ASATO MA SAT GAMAYA TAMASO MA JYOTIR GAMAYA MRITYOR MA AMRITAM GAMAYA

Also known as the Pavamana Mantra, it translates into: Lead me from the unreal to the Real, from darkness to Light, from mortality to Immortality.

This mantra was commented by Krishnananda in 1977, saying: "The light that we see in this world is really a form of darkness, [...] all forms of life are forms of death only. They are not realities. The sunlight is not real light, because it is not intelligent. [...] So, the prayer is for a total rise from this involved, insufficient, conditioned 'being' to the absolutely independent, unconditioned 'Being' which is simultaneously Sat, Jyotir and Amritam – Existence, Light, Enlightenment, Consciousness, Omniscience and Immortality. No rebirth is possible there." We chant this mantra with the intention of letting go of all false concepts of who we are, concepts that we are bound by our body, mind and that we think to be mortal. Overcoming these concepts by unveiling the human ignorance leads us to the understanding and awareness of our true Nature and Existence.