akhanda-mandalākāram mantra

अखण्ड-मण्डलाकारम् व्याप्तम् येन चराचरम्।

Akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāram vyāptam yena carācaram

(Which) pervades the entire unbroken form of the circle (of creation), moving and unmoving.

तत्पदम् दर्शितम् येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥

Tat padam darśitam yena, tasmai śrī gurave namah

To that beautiful and benevolent Guru through whom that state was revealed (to me), salutations.

Akhanda-mandalakaram

Akhanda

Undivided, indivisible, that which is not constituted of parts ever remains one, whole and complete.  By the invocation of which, by the presence of which within us all divisiveness and delusion of our minds and spiritual forces recover and discover our own interior indivisibility and rediscover that we are made of objects for a part of which we identify ourselves are not the parts of the one, undivided, indivisible, spiritual essence.

Mandala

That which adorns all forms and essences.  The warp and the web of the lines, rays, and strands of shakti emanating from a sun-like, moon-like point of energies along the lines of which the universes, forms and beings are constituted and like all the centripetal and centrifugal forces returns to the same.  Adorned and beautified with these designs yet not becoming parts, divisables. The one complete whole.

Akaram

The one whom we call akaram adhya.  The one who we invite, the one whose akararama, presence we invoke and merge with our presence, with our essence.  Whose shape and form and configuration are no other than the indivisible arrangement of all the shaktis.

Vyaptam yena characharam

Vyaptam

By whom, by the one whose location is in the bija mantra Yam in the heart center.  It is the place where the ascending and descending forces join in upward and downward triangles.  That which is the nada, the sound, an inaudible sound vibration of that union of the ascending and descending forces.  Yena by which, sound (vyaptam) is pervaded, is permeated.  Vy-aptam is filled in all its varieties.  Is made noble and sage-like through all of its vidyas, sciences, levels of knowledge.

Yena

Yena by whom it is permeated, pervaded, filled with nobility, knowledge and wisdom and all various ways (vyaptam).

Characharam

All that is moving, all that is unmoving, all that is moving that is the world of energies which alone have the true movement, which have the vibration, which do not merely give an appearance of moving but they that move all other things that are acharachara, not moveable by themselves, have not the power, the strength, the knowledge, the wisdom, the consciousness, the awareness, to move by themselves.  Whose movement is dependent only upon the moving forces, achara.  Unmoving like our body, like our bones, like blood, like our brain which are achara not moveable which cannot move without the chara forces.  The forces of divinity that wander and travel and course through all of these forms and make them move. Thus the chara and achara both parts of my being, your being, our being, universal being, our deeper essence are all vyaptam pervaded, permeated by that maha nada-that sound that dwells in the heart, where the ascending and the descending forces meet.  That one whose shape, form, configuration, is the adornment that is indivisible, the harmonious, centripetal and centrifugal lines and strands of energy and power.

 
Tat padam darshitam yena

Tat padam

That pedestal, that station, that state of consciousness, that level of awareness which is expressed by the word tat.  That as in tat savitur varenyum as in tat twam asi.  He who has show me the meaning of that level, that state of awareness which is the true meaning of the word tat-That.  He who has shown me the meaning of the word That.  Tat padam darshitam yena..

Darshitam

Was shown to me.

Yena

It is by Him.  By that one by that force, by that interior sound which is the concentration of the vibration of all the mantras.

Tasmai shri guruave namah.

Tasmai

To that one.

Shri Gurave namah

To that Shri Guru, the one.  Gu, darkness, ru, remover.  He who removes darkness by the presence of the force called Shri, which is the principle and divinity of all beauty.  By whose brilliant beauty gives refuge, ashraya, to all beings, all levels of essence.  To that remover of darkness who removes the darkness by that brilliance of beauty.  Divine Mother’s beauty.  Unto that one namaha.  Into that one I merge all my exterior beings and say of them not mine, not mine, not mine.  Not mine the body, not mine the limbs, not mine the organs, not mine the senses, not mine emotions, feelings, sentiments.  Not mine, intellect, intuition, doubt, resolution, not mine.  Intent, declaration, statements that I am, not mine.  Unto that one I surrender all my claims of ego.  Namaha.  The last ma, ha sound.  The release of energy.  May I through that surrender find in myself that release. Release of that energy which I have kept blocked and because of which I have felt blocked in my life.  In my endeavors, in my undertakings.  I was blocked because I had not surrendered my mind.  Having surrendered my mind I say namaha.  This is the nature, this is the meaning of my surrender, my homage, my prostrations.  I take all of these claims and I burn them.  All my ego and I burn it into the fire of that essence which is the indivisible, universe adorning arrangement of the beautiful energies in all their various forms.  Imbuing and suffusing all immoveable things with the semblance of movement.  By whose presence by the presence of which force, by the grace of which force the meaning of the true pedestal has come to me, has become known to me.  I surrender.  I burn my being as an offering unto that fire.


