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Om Gam Ganapataye with Birgit and Janine

Birgit and Janine are singing the Avahana Mantra Om Gam Ganapataye. You can find the lyrics to the mantra here: Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha Om Sharavanabhavaya Namaha Om Aim Sarasvatyai Namaha Om Gum Gurubhyo Namaha Om Namo Bhagavate Shivanandaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vishnu-devanandaya Om Adishaktyai Namaha Live Recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Serve Love Give Purify Meditate Realize and Shiva Shiva Shambho chanted by new yoga instructors

A four-week yoga teacher training group sing the Sivananda kirtan Serve Love Give Purify Meditate Realize during a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg and immediately afterwards the mantra Shiva Shiva Shambho. You can find the lyrics of these both kirtans to sing along in the Yoga Vidya kirtanbooklet at number 53 and at number 261. There are many english seminars every year in the four ashrams of Yoga Vidya. You can find them all by clicking here. Live Recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Evening Rise Spirit Come with Birgit and Satyadevi

Satyadevi and Birgit sing the Spiritual Evening Rise in a Saturday evening Satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany - a song that you can find in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 558. The song to sing along is: Evening rise, spirit come sun goes down when the day is done. Mother Earth awakens me with the heartbeat of the sea. Satyadevi gives many seminars at Yoga Vidya. You can find more about yoga, ayurveda and meditation on the Yoga Vidya website at www.yoga-vidya.org. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Sacharachara with Sundaram and friends

In this podcast you can listen a recording of Sacharachara with Sundaram and his musician friends recorded at the Yoga Vidya Music Festival 2017 at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany. Sundaram's music seeks to bridge the gap between Indian and European music, between Vedic and Occidental traditions. The effect of the mantras is so easily and immediately experienced. Further concert, seminar and workshop dates with Sundaram can be found at sundaram.de. You will find further explanations of this mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 400. Enjoy this fantastic, energetic and inspiring version of the Sacharachara Kirtan with Sundaram and his musician friends. Thanks also to the fabulous musicians who contributed to this piece. These are: Max Clouth Assen Haydutov Marvin Dillmann Jens Brand Evelyn Marras Katyayani Zoë Aschenbach Christian Einsiedel Experience Sundaram at Yoga Vidya. You can experience Sundaram during mantra yoga teacher training in a special way.

Jaya Shiva Shankara with Devaki and Sureshwara

Devaki and Sureshwara sing and accompany the mantra Jaya Shiva Shankara in a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg. Jaya Shiva Shankara addresses Shiva in his kind loving aspect: Shiva means kind, Shankara is the one who does good. Bham, also Bhum, is the sound of Shiva's drum. Hara means to take away - may Shiva take away everything that separates his experience. The song to sing along can be found in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 250 or here: Jaya Shiva Shankara, Bam Bam Hara Hara Hara Hara, Hara Hara, Hara Bol Hara Shiva Shiva Shiva Shiva, Shiva Ati-sundara (hara Hara, Hara Hara, Hara Ati-sundara) He Parameshvara Daya Karo

Shri Ram Jaya Ram - Mantra Chanting with Katyayani

Katyayani sings the mantra Shri Ram Jaya Ram during a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg. This mantra is a Rama Kirtan. You can find the text for this kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 202: Shri Ram Jaya Ram, Jaya Jaya Ram Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram, Jaya Jaya Ram Jaya Sita Ram Jay (a) Jaya Hanuman Sadgurudev (a) Shivananda Bhagavan Ram stands for Rama, supreme joy. Jaya means victory, triumph. Shri means happiness, rays, shining. May Rama triumph in us, may the blessing of the Divine shine in us and through us. Live Recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Harilalji recites the Narayana Suktam

Narayana Suktam Mantra with Harilalji. Harilalji gives seminars at Yoga Vidya Germany and in Arsha Vidya Ashram Kerala. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. For more information on english classes, courses and seminars at Yoga Vidya, please see yoga-vidya.org/english/seminar/.

