God,

Help me to rest in the truth of ‘Great is Your love toward me.’

Your love is infinite and unconditional.

Help me to love others as You love me.

Amen.

God,

Help me to always look to the many things for which I can be grateful –
even in the midst of challenging obstacles.

Amen.

Mother, Father and Holy Spirit,

You are full of grace and complete forgiveness.

Help me to walk forward from this day.

Thank You for tomorrow, that I can enter into a new dawn, a fresh start.

Help me to learn from the past and move on.

Thank You that I can write a new story on a fresh page.

Amen.

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu is a Sanskrit mantra which means:

“May all beings everywhere be happy and free. May my thoughts, words, and actions contribute in some way to the happiness and freedom of all beings.”

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu is a mantra of power that assists us in our spiritual evolution and acts as a blessing for the world.

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

Kali Durge Namo Namah

Kali Durge Namo Nama is an Ancient Mantra for Spiritual Protection that will help Strengthen and Protect your Mind, Body, Spirit, office and home. Kali and Durge are two aspects of the same Warrior Goddess who defends the Spiritual seeker from negative forces.

Kali Durge Namo Namah

Kali Durge Namo Namah

Kali Durge Namo Namah

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

This Sanskrit mantra can be practiced to attain freedom (moksha) from Samsara – the “Karmic Wheel” that keeps us bound to cycle after cycle of incarnations. In this life, chanting Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya can help us see and free us from the cycle of picking up the same script day after day and playing our part in the same sad play which consists of frustration, fear and anger.

This liberation mantra is a karmic eraser. Chanting this mantra with a sincere heart frees our mind and spirit from negative patterns and helps us realize ourselves as a manifestation of divinity, a child of God.

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha

In Tibetan Buddhism, Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha is an ancient mantra that is related to Tara, the “Mother of all Buddhas,” and especially to her manifestation as Green Tara.

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha means “I prostrate to the Liberator, Mother of all the Victorious Ones.”

When chanting Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha we are asking to be liberated from the misery of the mental delusions and negative emotions that blind us to true freedom, and to achieve the same enlightened body, speech and mind that Tara represents, not only for our own benefit, but for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha

Om Namah Shivaya is accepted to be a powerful healing mantra beneficial for all physical and mental ailments. Sincere recitation of this mantra is therapy for the body and nectar for the soul.

This mantra can be repeated verbally or mentally. Traditionally it is repeated 108 times a day while keeping count on a strand of rudraksha beads. My favorite expression of this mantra is sung. Om Namah Shivayah is a love song to ourselves, recognition that we are a part of the whole.

Kirtan with Krishna Das singing Om Namah Shivayah

This video was shot in New York City at the Church Of St. Paul & St. Andrew in October 2013 and is part of a full-length kirtan recorded that evening. Check out “Krishna Das Live In New York, Vol. 1” available on DVD in our shop: https://krishnadasmusic.com/collectio… “Live In New York, Vol.1” DVD! – You can watch off line and enjoy and full 3+ hours of chanting with KD!

Krishna Das vocals and harmonium
David Nichtern guitar
Arjun Bruggeman tabla and naal
Nina Rao kartals
Yaitza Jaya Sita Lopez cello
John McDowell percussion and keyboards
Mark Gorman bass
Kosmic Kirtan Posse choir vocals
Jay Messina mixing and mastering
Kevin D Reilly live sound Sandy Chase/ Fluid Film video and editing

The Mantra of Ganesh is dedicated to the Hindu god of wisdom and success who destroys all obstacles: om gum ganapatayei namah.

This mantra translates to “I bow to the elephant-faced deity (Ganesh) who is capable of removing all obstacles.

This mantra is especially beneficial when facing big challenges.

om gum ganapatayei namah

om gum ganapatayei namah

om gum ganapatayei namah

om gum ganapatayei namah

 

The next seven days I am focusing my prayers on the power of mantras and chanting. I am fascinated how some mantras do not have a definitive literal translation, their power lies in the sequence of sound which is beyond any strict semantic meaning. A study by Dr Alan Watkins, senior lecturer in neuroscience at the Imperial College London, revealed that while chanting, our heart rate and blood pressure drops and listening to chants normalizes adrenalin levels and brain wave patterns.

My chanting practice is pretty simple…

– Set an intention

– Repeat the mantra, There is no minimum, you can repeat it as many times as necessary to let the chant fill your mind and spirit, The quality and the feeling are more important than the number of times

– Meditate by just sitting quietly for a few minutes to let the power of the chant resonate

– Reaffirm my intention and give thanks

I thought it would be good to start with the mother of all mantras:

om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum is an ancient mantra that is connected to the bodhisattva of compassion. It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha are contained in this one mantra. Reciting, reading and thinking om mani padme hum unlocks the enlightened aspects of our own true nature: love and compassion.

I like to use this as the foundation of my intention…to love and receive others with compassion

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum

om mani padme hum