Ref:
YS I:37; uniting with the mind-field of the guru.
The one whom we call akaram adhya.  The one who we invite, the one whose akararama, presence we invoke and merge with our presence, with our essence.  Whose shape and form and configuration is no other than the indivisible arrangement of all the shaktis in this universal mind-field of guru, the light that dispels darkness of ignorance.
February, 2002

To watch a video of Swami Veda Bharati reciting akhanda-mandalākāram mantra: https://www.facebook.com/ahymsinthailand.himalayanyoga/videos/1525403217485994/?pnref=story

New AHYMSIN 2010 Practices

OM Shreem Gurave Namah!   OM Shreem Gurave Namah!  OM Shreem Gurave Namah!

I worship the divinity that is within you.  From February 2007 to February 2010, for three years the entire AHYMSIN family undertook the observance of reciting a special mantra:

ity-uktā sā tadā devi

gambhīrāntah-smitā jagau

durgā bhagavatī bhadrā

yayedam dhāryate jagat

The meaning and the purpose of this mantra was explained at that time – to bring stability, to bring stability to our individual hearts and minds, stability in our spiritual practices; thereby stability in our emotions; thereby stability in our body language, verbal language (voice, tone), all manner of our communication, and through that, stability in our relationships, in our families, in our communities, and through that stability, expanding its circles, stability in our spiritual family.

I have been delighted and gratified that so many participated in this observance, and I have seen, witnessed the stability it has brought to our spiritual family, the results of which are visible in the satsanga, the gathering of the aspiring souls of the sangha, of the fraternity that came together here at Swami Rama’s Sadhaka Grama from February 1 to February 12, 2010.

Now it is time for us to go further, to seek wisdom and the wisdom of enlightenment by the grace of the Guru.  Our next gathering of this kind will be from February 25 to March 11.  Part of that time, nine days, will be satsanga in total silence, the rest of the time for other contemplations and deliberations.  Imagine 300 people in silence on the sacred grounds for nine days, silently devoting their bodies, prana, hearts and minds to a merger with infinity, with the serenity of the Divine Being!  What energy it will generate, not only for the participants on location to feast upon, but what rays will go emanating from it to the entire sangha on all continents wherever our Gurudev’s disciples meet in meditation!

The mantra for this time, for this period is two mantras:  The first part is the akhanda-mandalākāram mantra, to seek the grace of the Guru, to seek the awakening of the Guru Chakra so that we all may become linked with that endless chain of the lineage which may confer upon us an open door through which we may enter the portals of wisdom.  The second part will be an expanded version of the Gayatri mantra.

Do please listen closely to these instructions so that there is no confusion.  It is a long mantra.  In this Kali Yuga (the Dark Ages) there are many impediments.

We have to learn to overcome those impediments on our spiritual path.  But sometimes we have to make adjustments and not feel pressed, so I am not going to impose the full 108 recitations of the mantra every day because it is a long mantra.  Those who are not used to this mantra, those who have not yet understood what chakras are, those whose practice has not yet been well-grounded may choose to do the simple version which I will recite, and you may do 33 repetitions or 51 or 71, and if you can truly have a conversation with your dear friend, your mind, 108, if the mind will agree, each day.

I will recite the mantra.  It is also coming to you in a written form so that you may memorize it.  For the first part, the akhanda-mandalākāram, there is another CD which can be made available to you to help you memorize that if you do not already know that mantra.  And for the expanded version of the Gayatri, you may read the written portion, listen to this recitation, get your pronunciation clear in your mind, and then begin your practice.


