Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
Listen to Acharya Priya Chanting the Mantra Here
om tryambakam yajamahe
sugandhim pusti-vardhanam
urvarukam iva bandhanan
mrityor muksiya mamritat om
Om, we pray to the Supreme Lord who sees all
whose grace is present everywhere like a sweet fragrance,
who bestows the blessings of prosperity and nourishes all life.
May we be liberated from all bondage and the fear of death.
Through realization of Truth, may liberation unfold effortlessly
as ripe fruit falls from the vine and becomes free.
The Gayatri mantra is the first mantra I learned as a meditation student. It was for me an initial introduction to the ancient language of Sanskrit. Meditate and Thrive meditation students recite it each day as an entry into meditation.
Meaning of the mantra: We meditate on the sacred light of the radiant source of life. Let It inspire our thoughts and intentions.
The Gayatri mantra is a prayer to the Source of all life to brighten one’s intellect. It is used to cleanse the mind, so that you can receive direct inspiration (from God). It is said to be so powerful that it destroys negative forces. It washes negative thoughts away. It means “that which saves, or rescues.”
from Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian on The Gayatri Mantra
It is sung in call-and-response style. Enjoy singing it.
Those who are new to meditation sometimes apply too much effort to stilling the mind and thereby move themselves farther away from the goal. It is useful to enter into the practice with gratitude, giving thanks for the specialized functions of the mind. Techniques for focusing attention should follow.
This chant, Simply Breathing, acknowledges the role of mind with respect and facilitates turning inward, to go beyond mind by focused concentration, contemplation, and meditation.
It is sung in call-and-response style. Enjoy.
One Life – Om Purnam
There is one Life
That Life is God
That Life is perfect
That Life is my Life now.
A Meditation: from Living the Science of Mind ~Ernest Holmes
Om purnam-adah purnam-idam
purnaat purnam-udacyate.
purnasya purnam-aadaaya,
purnam-eva-avashishyate
My experience of this ancient Sanskrit chant is that of attunement in Oneness Consciousness meant to remind us of our origins in the infinite Supreme Consciousness.
A simple English interpretation:
All This is fullness, All that is fullness
From fullness, all fullness comes
From fullness, only fullness can come.
An infinite number of universes come out of and return into the Infinite
Remove perception of this fullness
and still fullness remains unchanged.
All is perfect whole and complete.
We shift our consciousness from moment to sacred moment to remember this truth.