Katyayani sings the mantra Om Bhagavan, number 354 in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet. Listen to this mantra, sung by Katyayani. Here is the full text in simplified transcription:

Om Bhagavan

Shri Bhagavan

Ananda-bhagavan

Shivananda-bhagavan

“Om Bhagavan” is one of the most popular kirtans at Yoga Vidya. “Om Bhagavan” is a kirtan with simple lyrics and a simple melody, it is a rhythmic kirtan that you start very slowly and can speed up more and more. “Om Bhagavan” is a kirtan for worshipping the guru, the spiritual teacher, a kirtan that you can repeat especially to invoke Swami Sivananda's blessings, Swami Sivananda's presence. It is also a kirtan to thank Swami Sivananda.

Bhagavad means “worthy of worship”, Bhagavad means “the one to be worshipped”. And so Swami Sivananda is Bhagavan, someone to be worshipped.

“Oh Swami Sivananda, you are worthy of worship.” Swami Sivananda is Ananda, Ananda means “full of joy”. Swami Sivananda is present everywhere and so people say, “Oh Swami Sivananda, I worship you. Oh Swami Sivananda, you give me bliss. Oh Swami Sivananda, you manifest yourself in me as bliss. Oh Swami Sivananda, help me to give bliss to others too.”

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Bernd is chanting the mantra Asato ma sad gamaya during a saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. More mantra kirtan mp3 recordings can be listen at https://blog.yoga-vidya.de/category/podcast/mantra/ - or as videos at my.yoga-vidya.org/members/Mantras/videos

Here is the full text in simplified transcription:

Asato Ma Sad Gamaya

Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya

Mrityor Manritan Gamaya

“Asato Ma Sat Gamaya” is a mantra from the Upanishads, it is a mantra that comes from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 1.3.28, it is a mantra that also belongs to the Shanti Mantras, i.e. to the peace mantras, and it is also a prayer where we ask to be able to experience the highest.

“Asato Ma Sat Gamaya” means: ”Lead me and lead us from Asat, from untruth, to Sat, to truth.” Ma means “me”. “Guide me, Ma, from unreality to reality.”

Gamaya can be translated as “lead me to”, but you can also say “let me go there” or “let us go there”, “let us go from the unreal to the real”. “Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya. May I go and may I be guided, may you guide me, from Tamas, from darkness, to Jyoti, to light.” “Mrityor Mamritam Gamaya. And may I also go forth and may I be guided, may you lead me from mrityo, from death, to amrita, to immortality, to the nectar of immortality.”

Gauri sings the mantra Shri Ram Jaya Ram, number 202 in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet. Listen to this mantra, sung by Gauri. Here is the full text in simplified transcription:

Shri Ram Jaya Ram,
Jaya Jaya Ram Om
Shri Ram Jaya Ram,
Jaya Jaya Ram
Jaya Sita Ram Jay(a) Jaya Hanuman
Sadgurudev(a) Shivananda Bhagavan

In this kirtan Rama is especially worshipped, so it is a Rama kirtan. Rama is worshipped as Ram, and Ram is on the one hand the abbreviation of Rama, as it is also in Hindi, but Ram is also the bija mantra of Rama, bija, the seed mantra. Rama is Shri, Shri means “auspicious” and “respect”. When Shri is in front of a name, it is always an expression of respect and at the same time of closeness. “Shri Ram. Oh Rama, I feel close to you and I worship you. Jaya Ram.

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Aditi sings the mantra Tumi Bhaja Re Mana, number 208 in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet. Listen to this mantra, sung by Aditi. Here is the full text in simplified transcription:

Tumi Bhaja Re Mana,
Tumi Japa Re Mana
Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram,
Japa Re Mana

“Tumi Bhaja Re Mana” is a kirtan that is very popular at Yoga Vidya, also in different melodies. In the melody that was first available at Yoga Vidya, it is a dynamic kirtan, a march-like kirtan, an advancing kirtan, a kirtan that gives confidence, that gives enthusiasm. In another variation, it is a longing kirtan that goes straight to the heart and expresses the longing of the soul to really feel God.

Maha Mantra chanted by Ramadasa at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. Here is the text to sing along:

Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare /
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare //

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Katyayani sings a Hanuman Mantra at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. The lyrics are explained in the beginning of this podcast episode. Enjoy

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Gopali Devi Dasi sings the mantra Om Sarva Mangala Mangalye in a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg. Listen to Om Sarva Mangala Mangalye with Gopali Devi Dasi, formerly Gauri.

Om Sarva Mangala Mangalye is the most famous Narayani Shloka. Om Sarva Mangala Mangalye is a mantra of benevolence: the Divine Mother, who is in all beings, is asked to bring about good for all.

“Sarva Mangala Mangalye” actually belongs to the Devi Mahatmyam, it is a mantra from the eleventh chapter of the Devi Mahatmyam, tenth verse. This eleventh chapter is also called the Narayani Stotra because there are many mantras that end with ‘Narayani Namostute’. And one of them and the best known is this “Sarva Mangala Mangalye”.

Mangala means blessing, happiness, all good fortune. And charana also means wish. And so this is a blessing mantra, it is an intercession mantra, it is a mantra of good will.

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Sadbhuja Dasa sings the Maha Mantra during a Saturday evening Satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg.

Sadbhuja Dasa has been living in the Bhakti tradition for 24 years, has spent 15 years as a monk in the holy places of India and has spent a lot of time with sadhus. His kirtans and stories touch you deeply in your heart and you get a feeling for the depth of Vedic culture.

This mantra has sixteen different words, which is why it is also known as the Sixteen Mantra. It is also the mantra that addresses Hari, Rama and Krishna. Hari is of course Vishnu, Hari means “yellow”, Hari is a synonym for “radiant”, “the one who attracts the hearts of all”. Rama is “the one who is full of joy”, Krishna is “the black one”, “the dark one” and therefore “the mysterious one”. And so “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” is the aspect that connects all three Vishnu aspects, Rama, Krishna and Hari:

Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare /
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare //

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