Editor’s note

Please see: https://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/2010-2013-practicetranscript.html and https://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Swami-Veda-Bharati/akhanda-mandalkram-mantra.html

An Atmosphere Conducive to Spiritual Growth

May I make the following suggestions to help make the atmosphere more conducive to spiritual growth:
  • Do not rely on gossip as information.
  • Do not let one person’s anger infect another.
  • Keep the others’ difficulties in view before judging their behaviors
  • Do not belittle others’ spiritual achievements.
  • Give the fullest possible for services rendered by others.
  • Adhere to communication channels and systems. If you must ignore them, explain the reason/urgency gently and humbly.
  • Practice tolerance and patience; do not let your “anti’-kind of feelings overwhelm your neutrality.
  • Do not draw conclusions without sufficient information and without verification.
  • Admit your own mistakes freely; explain away the mistakes of others.
  • Do not speak in confrontational tones.
  • Learn to say the unpleasant pleasantly.
  • Practice the four brahma-viharas (maitri, karuna, mudita and upeksha).
  • Everyone is beautifully kind to the Swami but not to each other. When you are not kind to each other, I feel that to be unkindness to me. I am happier if you beat me but love each other.  Love me? Love every member of my family. Please, please, everyone, EVERYONE, in all individualistic non-communications as well, stop judging others. In spiritual relationships one needs always first to take the side of the opposite party by stating to oneself what could be the reason for a certain mode of action or communication on the part of another.

Constantly examine yourself to see how far your own internal being conforms to the marks of spiritual progress.

(Marks of Spiritual Progress: https://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Swami-Veda-Bharati/marks-of-spiritual-progress.html)

Are WE failing in the above principles?

 

Children’s Spiritual Training

We can’t blame everything on genes… People have to open their minds to the terrible possibility that…the important events in the development of a child happen not at conception but years before.
Discover Magazine, Dec. 2002, p.52, quoting Dr. David Barker, Head of the Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, England.
The quotation above is with reference to the fact, the Barker Hypothesis, that the health condition of parents long before conception may determine the onset of diseases their child may suffer in his/her middle age and later.
The traditions of India do not look for enhancing only the physical health but the mental and spiritual well being. In fact the latter often serves as the foundation for the former, since, as Swami Rama of the Himalayas never tired of emphasizing, more than 75% diseases are of psychosomatic origin.
Nowadays, in all cultures, there is an increasing anxiety about the lack of discipline and loss of non-violent values in the society, especially among the youths. This is equally true of India. No amount of social programmes, whether for the rich or the poor can change such destructive tendencies. In spite of tremendous amount of funds allocated for preventing drug addiction in both the developed and “developing” countries, the problem of addiction keeps increasing. However much the Indian national pride may deny the epidemiology of aids, this has become a fact of life.
On the other hand, India’s history is replete with stories of child saints. One day, I hope I would have the time and the opportunity to write a book about the whole galaxy of the child saints of India. How did the families and the society create beings of such high spiritual refinement?
This question is not purely academic. It is now fully recognised that the practice of meditation, calming the mind of individuals, brings about change in the whole society. The only solution for the problem of disturbed minds of the youth is to teach them meditation.
In my worldwide travels I am often asked: at what age can we start teaching meditation to children? Invariably I answer: three years before conception. My audience initially think I am joking but then they realise that I am serious. Just as the state of parents’ physical health can determine the future health of their children, so also their mental and spiritual state determines the mental and spiritual health of their children right from the beginning.
Whatever thoughts accumulate in the parents’ mind during three years before conception, their sum total is passed on as unconscious imprint onto the mind of the foetus. In fact, parents choose the kind of soul they wish to have as their child, by choosing the kind of mental behaviour they indulge in. It is well known, for example, that the child of a mother who has practised intensive gayatri-mantra (and there are prayers with similar effects in other religions) during three years before conception – such a child will be so brilliant that s/he will never need to go to school for his learning.
Hence, among the sixteen sacraments of life in the Hindu tradition, the first one is garbhadhana, the sacred ceremony before conception to invite the pure soul into the womb.
What has not been accomplished during the three years before conceiving the child can now be undertaken during the nine months of pregnancy. Among the more culturally refined families in India, where women are respected, it is common for the would-be mother (a) to have pictures of great saints hanging in the room, and (b) to spend much time reading scriptures and doing japa, mental recitation of prayers and special mantras.
The foetus does not receive only the nutrients from the mother. S/he receives her prana, the vital energy, and the states of her mind and emotions. A foetus is a very sensitive being. It is known that the child in the womb jumps at the bang of a door, or closes his eyes if too bright a light shines in the room. It is also known that the foetus responds to mother’s anger, excitations, fears and depressions. By causing such disturbances in the mother’s mind, we are framing the child’s mind accordingly. It is therefore recommended that the mother practice, and pass on the calming effects of, meditation to the child during pregnancy. She will thereby create a child who, as a teenager, will not be so easily disturbed as to become violence prone or an addict. Mother who meditates is shaping a meditative mind for the child.
Whatever has not been accomplished during pregnancy can be made up for during the suckling years. It is also known that the mother’s moods during suckling greatly affect the child. I often advise young mothers: when suckling the child, let your body relax as in shava-asana, the classic relaxation pose, and “do” your mantra in the mind.  You will again enhance the calm inclinations in the child.
Emotional states are not taught, they are caught by the child from the parent. When the parents complain that their child is unruly and is often disturbing them, I reply, “it is not the child who is disturbing you; it is you who are disturbing the child.” The child is the mirror for adults’ emotions. If the adult wishes to determine what state of mind, mood, emotion, s/he is in, all s/he has to do is to look at the nearby child. The child’s crystal mind only reflects whatever is going on in the adult mind. To train a calm child, train yourself to be calm. I always advise parents, “Never scold a child when you are angry” – then you are not correcting the child, you are only using the child as a safety valve for your own disturbances. When you are yourself not angry, then you may play, fake, pretend to be angry, to correct the child.
The same applies to teaching meditation. So far we have spoken of the passive passing on of the meditative state to the child’s mind. At what stage or age may we teach it actively? Here I will refer to two experiments I made when I was a householder (many years before taking sanyasa vows).
I have held a six month old boy in the lap, wrapped him in my meditation shawl, and we have sat absolutely still for up to 45 minutes (not sleeping) at a time. It is the state of my stillness that the child responded to. Do this repeatedly, and stillness and calmness will become natural to the child.
By the time the child is three, or even a little earlier, I actively start the teaching of meditation methods. Often I would come home from a long lecture tour, at night the children would say: tell us a story. “But I am so tired”, I would plead. “Okay, then, give us a relaxation” – was the invariable response.    But once again, a tense person cannot guide a relaxation practice; the very body language and the voice betrays his disturbance.
The children in the family, thus trained, asked permission to teach meditation to other children in their school(s) (in USA). Then, often, I would be called to address the school.
One hopes and prays that practices of calm breathing, relaxation and meditation could be made part of daily school curriculum. No specific religion is involved. There are ways for teaching and practising meditation without a religion-specific content.  If the teacher trainees can learn these ways, they would be making an invaluable contribution to help establish a peaceful society.

