Mantra, Kirtan And Stotra: Sanskrit Chants

Radhika and Juergen sing during a staturday evening satsang the Maha Mantra. You'll find it in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under No. 2 - as part of the Jaya Ganesha: Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Jürgen is a staff member at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg and Radhika is the founder and director of Amara Yoga. She regularly gives seminars at the Yoga Vidya Ashrams.Click here: for seminars with Radhika and click here: for seminars with Juergen.

Shila, a little girl, sings the mantra Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha and accompanied her singing with a guitar. You can find the text in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 550. In the Yoga Vidya ashram in Bad Meinberg live a lot childrenn and teens. And of course we always get a visit from parents with their children. More (in German) about Yoga for Kids

Yoga Siddhi and Amba sing in a very groovy way, the last verse of the Gajananam during a Yoga Vidya satsang. The divine mother Narayani would like to serve all beings. She is the female aspect of Vishnu. You can find the text for this Kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 603: Om Sarva Mangala Mangalya Shive Sarvartha Sadhike Sharanye Tryambake Gauri Narayani Namostute

Together with Vani Devi the graduates of a yoga teacher training from March 3rd 2013 sing the mantra Raghu Pati Raghava Raja Ram. To sing along you can take this text: Raghu Pati Rāghava Rājā Rām Patita Pāvana Sītā Rām Jaya Sītā Rām Jaya Sītā Rām Jaya Sītā Rām Jaya Rādhe Shyām Sītā Rām Sītā Rām Sītā Rām Jaya Rādhe Shyām Rādhē Shyām ... Jaya Rādhē Shyām or open the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook with number 205. Om Shanti.

Graduates sing after successful completion of their yoga teacher training the song "I 'm one with the Love" - the recording was made on March 30th 2013. To sing along you can find the text in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 542: I’m one with the love of the mother I’m one with the love of God I’m one with the love of the father I’m one with the love of God Ave Maria … Kyrie Eleison …

People of a Kirtan course instructor training sing during a saturday evening satsang the song Shabbath Shalom - enjoy the power and joy of this presentation. Schabbat Schalom means in Hebrew peaceful sabbat.

Sundaram chants during a saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany, the song Hanumanji, a song for devotion of Hanuman. Sundaram comes regularly to the seminar center of Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg as well to the other Ashrams near the Nordsee an in the Westerwald to gives concerts and seminars. More about Sundaram on his website www.sundaram.de, on facebook facebook and on Sundaram @ iTunes.

Shakti sings in a saturday evening satsang the mantra Jay Bajarangavali. You can find this kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 212. Much joy while singing along.

Spring Groove chants the mantra Ra Ma Da Sa accompanied by two other musicians during a morning concert at the 9th. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival 2013. You can sing along this kirtan very easily because Spring introduce you into this bhajan. More about Spring on her website springgroove.com. Check out if Spring will be part of the 10. Yoga Vidya Music Festival on Yoga Vidya Musikfestival. Great musicians will be there ... from May 29th to June 1st. 2014 in Bad Meinberg, Germany.

Shankari chants during a Yoga Vidya Satsang the fifth verse of the Gajananam from the Dhyana Shlokas – in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook you'll find it as number 603: Om Sarva Mangala Māngalye Shive Sarvārtha Sādhike Sharanye Tryambake Gauri Nārāyani Namostute. In English it means: Worship the three-eyed mother Narayani. She brings you bliss and fulfills all wishes of the seeker (both material and spiritual).

Hare Krishna chanted by Sacinananda Swami and friends during the Yoga Vidya Musicfestival 2013. It was a fantastic concert during this piece was recorded. More infos about Sacinananda Swami can be found on his website www.sacinandanaswami.com - more infos about the Musicfestival from May 29th to June 1st 2014 are available on: Yoga Vidya Musicfestival.

Swami Brahmarupananda from the Vedanta Center Greater Washington DC, recites the Sadhana Panchakam, a text written by Sankara, or called Adi Shankara or Shankaracharya. More informations about the Sadhana Panchkam can be found in German in the Yoga Wiki with the keywords Sadhana Panchakam.

Darshini Devi chants the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra or also called Om Tryambakam - Moksha Mantra. In addition, she intoned the prayers for peace. To sing along you'll find the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 800 and 801. It reads in a simplified transliteration: Om tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam urvaarukamiva bandhanan mrityor mukshiya maamritat.

