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Shiva mantra

Om sarva kamadaya namaha

Helps fulfil our individual desires.

Mani mantra

Om mani padme hum

Unites the light of the heart with the power of the mind to make anything possible,

Pulls energy from the lower chakras into the upper ones and circulates energy around them,

As with the Gayatri Mantra, when this mantra is chanted by anyone, all of humanity is benefited.

Dattatreya mantra

Oṁ dram om guru Dattaya namaha

Helps sharpen your skills as a spiritual counsellor and teacher, as well as moving your personal dharma forward.

Vasudeva mantra

Oṁ namo bhagavate Vasudevaya

Helps obtain spiritual freedom and understanding by building links between conscious div inity at every level of creation and our own eg o-based

consciousness. Acts as a vehicle for uniting with divinity anywhere in the cosmos.

Tara mantra

Oṁ tara tuttare ture swaha

A Tantric healing mantra for gaining omniscient awareness and strengthening feminine creative energy.

Taraka rama mantras

Shrī Rām, Jai Rām, Jai Jai Rāmo

A mantra to evoke the healing energy of the sun and bring peace, harmony and enlightenment. Helps transcend karma and purifies the ego and

personality to gain spiritual freedom. Allows the divinity within to solve and handle our problems in life.

Chant to the guru

Gurur brahma, gurur vishnuh, gururdevo maheshvarah,

Guruh sakshat parabrahma tasmai shri gurave namah

Sa l ut a t io n s t o t h e G u r u w h o is Br ah m a , t h e C r e a t o r , V is h n u, t h e Sus t a i ne r , Sh iv a , t h e D e s t r o y e r ,

a n d t o t h e m a n i f e s t a t i o n o f t h e S u p r e m e A b s o l u t e. T o H i m , t o t h e g l o r y o f t h e G u r u , I b o w d o w n.

T e a c h e r/s t u d e n t p ra ye r

Oṁ saha nā-vavatu, saha nau bhunaktu,

saha vīryaṁ kar avā-vahai, tejas vinā vadhīt am ast u

mā vidvishā-vahai

O m shanti shanti shantihi

O m. M a y w e , g u r u a n d d i s c i p l e , b e p r o t e c t e d t o g e t h e r. M a y w e e n j o y t h e f r u i t s o f o u r a c t i o n s t o g e t h e r. M ay w e a ch ie v e s t r e ngt h t o g e t h e r.

M a y o u r k n o w l e d g e b e f u l l o f l i g h t. M a y w e n e v e r h a v e e n m i t y f o r o n e a n o t h e r. O m , P e a c e , P e a c e , P e a c e.

M e a l p ra ye r

Br ahmārpanam, brahmahavir, brahmāgnau, brahmañā hut am

Brahmaiva tena, gantavyaṁ, brahmakarmasamādhinā

B r a h m a n ( G o d ) i s t h e o bla t io n; B r a h m a n is t h e m e lt e d b ut t e r ( o ff e r i ng ) ; by Br a h m a n is t h e o bla t io n p o ur e d i nt o t h e fi r e o f Br a h m a n ;

Br a h m a n v e r i ly s h a l l be r e a ch e d by h im w h o a l w a y s s e e s i n a c t i o n.