Maha Mrityunjaya Om Tryambakam with Jasmin and Kai

Jasmin and Kai sing the Maha Mrityunjaya - Om Tryambakam Mantra in a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. You can find the text for this kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet under the number 800: Om Tryambakam Yajāmahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam Urvārukamiva Bandhanān Mrityor Mukshīya Māamritāt The translation of this mantra is as follows: We worship the Supreme Cosmic Reality, which radiates everywhere and effects the well-being of all beings. May this Supreme Reality ripen inwardly so that we experience the Supreme Immortality.   Live Recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha with the band Mantra Tribe

Om Gam Ganapataye Namah
- energetic with a traveling mood, sung and played by Mantra Tribe.

Open your heart and eliminate all obstacles with the powerful and beautiful Ganapati Mantra. Mantra Tribe is made up of 4 dedicated musicians who uniquely connect with each other within their music, celebrating the Universal All-In-One together with the audience:

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Mantra Tribe at the Mantra Summer Festival.

Song of Will - Soham with Satyadevi and Ram Vakkalanka

Satyadevi and Ram Vakkalanka play and sing the mantra: Song of Will - Soham during a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. You can find the text for this kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet at number 58. So'ham is a Vedanta Kirtan song by Swami Sivananda. There are many english seminars every year in the different ashrams of Yoga Vidya. You can find them all by clicking here: yoga-vidya.org/english/seminar/.

Mahamantra with Sundaram and friends

Enjoy this dreamy, energetic and inspiring version of the Maha Mantra "Hare Krishna" by Sundaram and his musician friends. The lyrics of this kirtan: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare This recording was taken from the Yoga Vidya Music Festival 2017 at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg. Many thanks to the fabulous musicians: Max Clouth Assen Haydutov Marvin Dillmann Jens Brand Evelyn Marras Katyayani Zoë Aschenbach Christian Einsiedel Experience Sundaram at Yoga Vidya. You can experience Sundaram during mantra yoga teacher training in a special way. Sundaram's music seeks to bridge the gap between Indian and European music, between Vedic and Occidental traditions. The effect of the mantras is so easily and immediately experienced. Further dates with Sundaram can be found here: www.sundaram.de

