Mantras with meanings

Shante Prashante
Sarva Bhaya
Upasha Mani Swaha



Invoking the spirit of supreme peace,
I offer up the energy of fear to the universal formless mind.

Guru Brahma
Guru Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheshwara
Guru Sakshat Parambrahma
Tasmai Shree Gurave Namaha



The Guru is Brahma (the creator).
The Guru is Vishnu (the sustainer).
The Guru is Shiva (the destroyer).
The Guru is truly the Supreme Brahman.
Salutations to that Guru

OM Namo Narayanaya



I bow down to the divine spirit.

Nara=Being
yanaya=One who resides in every being

OM Hum Hanumate Vijayam



Victory to the invincible Hanuman

OM Triambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushti Vardanam 
Urvar-Ukamiva Bandhanan
Mrityor Muksheeya Mamritat 



We worship and adore you, O three-eyed one, O Shiva. You are sweet gladness, the fragrance of life, who nourishes us, restores our health, and causes us to thrive. As, in due time, the stem of the cucumber weakens, and the gourd is freed from the vine, so free us from attachment and death, and do not withhold immortality

Om Aim Saraswatay Namah




We bow to the Goddess of creative arts, to bestow upon us the wisdom and knowledge.

OM Sahana Vavatu 
Sahanau Bhunaktu 
Saha Viryam Karavavahai 
Tejasvi Navaditamastu 
Ma Vidvishavahai 
OM Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi hi



May we all be protected.
May we all be nourished.
May we work together with great energy.
May our studies be enlightening.
Let us not give rise to enmity.
OM, peace (within), peace (with each other), peace (universal).