2010-2013 Practice Transcript

 

This is a transcription of the new three-year practice presented by Swami Veda Bharati Tuesday, 16th February 2010 at SRSG. Please see https://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Initiates/2010-2013-practice.html for a complete explanation.

akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṃ vyāptaṃ yena carācaraṃ
tat padaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ
Now we extend worship of the Gāyatrī:
OM bhūr OM bhuvaḥ OM svaḥ OM mahaḥ OM janaḥ OM tapaḥ OM satyaṃ
OM tatsavitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
OM āpo jyotī raso ‘mṛtaṃ brahma bhūr bhuvaḥ svar OM

Now, for the word OM, read Swami Rama’s commentary on the Māndukya Upanishad, Enlightenment without God. On the Gāyatrī-mantra you may ask for my series of lectures in which each letter, not just each word, is explained. If you are familiar with the basics of the mantra science, you will know that a translation is not the meaning of the mantra. In this mantra the first seven words are known as vyāhṛtis – ‘utterances.’ According to the Vedic precepts of genesis, the divine Brahman released the emanated the sound principles of the Universe, and these Vedic sounds, as they were uttered in the cosmos, came into being, the cosmos external and the cosmos internal to you.

The rest of the translation is well known, but I still recommend that you ask for my lectures, recordings. In the last part there are these words:
āpaḥ, āpo = ‘waters’
jyoti =‘light’
raso= ‘flavor for the senses of the joy or bliss of Brahman’
amṛtam= ‘the principle of immortality, eternity, infinity’
brahma = ‘Brahman, the transcendent being,’
and then bhūr bhuvaḥ svar OM

Now, for those who are prepared, those whose breath is naturally diaphramatic – naturally, not with tension or stress – those who have been undertaking spiritual observances for a considerable time, those who understand the principles of the chakras, may undertake this observance (not like those who will do 51, 71 or 108), and you may chose to do 3, 5, 7, 11, 21 or 31, depending on your time and inclination. If you can do the entire practice 108 times, that is a great achievement. You may set aside one day in a month when you take to silence for 36 hours, and you may do this 108 recitation practice the way I will now describe:

