Mantras

Gayatri

Om
Aum Bhur Bhuva Svah
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
Dhiyo Yo Naha Prachodayat

You are omnipresent, omnipotent and mighty.
You are all light. You are all knowledge and bliss.
You are the destroyer of fear; You are creator of this universe,
You are the greatest of all. We bow and meditate upon your light.
You guide our intellect in the right direction.

Sahana vavatu

Om sahana vavatu sahanau bhunaktu
sahaveeryam karavavahai
tejas vinavati tamastuma vidhwishavahai
Om shanti shanti shantihi

Om, May divine protect us both (the teacher and the student),
May divine nourish us both,
May we work together with energy and vigour,
May our study be enlightening and not give rise to hostility,
Om peace, peace, peace

Sarve shaam

Om sarvesham swasti bhavatu,
sarvesham shantir bhavatu
sarvesham purnam bhavatu,
sarvesham mangalam bhavatu

Om sarve bhavantu sukhinah,
sarve santu niramayah
sarve bhadrani pashyantu,
ma kaschid-duhkha-bhagvate

May auspiciousness be unto all;
May peace be unto all;
May fullness be unto all;
May prosperity be unto all.

May all be happy;
May all be free from disabilities;
May all behold what is auspicious;
May none suffer from sorrow.

Asato ma

Om asato ma sadgamaya,
tamaso ma jyotir-gamaya
mrityor-ma amritam gamaya,
Om shantih shantih shantih.

Lead me from the unreal to the Real;
Lead me from darkness to the Light;
Lead me from mortality to Immortality.
Sacred peace (from within - the self),
peace (from around the self - environment),
peace( from beyond the self - the universe).