One of my favourite practice is reciting mantra's (preferably with a group of people) or singing kirtan. Whilst I have sung at school choirs and plays, singing is not my forte. For this reason, I never ever thought I would enjoy kirtan but after my first experience, I was hooked!
I grew up reciting sutra's. As a kid, I never questioned them. It was like a competition of who could remember more and recite it faster. One of the punishments my brother and I often received when we have been disobedient was reciting the mantra Om Mane Padme Hum. We would have to sit infront of the alter and finish a round of the mala beads if not more. Mala beads remind me of those days (fondly)
Here are some of the (yoga) one's I have collected.
Peace Mantra's
OM sahana vavatu sahana bhunattu
saha viryam karawavahai
tejasvinavaditamastu
maa vidvishavahai
om shanti shanti shanti
together may we be protected together may we be nourished
together may we work with great energy
may our journey together be brilliant and effective
may there be no bad feelings between us
OM
sarveshaam svastir bhavatu,
sarveshaam shaantir bhavatu
sarveshaam poornam bhavatu,
sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu
sarve bhavantu sukhinah,
sarve santu niraamayaah
sarve bhadraani pashyantu,
maa kashchidh dukh bhaag-bhavet
om shanti shanti shanti
Let it be so ordained (bhavatu), that all the people (sarveshaam), experience well-being (svastir) ; let all the people experience peace or tranquility (shaantir). Let all the people experience wholeness and completeness (poornam) ; let them experience prosperity and auspiciousness (mangalam).
May it so happen (bhavantu) that everyone (sarve) receives happiness (sukhinah) ; let them all be saint-like (-santu) and be without disease and in good health (niraamayaah). Let them see with their own eyes (-pashyantu) the goodness of life (bhadaraani) ; And let them not (maa) contemplate in their conscious mind (kashchidh) any sorrow inducing (dukh) thoughts while they remain beneficiaries (bhavet) of good fortune (bhaag).
Lokah samastha sukhino bhavanthu
May all beings everywhere be happy and free and may my thoughts, words and actions, contribute in some way to that happiness and freedom for all
Other Mantra's mostly for learning
Guru Satyam
Guru Jnanam
Guru Anandam
Guru Shanti
My or the teacher is truth
My teaher is knowledge
My teacher is bliss
My teacher is peace
Guru Brahma
Guru Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheshwarah
Guru Saakshaat Para-Brahma
Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah
Brahma = Supreme cosmic spirit. God of creation
Vishnu – Creator & destoyer of all existence. God of
Sustenance
Eshwara – Lord of the heart
(brahma-vishnu-eshwara trinity- the 3 guna’- satva, rajas,
tamas)
Guru is Shiva, Guru is the absolute Brahman incarnate.
My salutation to such a Guru who is verily the supreme one
OM
Asatoma Sadgamaya Tamasoma jyothir gamaya
Mrutyorma amruthan gamaya
Lead me from falsehood to truth
Lead me from darkness to light
Lead me from death to immortality
OM
Saha Naavavatu, Saha Nau Bhunaktu
Saha Viryam Karawavahai
Tejasvinaavadhitamastu
Maa Vidvishaavahai
Om snati shanti shanti
May that protect us, both teacher & pupil
Together may we be nourished
Together may we work with great energy to find the truth
May we never quarrel
OM Namah Shivāya Gurave
Satchidānanda Mūrtaye
Nishprapanchāya Shāntaya
Nirālambāya Tejase
I offer myself to the Light, the Auspicious One,
who is the True Teacher within and without,
Who assumes the forms of Reality, Consciousness, and Bliss,
Who is never absent and full of peace
Independent in existence, the vital essence of illumination
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
great death-conquering mantra
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanam
Mrityor Mukshiya Mamritat
We meditate on you, third eyed one (Shiva) who is full of sweet fragrance and who nourishes human beings. Free us from disease, bondage and death
I once found this translation that made us all giggle:
May he liberate me from bondage, even as the cucumber is severed
from the vine.
Surya Mantra’s
These are the 12
salutations to the sun
If i remember right, this interpretation is from Shiva Rea
Om mitraya namah Salutation to the friend of all
Om ravave namah Salutation to the shining one
Om suryaya namah Salutation to he who induces activity
Om bhabave namah Salutation to he who illumines
Om khagaya namah Salutation to the one who moves through the sky
Om pusne namah Salutation to the giver of strength and nourishment
Om hirayagarbhaya
namah Salutation to the golden cosmic self
Om marichaye namah Salutation to the rays of the sun
Om adityaya namah Salutation to the cosmic
mother
Om savitre namah Salutation to the stimulating power of the sun
Om arkaya namah Salutation to he who is fit to be praised
Om bhaskaraya namah Salutation to the illuminator
Ashtanga Mantra
Vande Gurunam Charanavinde
Sandarashita Svatma Sukhava Bodhe
Nishrayasa Jamgalikaya Mane
Samsara Halahala Mohasantiye
Abahu Purusharkaram
Sanka Chakrasi Darinam
Sahasra Shirasam Swetnam
Paranamani Patanjalim
I bow to the two lotus feet of the Guru's
which awaken insight into the happiness of pure being
which are the complete absoorption into joym the jungle pjysician
eliminating the delusion caused by the poison of conditioned existence
I prostrate before the sage Patajali, who has thousands of radiant white heads
who has, as far as his arms, assumed a human form
holding a conch shell, a wheel and a sword
to him, i prostrate
Swasti Praja Bhyaha Pari Pala Yantam
Nya Yena Margena Mahi Mahishala
Go Brahmanebehyaha Shubhamastu Nityam
Lokhaa Samatha Sukhino Bhavanthu
OM
May prosperity be glorified
May the world be ruled with law and justice
May divinity and knowledge be protected
May all beings everywhere be happy and free
note:
The spelling of the sanskrit words often vary. Translations vary a lot due to the beauty and complexity of the language (ie: it can seldom be translated directly, if at all) It is helpful as well to understand some philosophy, in order to understand some of the mantra's. I am not yet the person to translate these and may never be, as I am not well learned in the subject so these translations here have been from various sources accumulated over the years <3
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