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WHY WE CHANT
When engaging in any transformational practice, such as yoga, it is traditional to set an intention for the effort we make.
The Ashtanga Yoga Mantra can be interpreted as, with gratitude we surrender (for our own benefit as opposed to an act of worship) to the practical and time tested teachings of yoga in order to improve the quality of our life and to overcome our worldly suffering and delusion.
The Mangala Mantra is an ancient chant that we chant at the end of our yoga practice to offer the merits of our practice for the benefit of all beings and the earth.
In other words, the benefits from our yoga practice, which purify and uplift our own life, should be offered for the benefit of all beings and the earth. |
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Ashtanga Yoga Mantra
OM
vande gurunam charanaravinde
sandarshita swatma sukhavabodhe
nihshreyase jangalikayamane
samsara halahala mohashantyai
abahu purushakaram
shankacakrasi dharinam
sahasra shirasam swetam
pranamami patanjalim
OM
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Ashtanga Yoga Invocation
OM
I bow to the lotus feet of all gurus.
The awakening happiness of one's own Self revealed.
Beyond better acting like the jungle physician, pacifying delusion, the poison of Samsara.
In the form of a man to the shoulders, holding a conch, a discus, and a sword, with thousands of white heads, to Patanjali I salute.
OM
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Mangala Mantra
OM
swasthi praja bhyah
pari pala yantam
nya yena margena
mahim mahishaha
go brahmane bhyah
shubhamastu nityam
lokah samasthah
sukhino bhavanthu
OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTIH |
Peace Invocation
OM
May all be well with humankind.
May the leaders of the earth protect in every way by keeping to the right path.
May there be goodness for those who hold the earth sacred.
May all the worlds be happy.
(May the rains fall on time, that the earth yield its produce in abundance.)
May this country be free from disturbances, and may the righteous be free from fear.
OM PEACE PEACE PEACE |