Purusha Suktam recites by Harilalji

Harilalji sings or recites the Purusha suktam. The Purusha Suktam is one of the holiest texts from the Vedas. Purusha Suktam is a sukta, a hymn that sings the unity of all creation as Purusha, as Divine Being. Listen or hear this recitation by Harilalji: [...] Sahasra-shirsha Purushaha SahasRakshah Sahasra-pat / Sa Bhumim Vishvato Vritva Atyatishthad Dashangulam // 1 // Purusha Evedam Sarvam Yad Bhutam Yach Cha Bhavyam / Utanritatvasyeshanah Yad Annenatirohati // 2 // Etavan Asya Mahima Ato Jyayansh Cha Purushah / Pado' Sya Vishva Bhutani Tripad Asyanritam Divi // 3 // Tripad Urdhva Udait Purusha Pado 'syehabhavat Punah / Tato Vishvan Vyakramat Sashananashane Abhi // 4 // Tasmad Virad Ajayata Virajo Adhi Purushah / Sa Jato Atyarichyata Paschad Bhumim Atho Purah // 5 // Yat Purushena Havisha Deva Yajnam Atanvata / Vasanto Asyasid Ajyam Grishma Idhmash Sharaddhavih // 6 // Saptasyasan Paridhayah Trih Sapta Samidhah Kritah / Deva Yad Yajnam Tanvanah Abadhnan Purusham Pashum // 7 // Tam Yajnam Barhishi Praukshan Purusham Jatam Agratah / Tena Deva Ayajanta Sadhya Rishayash Cha Ye // 8 // Tasmad Yajnat Sarva-hutah Sambhritam Prishad-ajyam / Pashuns Tansh Chakre Vayavyan Aranyan Granyansh Cha Ye // 9 // Tasmad Yajnad Sarva-hutah Richah Samani Jajnire / Chhandansi Jajnire Tasmat Yajus Tasmad Ajayata // 10 // Tasmad Ashva Ajayanta Ye Ke Chobhaya-datah / Gavo Ha Jajnire Tasmat Tasmaj Jata Ajavayah // 11 // Yat Purusham Vyadadhuh Katidha Vyakalpayan / Mukham Kim Asya Kau Bahu Kav Uru Padav Uchyete // 12 // Brahmano 'sya Mukham Asit Bahu Rajanyah Kritah / Uru Tad Asya Yad Vaishyah Padbhyam Shudro Ajayata // 13 // Chandrama Manaso Jatah Chakshoh Suryo Ajayata / Mukhad Indrash Chagnish Cha Pranad Vayur Ajayata // 14 // Nabhya Asid Antariksham Shirshno Dyauh Samavartata / Padbhyam Bhumir Dishah Shrotrat Tatha Lokan Akalpayan // 15 // Vedaham Etam Purusham Mahantam Aditya-varnam Tamasas Tu Pare / Sarvani Rupani Vichitya Dhirah Namani Kritvabhivadan Yad Aste // 16 // Dhata Purastad Yam Udajahara Shakrah Pravidvan Pradishash Chatasrah / Tam Evam Vidvan Anrita Iha Bhavati Nanyah Pantha Ayanaya Vidyate // 17 // Yajnena Yajnam Ayajanta Devah Tani Dharmani Prathamany Asan / Te Ha Nakam Mahimanah Sachante Yatra Purve Sadhyah Santi Devah // 18 // Adbhyah Sambhutah Prithivyai Rasach Cha Vishva-karmanah Samavartatadhi / Tasya Tvashta Vidadhad Rupam Eti Tat Purushasya Vishvam Ajanam Agre // 19 // Vedaham Etam Purusham Mahantam Aditya-varnam Tamasah Parastat / Tam Evam Vidvan Anrita Iha Bhavati Nanyah Pantha Vidyate 'yanaya // 20 // Praja-patish Charati Garbhe Antah Ajayamano Bahudha Vijayate / Tasya Dhirah Parijananti Yonim Marichinam Padam Ichchhanti Vedhasah // 21 // Yo Devebhya Atapati Yo Devanam Purohitah / Purvo Yo Devebhyo Jatah Namo Ruchaya Brahmaye // 22 // Rucham Brahmam Janayantah Deva Agre Tad Abruvan / Yas Tvaivam Brahmano Vidyat Tasya Deva Asan Vashe // 23 // Hrish Cha Te Lakshmish Cha Patnyau Ahoratre Parshve Nakshatrani Rupam Ashvinau Vyattam ' Ishtam Manishana Amum Manishana Sarvam Manishana // 24 // Harilalji gives seminars at Yoga Vidya Germany and in Arsha Vidya Ashram Kerala. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. For more information on english classes, courses and seminars at Yoga Vidya, please see yoga-vidya.org/english/seminar.

Mahamantra with Kai, Jasmin and a seminargroup

Kai, Jasmin and a seminar group sing the Mahamantra in a Saturday evening Satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. The Maha Mantra is the great mantra to experience the divine. It opens the heart, leads to the experience of love and joy. You can find the text for this mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 699i or here to sing along: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare / Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare // The Maha Mantra is also a Dhyana Moksha Mantra, a mantra that can be used for meditation, dhyana, a mantra that can lead to liberation, moksha. And it's a diksha mantra, a mantra for an initiation.

