Gayatri Mantra

• Full Form:

  Om bhūr bhuvah swáha |

  tat sávitur varéṇyam |

  bhargo devasyá dhīmahi |

  dhiyo yonaḥa prácōdayāt ||

• Deity:

  Savitur

• Benefits:

  Healing. Purification. Liberation.

• Meaning:

  Gayatri - A song that gives praise, preserves, protects, and grants liberation. Prayer after the Gayatri: "Gayatri, all that I have done has been in an imperfect way. Be pleased with my devotion and pour thy grace upon me."
  
  Abhaya mudra often practiced after Gayatri recitation.

Savitur

Om Asatoma Sad Gamaya

• Full Form:

  Om Asatoma Sad Gamaya
  Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya
  Mrityorma Umritam Gamaya
  Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

• Benefits:

  Lead from darkness into light, from unreality into reality, from death to immortality.

• Meaning:

  Lead us from unreality to reality.
  From darkness to light.
  From death to immortality.
  Om peace, peace, peace.

Om Mani Padme Hum

• Deity:

  Kuan Yin, Jesus, Chenrezig, Vishnu, Krishna

• Benefits:

  Mood elevation, happiness, liberation, and compassion

• Meaning:

  Om - Unity
  Mani - Mind
  Padme - Opening the chakras and heart
  Hung - Integration between heart and mind
  
  Its importance is underscored in this quote from Padmasambhava, who brought Tantra to Tibet, who said,
  
  "Avalokitesvara gazes with overwhelming compassion towards all the six classes of sentient beings, who are tormented by misery. The compassion that has the Dharma as its focus is the six syllables of om manipadme hum... The virtues of the six syllables are immeasurable and cannot be fully described even by the buddhas of the three times. Why is that? It is because this mantra is the quintessence of the mind of the noble Avalokitesvara, who continually looks upon the six classes of sentient beings with compassion. Thus the recitation of this mantra liberates all beings from samsara."
  
  (Padmasambhava, from Sanglingma "The Lotus Born")
  
  Notes: Visualize dark red / yellow / blue
  
  Practice every day before 9am

Kuan Yin