The sound of the OM will be thought in the chakra. The seven words, one after the other, representing the sounds of the seven heavens, the seven chakras, like –
  1. OM in mūlādhāra, bhūḥ, as though the breath is flowing from mūlādhāra through the brahma-randhra upwards, back to . . .
  2. OM in svādhiṣṭhāna, bhuvah, as though the breath is flowing from the svādhiṣṭhāna upwards through the brahma-randhra.
  3. OM in maṇipura, svaḥ, as though the breath is flowing from maṇipura upwards through the brahma-randhra.
  4. OM in anāhata cakra, as though the breath is flowing from the anāhata upwards through the brahma-randhra. At this point caution: many people when they come to the anāhata they forget about diaphragmatic breathing and become chest breathers. Caution, that that not happen. Continuing –
  5. OM in vishuddha-chakra and janaḥ, as though from the vishuddha-chakra upwards through the brahma-randhra. Remember to maintain diaphragmatic breathing. You did mahaḥ from the anāhata upwards through the brahma-chakra, through the brahma-randhra. From vishuddha you take janah upwards through the brahma-randhra.
  6. OM in ajña-cakra, tapah upwards from the ajña-cakra, though brahma-randhra.
  7. OM satyam in the brahma-randhra.  And here in the seed of your mind: Tatsavitur vareṇyam bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. Breathing out: OM āpo jyoti raso’mritam brahma bhūr bhuvaḥ svar OMOM in mūlādhāra-cakra and you continue the circle.

If you cannot do OM āpo jyoti raso’mritam brahma bhūr bhuvah svar OM in one breath, you may divide it over several exhalations and inhalations coming down to mūlādhāra and back again with the entire cycle.

If you have further jijñāsā – ‘desire to know,’ you can ask for my lectures recordings on Kundalinī and the Chakras. Make sure that for this longer practice you always establish diaphramatic breathing. Your spine is as you have been trained to keep it. And you have done your anuloma-viloma, that is, nadi shodhana-prānāyama. We will do the final fire offering of this from 26th February to 11th March, call it 12th so you have time to recover.

You may ask, “Can non-initiates, who do not have their personal mantra, undertake this practice?” It is best that you consult with the closest spiritual adviser. A list of those has been circulated to you. And the spiritual adviser may advise you to just do the simple Gāyatrī if you have never done it before. Now, two principles about any observance: For this do read my little booklet: Special Mantras. You begin your practice with this saṃkalpa, resolve, “I undertake this observance so that by Guru’s grace I may attain mokṣa, liberation.” You will do this practice with this intention, with this purpose.

One addition: “May I attain mokṣa,liberation, by having my wisdom impelled and inspired” – so that all your acts come from deep wisdom, all your words flow from the depth of wisdom, and in all your communications and relationships that wisdom makes its presence felt, so that the entire AHYMSIN family also, as your own personal family, may be guided by that divine wisdom.

When you complete the day’s practice say – OM tat sat brahmārpanam astu. I repeat it again: OM tat sat brahmārpanam astu. OM tat sat brahmārpanam astu.OMthat alone is real. May, in that knowledge, this observance of mine be accepted as my surrender and an offering to the divinity. OM tat sat.

 

2010-2013 Practice

IN ADDITION TO THE REPEAT OF SOME OF THE SAME SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN IN 2007 (Note: Please see questions for self examination), here are further steps for our spiritual progress:

 

  1. [A] Read Swami Rama’s ART OF JOYFUL LIVING. Keep track of what progress you are making in the paths shown there. [B] Go over the (a) papers on WEAK MIND/STRONG MIND and (b) recordings or transcripts of MARKS OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESS. (Note: Weak Mind/Strong Mind qualities can be found at Mind Field and Marks of Spiritual Progress can be found at Marks of Spiritual Progress)
  2. Form some new habits in life: [A] “He who eats alone, eats only sin.”—says Rg-veda. “Those who cook for themselves alone, eat only sin.” Do not eat alone. Share your food, and all other pleasures.
  3. Put aside some pots for this purpose. Every time you cook, or once every day, put aside handful of rice, or flour, daal, a spoonful of oil, or whatever. Save EVERY DAY, yes, EACH day. Gather them over a time. Then find someone hungry, an orphan, a homeless person. Give them personally. Do so PERSONALLY. Do the same with your clothes and other items of personal use. A bar of soap, even. When you buy a pair of socks, buy two, one to give away to the very needy.
  4. The secret of prosperity is in tithing. Every month take out 1% to 10% of your income. DO SO ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE FEELING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES (this is the antidote to those). Give this away to where it brings you no personal benefit or recognition. Having given forget about it. What you give will come back to you tenfold from unexpected sources — especially if you have truly forgotten that you gave.
  5. [A] If you have been irregular with your meditations, become regular now. [B] Increase your sitting time even by five minutes.
  6. Ask guidance to undertake a purash-charana. (Please read svb’s booklet SPECIAL MANTRAS on this). (Note: “Special Mantras” can be found at Special Mantra)
  7. How many trees can you plant this year and watch over them like your own children?
  8. Make plans for a period of silence [A] in AHYMSIN regional silence retreats and [B] then at SRSG.
  9. Prepare children and youths to participate in the YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S RETREAT Dec.22-31 2011. (Save for it starting from now). vedayouthcensus@gmail.com.
  10. Prepare (save for it from now) to attend the tri-yearly fire offerings starting 25th February, ending on 11th March 2013. This will include

