OM

bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt

OM

“We choose the Supreme Light of the divine Sun; we aspire that it may impel our minds.” (Monier Monier-Williams)

“Let us meditate on that excellent glory of the divine vivifying Sun. May he enlighten our understanding.” (Sri Aurobindo)

- FROM RIG VEDA

OM

pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idam

pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate

pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya

pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate

OM śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

”THAT is infinite, THIS is infinite; From That, This comes. THIS added or removed from THAT, the Infinite remains as Infinite. Om, peace, peace, peace.”

or

”You are the fullness. There is fullness, here is fullness. From the fullness, the fullness is born. Remove the fullness from the fullness, and the fullness alone remains.”

(FROM ISHA AND BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD)

OM

asato mā sad gamaya

tamaso mā jyotir gamaya

mṛtyor mā 'mṛtaṃ gamaya

OM śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

“Lead us from the unreal to the real

Lead us from darkness to light

Lead us from death to immortality

Om peace, peace, peace”

OM

vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde

saṁdarśita-svātma-sukhāvabodhe

niḥśreyase jāṅ̇galikāyamāne

saṁsāra-hālāhala-mohaśāntyai

ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ

śaṅ̇kha-cakrāsi-dhāriṇam

sahasra-śirasaṁ śvetam

praṇamāmi patañjalim

OM

“I bow to the lotus feet of the gurus,

The awakening happiness of one's own self revealed,

Beyond better, acting like the jungle physician,

Pacifying delusion, the poison of Samsara.

Taking the form of a man to the shoulders,

Holding a conch, a discus, and a sword,

One thousand heads white,

To Patanjali, I salute

OM

gananam tvā

ganapathi gam havāmahe

kavim kavinamupamasravastamam

jyestarajam brahmanam

brhamanaspata ā nah

srnvannutibhissida sādanam

OM

OM - We invoke thee, O leader of all hosts. The wisest of the wise. The Sage of Sages with treasures beyond measure. The King of Brilliance. The Lead chanter of prayers. Come with your blessings; listen to our prayers. Have a seat in our sacred space.

(FROM THE RIG VEDA)

OM

mani bhratphana

sahasravighrtavisvam

bharamandalayanantaya

nagarajaya namah -

OM

“Salutations to the king of the Nagas, to the infinite, to the bearer of the mandala, who spreads out the universe with thousands of hooded heads, set with blazing, effulgent jewels.”

OM

saha nāv avatu

saha nau bhunaktu

saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai

tejasvi nāv adhītam astu

mā vidviṣāvahai

OM śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

“ May we be protected together. May we be nourished together. May we work together with the energy of greatness. May our study be filled with brilliance and light. May there be no ego between us.

OM, peace, peace, peace

(FROM TAITTIRIYA AND KATHA UPANISHADS)

OM

svastiprajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṁ

nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ

gobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṁ

lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu

OM shanti, shanti, shantih

“May all be well with mankind. May the leaders of the Earth protect in every way by keeping to the right path.

May there be goodness for those who know the Earth to be sacred. - May all the worlds be happy- OM Peace, Peace, Peace”

OM

śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ

śaṃ no bhavatv aryamā

śaṃ na indro bṛhaspatiḥ

śaṃ no viṣṇur urukramaḥ

namo brahmaṇe

namaste vāyo

tvam eva pratyakṣaṃ bhrahmāsi

tvām eva pratyakṣam brahma vadiṣyāmi

ṝtaṃ vadiṣyāmi

satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi

tan mām avatu

tad vaktāram avatu

avatu mām

avatu vaktāram

Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

“May Mitra give us bliss (Sam).

May Varuna give us bliss.

May Aryaman give us bliss.

May Indra and Brhaspati give us bliss.

May all-pervading Vishnu give us bliss.

I adore Brahman.

I adore you Vayu (the Wind God, Prāna, Breath).

You are certainly the perceivable Brahman.

You are the immediately perceptible Reality, I will declare.

I will declare the Rtam (the Way).

I will speak the Satyam (the Truth).

May that truth protect me.

May it protect the chanter (the teacher).

May it protect me. May it protect the Chanter

- OM, peace, peace, peace

(FROM THE TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD)