Mantras

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Karpura Gauram

(Praise Shiva)

  • Karpura Gauram Karuna Vataram

    Sansara Saram Bhujagendra Haram

    Sada Vasantam Hrdaya Ravinde

    Bhavam Bhavani Sahitam Namami

  • Shiva

  • "O lord Shiva, the embodiment of compassion, the jist of all the worlds and its knowledge, the one who has serpents as garlands, your presence makes my heart bloom like eternal spring, I bow to thee lord Shiva alongwith your consort Bhavani."

    or

    "White as camphor and kindness incarnate, the very form of Brahman consciousness, you Shiva ever dwell in my heart. I bow to you."

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Hung Vajra Peh

(Release negativity)

  • Indra

  • Release negativity

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Hum

(Increases prana (breath) and pitta (fire))

  • Hoom

  • Shiva, Agni

  • Increases prana (breath) and pitta (fire), power of fire

  • Can help kindle the spiritual fire, all the way from digestive to pranic. Sets up a protective field around you. Destroy negative energy trying to get in. Sets digestion in motion.

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Hu

(Love of God)

  • God

  • Open the heart

  • Sacred sound for the heart (Sufi). "Hu" is another name for Allah (God) in the Islamic tradition.

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Hrim

(Energize the heart)

  • Ha-REEM

  • Ra (Egyptian sun god)

  • Healing, heart, solar energy

  • Hrim is the prime mantra of the Great Goddess and ruler of the worlds and holds all her creative and healing powers. Hrim governs over the cosmic magnetic energy and the power of the soul and causal body. It awakens us at a soul or heart level, connecting us to Divine forces of love and attraction.

    Prana and fire. "i" sound directs energy. Creation, preservation, destruction. Hrim energizes the heart, emotionally and spiritually. Plus the chakra can counter heart disease, with solar energy, healing energy. Relates to physical pranic nature of the heart.

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Hlim

(Slow down, restrain excessive or negative speech)

  • Ha-LEEM

  • Slow down, restrain excessive or negative speech, power to stop

  • Earthy, grounded. Able to achieve ecstasy and joy. Stop things from coming at you. Puts thoughts to rest, slows down speech, restrains excessive or negative speech.

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Hanuman Gayatri

(Physical, emotional, and spiritual strength)

  • Om Anjaneyaya Vidmahe
    Vayu Puthraya Dhimahi
    Tanno Hanuman Prachodayat

  • Hanuman

  • Dispels weakness, and confers physical, emotional, and spiritual strength. Awakens great devotion and courage.

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Gam

(Remove obstacles)

  • Gum

  • Ganesha

  • Remove obstacles

  • Gum is a bija (seed) sound for Ganesha

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Gayatri Samhita

(Original form - Healing, praise, liberation)

  • Om Tat Savitur Varenyam,
    Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi,
    Dhiyo Yonah, Prachodayat

  • Savitur, Surya

  • Healing, to purify imagine light above, within and all around. Liberation.

  • Original form of the Great Gayatri

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Gayatri Kriya

(Healing, praise, liberation)

  • Om Bhur, Om Bhuvaha, Om Swaha, Om Maha,
    Om Janaha, Om Tapaha, Om Satyam
    Om Tat Savitur Varenyam
    Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
    Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayat
    Om Apo Jyoti
    Rasom-Ritam
    BrahmaBhur Bhuvaha Swarom

  • Savitur / Surya

  • Healing, to purify imagine light above, within and all around, Liberation.

  • Gayatri - A song that gives praise. Preserves, protects, gives deliverance, grants liberation. Gayatri Kriya helps the flow of energy in hands and feet.

    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.

    Translation for last three lines:
    Om - Welcome
    Apo - Cosmic Water
    Jyoti - Cosmic light, fire
    Rasomritam - Bliss, in harmony with immortality
    Brahma - The absolute
    Bhur - The physical or earth plane
    Bhuvas - The mental or atmospheric plane
    Swarom - The astral or cosmic plane

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Gayatri - Long Form

(Healing, praise, liberation)

  • Om Bhur, Om Bhuvaha, Om Swaha, Om Maha,
    Om Janaha, Om Tapaha, Om Satyam
    Om Tat Savitur Varenyam
    Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
    Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayat

  • Savitur / Surya

  • Healing, to purify imagine light above, within and all around. Liberation.

  • Gayatri - A song that gives praise. Preserves, protects, gives deliverance, 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.

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Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha

(Clear the mind, relieve mental chatter)

  • Gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté, bodhi svaha

  • "Gone, gone, gone beyond altogether beyond, Awakening, fulfilled!"