Three hundred people doing nine days of silence. Imagine what power and energy will be generated at SRSG. It will be memorable.

Mantra Practice

The mantra for the next three years is both of the sections [A] and [B] done together, one after the other. These two parts together count as “one” repetition. See the Sankalpa” section below to decide how many repetitions to practice each day. Note the “pronunciation guide” is to be followed (3rd part) for the Gayatri section. The pronunciation spelling of “bhoor” (final “R”) is correct, due to rules of Sanskrit grammar. (I.E. it’s not a typo).

 

[A]
अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम्।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥

akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram |
tat-padaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ ||

akhanda-mandalaakaaram vyaaptam yena charaacharam
tatpadam darshitam yena tasmaai shree gurave namaha

[B] ॐ भूः ॐ भुवः ॐ स्वः ॐ महः ॐ जन ॐ तपः ॐ सत्यं
ॐ तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
ॐ आपो ज्योतीरसो अमृतं ब्रह्म भूः भुवः स्वः ॐ
āūṁ bhūḥ āūṁ bhuvaḥ āūṁ svaḥ āūṁ mahaḥ āūṁ janaḥ āūṁ tapaḥ āūṁ satyaṁ
āūṁ tatsavitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ pra-codayāt
āūṁ āpo jyotīraso amṛtaṁ brahma bhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥ āūṁ

Om Bhooh Om bhuvah Om Svah Om mahah Om janah Om tapah Om satyam.
Om tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dheemahi
dhiyo yo nah pra-chodayaat.
Om aapo jyotee raso amrtam brahma bhoor bhuvah svar Om.

 

Audio Files

You can order a CD of the above pronunciation. The CD has comments about the previous 3 years of practice as well as some additional instructions. You can also download the two tracks of the CD

Video Introduction

There is a video of Swami Veda Bharari’s introduction to the Sangha for the new practice, available on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjcQaEuRpug

Sankalpa

Do a sankalpa (resolve) of how many repetitions you will do daily. Minimum 3 or 7 or better 11; middling 33; 51,71, 91 or maximum 108.

Ask for CD of HOW TO DO LONG MANTRAS FASTER.

CDs are being made available, ahymsin@gmail.com, ahymsinpublishers@gmail.com, info@themeditationcenter.org.

 

Spiritual Guidance

Please see below the list of those who can give you spiritual guidance and answer questions. These are delegated and authorized by Swami Veda. Ask ahymsin@gmail.com for their e-mail addresses.

Swami Ritavan Bharati (everywhere)

Swami Ma Radha Bharati (Lady Swami), SRSG

Dr. Swami Nityamuktananda (Lady Swami), SRSG

Swami Ma Sewa Bharati (Lady Swami), Sadhana Mandir, SRSG, USA

Swami Tat Sat Bharati, Berlin

Dr. Pandit Hari Shankar Dabral, Calgary, Canada

Dr. Stoma Parker, Minneapolis

Wolfgang Bischoff, Hamburg

Carolyn Hume, USA

Linda Billau. Rochester/Minneapolis

Helen Choe. Korea

Rajah Indran, SRSG

Savitri Jugdeo, Toronto

Alexander Benjamin, Trinidad

Michael Kissener, Austria

Wong Yoong Khiang, Singapore

Raghavendra Adiga, Tumkur, India

Idriss Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso (ambassador to India; too busy)

Shi Hong, Hong Kong

Many of these are authorized as mantra initiators.

There are others who can be added to this list. Your questions will be passed on to the appropriate spiritual advisor.

Many of these, and many others (not listed here), are available to travel and teach. Please benefit from them.