Janin Devi - accompanied by a band - chants during the Yoga Vidya Musicfestival 2012 the mantra Jaya Jagad Ambe Ma, which can not be found in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook. Listen to the soothing sounds of: Jaya Jagad Ambe Ma Durga. More about Janin Devi and her music can be found on her artist website www.janindevi.com. More inspiring and uplifting Mantra-Chantings from various artists are on the webpages of Yoga Vidya in the Mantra and Kirtan Podcast. More infos about the 10th Yoga Vidya Musicfestival.

Narendra sings in a saturday evening satsang the mantra Jaya Radha Madhava, a kirtan for devotion of Lord Krishna, the god, who stands for bliss and joy. His purpose is to instate and reinstate the devine order on earth. To sing along you can find this mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 166: Jaya Rādhā Mādhava Kunjabihāri Jaya Gopijanavallabha Girivaradhāri Yashodanandana brajajanaranjana Yamunātīravanachāri. Narendra ends the bhajan with the Maha Mantra, the Hare Rama, Hare Krishna. Have fun singing along.

Nilakantha chants in a saturday evening satsang the kirtan Sachara Chara Pari Purna Shivoham. A lovely vedantic hymn that explains our true nature: Absolute Existence, Absolute Bliss, Absolute Knowledge, Pure Consciousness, the stainless and guiltfree observer of All. I am one with the divine. You can find it in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. To sing along is here the text: Sacharā Chara Pari Pūrna Shivoham Nityānanda Swarūpa Shivoham Ānandoham Ānandoham Ānandam Brahm Ānandam Sākshi Chaitanya Kutasthoham Nityā Nitya Swarūpa Shivoham This mantra "Sachara Chara Pari Purna Shivoham Nityananda Swarupa Shivoham" means: "I am purna, wealth, accomplishment with, from the transcendent" Shivoham: I am Shiva. "Shiva" means literally "the auspicious one". "Shiva" means, too, loving and kind. Deep inside I am - and everyone else - this auspicious, this Loving, the good and the transcendental. I am Nitya, the eternal.

Narendra chants in a Yoga Vidya satsang the kirtan Jaya Ganesha. You'll find the text in the Kirtan Songbook under the number 2. The Jaya Ganesha is a very popular bhajan in the Sivananda und Yoga Vidya yoga center. In the Jaya Ganesha Kirtan we call the various divine aspects and energies within us and around us. We open our hearts to love and devotion. In this sense, we wish you a lot of pleasure while listening or singing along the Jaya Ganesha.

Yogis and Yoginis from the Yoga Vidya Ashram Westerwald, Germany, chanting the mantra Shiva Shiva Mahadeva. You'll find the complete text of this kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 255. In this recording you can listen only the first verse Shiva Shiva Mahādeva, which is chanted in a very intensive and with full devotion. Listen carefully and feel yourself comfortable through this special recording from the center of Yoga Vidya Westerwald and be happy to sing along.

Carlotta sings during a saturday evening satsang the mantra Shivaya Parameshwaraya. You'll find it in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 258: Shivāya Parameshwarāya Chandrashekharāya Namah Om Bhavāya Guna Sambhavāya Shiva Tāndavāya Namah Om English translation of this mantra: I bow to Shiva, the supreme god who wears the crescent moon on his forehead. I bow to Shiva, who generates and destroys by his dance the properties of nature (gunas). Here are the chords to accompany this kirtan with a harmonium: CEA............CFA.......CEA Shivaya Parameshvaraya ............DFA....................CEA..CEG Chandrashekaraya namah Om CFA.............................CEA Bhavaya Bhavaya Guna Sambhavaya .........DFA......CFA....... CEA..CEG Shiva Tandavaya Namah Om .........DFA.......CFA........CEA Shiva Tandavaya Namah Om

Narendra sings and guides the mantra Om Purnamadah Purnamidam during a satsang. You can find this kirtan as part of the prayer for peace in the Yoga Vidya kirtan songbook as No. 801: Om Pūrnamadah Pūrnamidam Pūrnāt Pūrnamudachyate Pūrnasya Pūrnamādāya Pūrnamevā Vashishyate. - Om Shanti