    This mantra is found at the end of a brief, classic Buddhist scripture, "The Heart of the Prajna Paramita Sutra", often called "The Heart Sutra" or "The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra". "Prajna" means "wisdom". "Paramita" means a crossing over, or going beyond.

    Clear mind, clear mind, clear mind! Cross over!

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Dum

(Protection)

  • Doom

  • Durga

  • Protection

  • Dum is a bija (seed) sound for Durga

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Damo Da Hum Hum*

(Balance)

  • Balance

  • Notes: Visualize grass green / light blue / purple

    It is not recommended that women recite this mantra when they are menstruating

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Om Shrim Som Somaya Namah (Chandra Bija Mantrah)

(Refuge, surrender, peace, and delight)

  • Lakshmi, Chandra

  • Promotes refuge, surrender, peace, and delight. Energizing or cooling

  • Shrim, Sharana Shakti, the power of refuge, surrender, peace, and delight. This mantra is energizing, and can also be cooling. The moon gives faith, love, and openness.

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Candranamaskrya Mantrah

(Moon mantra for nourishing healing plants)

  • Om ōsadhayassamvadanté sōmēna saha rājná

  • Ohm oh-śhuh-DIE-uh-sum-vuh-DON-tay so-MAY-nuh suh-huh rog-niah-ah

  • Chandra

  • Nourish healing plants to enhance their potency

  • The moon, glorified as the queen of all medicinal herbs in this chant, is believed to nourish all healing plants and enhance their potency in curing ailments. This chant, from the Taittiriya-Samhita (5.7.4.15), salutes the moon.

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Ayur Mantrah

(Mantra for Life)

  • Om Ayur dhehi
    (Touch heart and chest with both hands - May life be nourished, wake up from sleep and dream

    Om pranaṃ dhehi
    (Move hands away from mouth - May my prana and upward moving energy be nourished)

    Om apanaṃ dhehi
    (Touch belly - May my digestion and downward moving energy be nourished)

    Om vyanaṃ dhehi
    (Sweep hands upward - May my circulation and all circulating energy be nourished)

    Om caksur dhehi
    (Touch eyes - May my eyes and sight be nourished)

    Om srotraṃ dhehi
    (Touch ears - May my hearing be nourished)

    Om mano dhehi
    (Touch head - May my mind be nourished)

    Om vacaṃ dhehi
    (Touch lips - May my speech be nourished)

    Om atmanaṃ dhehi
    (Hands crossed over heart - May my soul be nourished)

    Om Pratisthaṃ dhehi
    ("Safe" signal - May I be balanced and stable and rest in the nourishment)

    Om Maṃ dhehi
    (Touch chest - May I be nourished)

    Om Mayi dhehi
    (Raise hands above shoulders openly - palms to the sky - May that nourishment be spread to all people)

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    Om Eye-ur day-hee
    (Touch heart and chest with both hands - May life be nourished, wake up from sleep and dream)

    -- vv -- ^^ --
    Om pra-nun day-hee
    (Move hands away from mouth - May my prana and upward moving energy be nourished)

    -- -- vv -- ^^ --
    Om a-pa-nun day-hee
    (Touch belly - May my digestion and downward moving energy be nourished)

    -- vv -- ^^ --
    Om vya-nun day-hee
    (Sweep hands upward - May my circulation and all circulating energy be nourished)

    -- -- ^^ -- --
    Om chok-shur day-hee
    (Touch eyes - May my eyes and sight be nourished)

    -- -- ^^ -- --
    Om shro-trun day-hee
    (Touch ears - May my hearing be nourished)

    -- -- ^^ -- --
    Om ma-no day-hee
    (Touch head - May my mind be nourished)

    -- -- ^^ -- --
    Om va-chun day-hee
    (Touch lips - May my speech be nourished)

    -- vv -- ^^ -- --
    Om at-ma-nun day-hee
    (Hands crossed over heart - May my soul be nourished)

    -- -- vv -- ^^ --
    Om Pra-tis(h)-tun day-hee
    ("Safe" signal - May I be balanced and stable and rest in the nourishment)

    -- -- ^^ --
    Om Mun day-hee
    (Touch chest - May I be nourished)

    -- -- ^^ -- --
    Om Ma-yi day-hee
    (Raise hands above shoulders openly - palms to the sky - May that nourishment be spread to all people)

  • Long life, holistic healing, clarity, and stability

  • This mantra is part of the Taittirya-aranyaka, It invokes the blessing of the divine forces to obtain a long life, holistic health, clarity, and stability.

