"A yoga Life is an awareful life" - Swami Dayananda Saraswati
To honor the lineage of teachers
Sadā Śiva Samarambhām
Śankārācharya Madhyamām
Asmāt āchārya Pāryanthām
Vande Guru Paramparā
Starting from the Great Lord Shiva, through Sankaracharya and my teacher, the guru parampara eternally flows. All wisdom is traced back through the teacher student relationships all the way to Bhagavan.
Opening Mantra for Study
Oṃ
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May we both be protected. May we both be nourished. May we together
acquire the capacity to study and understand what we study. May our study
be brilliant. May we not disagree with each other. Oṃ peace, peace, peace.
acquire the capacity to study and understand what we study. May our study
be brilliant. May we not disagree with each other. Oṃ peace, peace, peace.
Gītā Dhyānam
In Praise of the Bhagavād Gīta
Oṃ
Pārthāya pratibodhitāṃ bhagavatā
Nārāyaṇena svayaṃ
Vyāsena grathitāṃ purāṇamuninā
Madhyemahābhāratam
Advaitāmṛtavarṣiṇīṃ bhagavatīm
Aṣṭādaśādhyāyinīm
Amba tvām anusadadhāmi
Bhagavadgīte bhavadveṣiṇīm
Om. Goddess Mother Bhagavadgītā!
I repeatedly invoke you who were taught by Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa himself for the sake of Arjuna, the son of Kuntī. {You who were} faithfully collected and reported by the ancient sage, Vyāsa, and placed in the middle of the Mahābhārata, you who are in eighteen chapters, you who have the nature of showering the nectar of non-duality, and who is the destroyer of the life of becoming {saṃsāra}
I repeatedly invoke you who were taught by Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa himself for the sake of Arjuna, the son of Kuntī. {You who were} faithfully collected and reported by the ancient sage, Vyāsa, and placed in the middle of the Mahābhārata, you who are in eighteen chapters, you who have the nature of showering the nectar of non-duality, and who is the destroyer of the life of becoming {saṃsāra}
Closing Mantra
Oṃ
Pūrṇamadaḥ
pūrṇamidaṃ
pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya
pūrṇamādāya
pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate
Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śānti
That is Whole, This also is Whole,
From this Wholeness comes that Wholeness.
Taking Wholeness from Wholeness, Wholeness Indeed Remains.
Oṃ Peace, Peace, Peace
From this Wholeness comes that Wholeness.
Taking Wholeness from Wholeness, Wholeness Indeed Remains.
Oṃ Peace, Peace, Peace
In gratitude.
The teachers with whom I have studied Vedānta texts, mantras and prayers. These teachers are for me a connection to the very source of wisdom all the way back to Bhagavan, and the very means to self-knowledge. |
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