The River is flowing - chanting with a new yoga instructor training group

50 participants of a yoga instructor training sing the song "The River is flowing" in a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. The text for this spiritual is very simple and catchy, so it is easy to sing along: The river is flowing flowing and growing The river is flowing Back to the Sea. Mother Earth carry me Your child I will always be Mother Earth carry me Back to the Sea "The river is flowing, flowing and growing" is an Indian song: It is a song based on ancient Indian traditions, a translation of various Indian tribes. "The river is flowing, flowing and growing" is thus also a song of natural spirituality, of shamanism. You'll find "The River is flowing" in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook at number 560. This podcast is a live recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Jaya Jagadambe with Bernardo and a drumming group

Bernardo and a drumming group introduce the mantra Jaya Jagadambe during a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg. Jaya Jagadambe is a Devi Kirtan. Jaya Jagadambe is one of the many kirtans who follow Jagadamba, the divine mother, the mother of the universe. You can find this kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 319 or to sing along is the text for you: 319. Jaya Jagadambe Jaya Jagadambe Sita Radhe Gauri Durge Namo Namah // 1 // Kali Durge Namo Namaha Kali Durge Namo Namah // 2 // Uma Parvati Anandamayi Kali Durge Namo Namah // 3 // Ma Kali Durge Namo Namaha Kali Durge Namo Namah // 4 // Kali Durge Namo Namaha Jay (a) Ma Kali Durge Namo Namah // 5 // This podcast is a live recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Hey Ganga Ma chanted by Jayani

Jayani sings the kirtan Hey Ganga Ma in a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg. This kirtan is not found in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet. To sing along, find the wording of this mantra: Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga Ma, Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga Ma, Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga Ma, Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga, Hey Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma, Ganga Ma Jagad Ammah, Hey Ganga Ma, Jagad Ammah, Hey Ganga Ma, Jagad Ammah, Hey Ganga Ma, Jagad Ammah, Hey Ganga Ma. Live Recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Shanti Mantra recites by Harilalji

Harilalji, head of Arsha Yoga in Gurukulam / Kerala - India - recites the Shanti Mantras. You can find the Shanti Mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 670. To follow the recitation here you can find the Shanti Mantras: Om Saha Nāvavatu Saha Nau Bhunaktu, Saha Vīryam Karavāvahai Tejas Vinā Vadhī Tamastu, Mā Vidvishāvahai Om Shāntih, Shāntih, Shāntih Om Sham No Mitrah Sham Varunaha Sham No Bhava Tvaryamā Sham Na Indro Brihaspatihi Sham No Vishnururu Kramaha Namo Brahmane, Namaste Vāyo Tvameva Pratyaksham Brahmāsi Tvāmeva Pratyaksham Brahma Vadishyāmi Ritam Vadishyāmi Satyam Vadishyāmi Tan Māmavatu Tad Vaktāram-Avatu Avatu Mām, Avatu Vaktāram Om Shāntih, Shāntih, Shāntih Om Āpyāyantu Mamāngāni Vāk Prānas Chakshuh Shrotram Atho Balam Indriyāni Cha Sarvāni Sarvam Brahmopanishadam Māham Brahma Nirākuryām Mā Mā Brahma Nirākarod Anirākaranam Astu Anirākaranam Me Astu Tadātmani Nirate Ya Upanishatsu Dharmāh Te Mayi Santu, Te Mayi Santu Om Shāntih, Shāntih, Shāntih Om Bhadram Karnebhih Shrinuyāma Devāha Bhadram Pashye Mākshabir Yajatrāh Sthirair-Angais Tushtuvaamsas-Tanubhihi Vyashema Devahitam Yadāyuhu Svasti Na Indro Vriddhashravāh Svasti Nah Pūshā Vishwa Vedāh Svasti Nas-Tārkshyo Arishtanemihi Svasti No Brihaspatir Dadhātu Om Shāntih, Shāntih, Shāntih Om Yash Chhandasām Rishabho Vishwa Rūpah Chhan Dobhy’ Odhy Amritāt Sam Babhūva Sa Mendro Medhayā Sprinotu Amritasya Deva Dhārano Bhūyāsam Sharīram Me Vichar Shanam Jihwā Me Madhu Mat Tamā Karnā Bhyām Bhūri Vishruvam Brahmanah Koshosi Medhayā Apihitah Shrutam Me Gopāya Om Shāntih Shāntih Shāntih Om Aham Vrik-Shasya Reriva Kīrtih Prishtham Gireriva Urdhwa Pavitro Vājinīva Swamritam Asmi Dravinam Savar-Chasam Sumedha Amritok-Shitah Iti Trishankor-Veda Anu Vachanam Om Shāntih, Shāntih, Shāntih Om Vāng Me Manasi Pratishthitā Mano Me Vāchi Pratishthitam Avirā Avīrma Edhi Vedasya Ma Anīsthah Shrutam Me Mā Prahāsīh Anena Adhītena Aho Ratrān Sanda Dhāmi Ritam Vadishyāmi Satyam Vadishyāmi Tan Māmavatu Tad Vaktāram-Avatu Avatu Mām, Avatu Vaktāram, Avatu Vaktāram Om Shāntih, Shāntih, Shāntih Harilalji gives seminars at Yoga Vidya Germany and in Arsha Vidya Ashram Kerala. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. For more information on english classes, courses and seminars at Yoga Vidya, please see yoga-vidya.org/english/seminar.