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Gayatri - Short Form

(Healing, praise, liberation)

  • Om bhūr bhuvah swáha |

    tat sávitur varéṇyam |

    bhargo devasyá dhīmahi |

    dhiyo yonaḥa prácōdayāt ||

  • Savitur

  • Healing. Purification. Liberation.

  • 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.

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Aum Shri Ganeshaya Namaha

(Produces positive spirit, praise)

  • Aum Śri Gaṇeśaya Namáḥ

  • Ganesha

  • Produces positive spirit, praise

  • "Praise to Lord Ganesha". This is the mantra of prayer, love and adoration. It is chanted to get Ganesha's blessings for the positive starting of a project, work or simply to offer him the praise. This mantra produces a positive spirit and mental feelings of positive actions in the mind.

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Aum Sai Namo Nama*

(Healing)

  • Aum Sai Namo Nama
    Shree Sai Namo Nama
    Jai Jai Sai Namo Nama
    Sat-Guru Sai Namo Nama

  • Sai Baba of Shirdi

  • Healing

  • Satguru is a title given specifically only to an enlightened rishi/sant whose life's purpose is to guide initiated shishya (student) along the spiritual path, the summation of which is the realization of the Self through realization of the God.

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Aim

(Open intuition)

  • Saraswati

  • Open intuition, spiritual development

  • The bija (Sanskrit for seed) sound for the deity Saraswati. Mantra of sound, knowledge, intuition, and truthful communication. Brings energy. Supports musical endeavors, memory and intellect, and develops spiritual knowledge.

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Arogya Mantra (Viraja Mantra)

(Increase awareness and access to prana)

  • Om prāṇāpānavyānodanasamānā me śudhyantan
    jyotiraham virajā vipāpmā bhūyāsaggsvāhā

  • Om prānāpānavyānodānasamānā me shudhyantān
    jyotiraham virajā vipāpmā bhuuyāsaggussvāhā

  • Increase awareness and access to prana

  • May the five major vayus (prana, apana, vyana, udana, and samana) be purified. Increasing awareness and access to prana.

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Aham Prema*

(I Am Divine Love)

  • I Am Divine Love

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Agni Gayatri

(Provide vitality to the body and mind)

  • Aum Mahajwalaye Vidmahe
    Agni Devaye Dhi-mahi
    Tanno Agnih Prachodayat
    Aum

  • Agni

  • Provide vitality to the body and mind

  • Om, let us meditate on the great God of fire, in the form of blazing flames. May that radiant Agni Deva inspire and illumine our mind and understanding. Om

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Durga Gayatri

(Cross the river of grief)

  • Om Kātyāyanaya Vidmahe |
    Kanyakumāri Dhīmahe |
    Tanno Durgih Pracodayät ||

  • Durga

  • Assists in crossing the river of grief

  • A prayer to the Goddess Durga, who is the embodiment of strength and courage. Through this chant, we invoke the blessings of this invincible feminine power who glows with fire, to purify us and help us to surmount obstacles in our path. This chant is from the Mahanarayana-upanisat.

    Om = the universal pranava mantra
    kātyā-yanāya = She who was born in the hermitage of Sage Kathyayana
    vidmahe = the omnipresent one
    kanya-kumari = the one who is the "princess" among "girls"
    dheemahi = give us the strength to meditate
    tanno = we bow before you
    Durgih = Goddess Durga, the inaccessible one
    pracho-dayāt = give us blessings and inspiration

    "Om We meditate on the Ever Pure One, we contemplate the Daughter Without Flaw or Imperfection. May that Goddess grant us increase."

    The Durga Gayatri mantras are designed to address Goddess Durga, particularly during the period of Durga Navaratri or Durga Puja. The Durga Gayatri adapts the 24-syllable metre of the original Gayatri to invoke the Goddess. The various Gayatris are sung at different times and for different purposes.

    The three sandhyas (transition periods) of dawn, noon, and dusk are appropriate times to chant the Durga Gayatri. According to tradition, 108 repetitions are recommended during each period of chanting.

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Ra Ma Da Sa Sa So Hung

(Healing through giving or building energy)

  • Rah Mah Dah Sah Sah So Hoong

  • Ra - Sun / Fire
    Ma - Moon / Earth
    Da - Earth / Water
    Sa 2x - Experience / Air
    So - Identity
    Hung - Infinite Vibration / Integration

    Connecting through healing self, giving or building energy

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