Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants

Mantra in adoration of the Divine Teacher within and without. Live Recording of Atmanshanti from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany, www.yoga-vidya.org/en

Ancient Vedic Chant adoring the Divine Being as Narayana, all-pervading. Live Recording of Sitaram Kube from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany, www.yoga-vidya.org/en

Enthusiastic Chanting of a Shloka (verse) in praise of the Guru, asking to be lead from ignorance to true knowledge. The Mantra is followed by Chanting of "Om namah Shivaya". Live Recording of Keshava Schütz from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany, www.yoga-vidya.org/en

Bansuri means flute. The devotee asks to become a pure instrument in the hands of the Lord, so that the Divine can play on the body flute. Live Recording of Sukadev Bretz from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany, www.yoga-vidya.org/en

The 8 verses of Shankaracharya adorating Krishna as the Lord of Everything. Live Recording of Sukadev Bretz from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany, www.yoga-vidya.org/en

Mantra celebrating the Divine Mother, the origin of everything, the source of all love and joyl. Live Recording of Sundaram from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany, www.yoga-vidya.org/en

Mantra for adoration of Shiva and Shakti, celebrating the oneness of Consciousness (Shiva) and Universal energy (Shakti). Recording from Yoga Vidya Ashram, Germany, www.yoga-vidya.org/en

The Guru is the teacher within us. The Guru is the world, which guides us through the many experiences. The Guru is the teacher in a human form who leads us to the Truth.

Savitri from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany chants the classical Guru Stotra in a very meditative, elevating melody. www.yoga-vidya.de/en

Atmanshanti chants the Mantra "Bansuri" in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany. Bansuri means "flute". It signifies that we want to become a pure flute, without Ego, so that wonderful melodies can come through us.

The Gayatri Mantra invokes the Divine in the form of light. It means: "We invoke the Divine, which has manifested out of light the physical, astral and causal world. We meditate on that Radiant Being. May It enlighten our understanding".