Mahamantra chanted by Janavallabha Das Wloka and an ayurveda training group

Janavallabha Das Wloka and an Ayurveda training group sing the Mahamantra in a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany. To sing along you can find the lyrics of this mantra in the Yoga Vidya kirtan songbook under the number 699i or here: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare / Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare // The Hare Rama Hare Krishna Mantra is considered Maha Mantra, the great mantra. The Maha Mantra is the great mantra to experience the divine. It opens the heart, leads to the experience of love and joy. This mantra has sixteen different words, so it is also considered the sixteen mantra, Shodashi mantra, the mantra of the sixteenth. It is also the mantra that applies to Hari, Rama and Krishna. Hari is of course Vishnu, Hari means "yellow", Hari is also called "radiant", Hari also means "that attracts the hearts of all". Rama means "one who is full of joy," Krishna means "the black," "the dark," and thus "the mysterious." And so "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" is the aspect that connects all three aspects of Vishnu: Rama, Krishna and Hari. This podcast is a live recording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Prayer of Dhanvantari chanted by Jana and an ayurveda training group

Janavallabha Das Wloka and an Ayurveda training group sing the Dhanvantari prayer. To sing along, you can find the text in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 611 or here: Shankham Chakram Jalaukam Dadhad-Anrita-Ghatam Charu-dorbhish Chaturbhih Sukshma-svachchhati-hridyam'shuka-parivilasan-maulim Ambho-ja-netram / Kalambhodojjvalangam Kati-tata-vilasach'-charu-pitambaradhyam Vande Dhanvantarim Tam Nikhila-gada-vana'-praudha-davagni-lilam // The Dhanvantari prayer is also a Dhanvantari Dhyana Shloka, so it is one of the meditation shlokas that you can repeat before meditation. A spiritual translation may be: "Oh Dhanvantari, the patron god of Ayurveda, we adore you, you have brought all wonderful remedies to humanity, help us regain our health, help us to bring others health." This podcast is a live ecording from Yoga Vidya Germany. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at my.yoga-vidya.org. Information on Yoga Vidya Teachers Training Course, seminars or workshops.

Sri Rudra Prasnah - Recitation with Harilalji

Listen to the Sri Rudra Prasnah recitation by Harilalji. Harilalji gives seminars at Yoga Vidya Germany and in Arsha Vidya Ashram Kerala. For more english yoga videos, music, blog posts, etc., please visit our english pages at http://my.yoga-vidya.org. For more information on english classes, courses and seminars at Yoga Vidya, please see yoga-vidya.org/english/seminar.