shantir bhavantu, sarvesham mangalam, bhavantu, sarvesham purnam bhavantu sarvesham' to all beings everywhere, (Swastir) auspiciousness and safety (Shantir) peace, (Mangalam) nurturance and prosperity, (Purnam) fullness and perfection. Auspiciousness be un to all; peace be unto all; fullness be unto all; may all be happy