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Mantra 04 — Pūrṇam — Wholeness without subtraction
Read: Mantra 04 — Pūrṇam — Wholeness without subtractionMANTRA 04 · CONTEMPLATION पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate | pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate || Source: Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.1.1 · opening formula भावार्थ वह पूर्ण…
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Mantra 03 — Asato Mā — From confusion toward truth
Read: Mantra 03 — Asato Mā — From confusion toward truthMANTRA 03 · CONTEMPLATION असतो मा सद्गमय ।तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ॥ asato mā sad gamaya | tamaso mā jyotir gamaya | mṛtyor mā amṛtaṃ gamaya || Source: Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28 भावार्थ मुझे असत्य…
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Mantra 01 — Gāyatrī — Illuminate our understanding
Read: Mantra 01 — Gāyatrī — Illuminate our understandingMANTRA 01 · CONTEMPLATION तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि ।धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥ tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi | dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt || Source: Ṛgveda 3.62.10 भावार्थ हम दिव्य सविता के वरणीय तेज…
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Shiva Mantra 01 — Om Namah Shivaya
Read: Shiva Mantra 01 — Om Namah ShivayaSHIVA MANTRA 01 ॐ नमः शिवाय॥ oṃ namaḥ śivāya भावार्थ शिव को मेरा नमन। Meaning I bow to Shiva. A moment to reflect A brief invocation can hold a spacious intention. Bowing here may be…
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Mantra 02 — Mahāmṛtyuñjaya — The ripening of release
Read: Mantra 02 — Mahāmṛtyuñjaya — The ripening of releaseMANTRA 02 · CONTEMPLATION त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् ।उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam | urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā amṛtāt || Source: Ṛgveda 7.59.12 भावार्थ हम सुगंधित और पोषण बढ़ाने वाले…
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Sutra 02 — Mind your mind
Read: Sutra 02 — Mind your mindSUTRA 02 · CONTEMPLATION MIND BLENDING, MIND BENDING! MIND ENDING. “MIND yo!ur MIND” Mind your mind The wordplay moves from blending and bending the mind toward loosening identification with it. One reading takes the sutra…
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Sutra 01 — साधक का जागरण
Read: Sutra 01 — साधक का जागरणSUTRA 01 · चिंतन जग जा साधक । पुकार आलख । छोड दे दुनियादारी ।प्रभू भजन की तुरीया न्यारी ।। साधक का जागरण यह पुकार उस साधक के लिए है जो बाहरी व्यस्तता के बीच…