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in praise of

Her Supreme Holiness

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

©

©

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

and Life Eternal Trust

and Life Eternal Trust

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u

Dedicated to Our Holy Mother

The Source of this Knowledge

and all Knowledge.

May the three worlds resound with Your praise.

Shri Mataji, You are the Complete and Unadulterated

Divine Nature in Human Form.

We bow with full surrender, inexpressible gratitude and

blissful love at Your most adorable Lotus Feet.

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‘Now, the Name of Your Mother is very powerful.

You know that is the most powerful

name-than all the other names- the most powerful mantra.

But you must know how to take it.

With that complete dedication you have to take That Name.

Not like any other.’

H.S.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,

Cowley Manor, UK, 31-7-1982.

‘God is fond of praise.

If you praise the Lord, then He gives you everything.

It’s true- you cannot get to Mother, unless and until you have

really Bhakti from your heart.

But if you have Bhakti, then you can get to Mother.

It is written –Bhakti Gamya.

H.S.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,

19

th

. Aug. 1992 Guru Puja, Cabella.

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Ganesha Atharva Sheersha

Ganesha Atharva Sheersha

The highest praise of the Chief of Shri Shiva’s Gan$as,

Om namaste Gan$$apataye.

Om namaste Gan$$apataye. Om. Salutations to You, O Lord of the Gan$as.

Twameva pratyaks$ham tattwam-asi. Twameva pratyaks$ham tattwam-asi. Twameva kevalam kart

Twameva kevalam kart!--"si.si. You alone are the Doer.

Twameva kevalam dhart

Twameva kevalam dhart!--"si.si. You alone are the Supporter and the Sustainer.

Twameva kevalam hart

Twameva kevalam hart!--"si.si. You alone are the Remover and Destroyer.

Twameva sarvam khalv-idam Brahm

Twameva sarvam khalv-idam Brahm!si.si. You are everything even indeed the Formless Spirit

Twam s

Twam s!ks$hks$h!d-d-!tmtm!si nityam.si nityam. You are the Embodiment of the Soul eternally (1)(1)

R$itam-vachmi. Satyam-vachmi.

R$itam-vachmi. Satyam-vachmi. I speak Divine Law. I speak the Truth. (2)(2)

Ava twam m

Ava twam m!m.m. Protect thou me.

Ava vakt

Ava vakt!ram. Avaram. Ava#hrothrot!ram.ram. Be propitious to the speaker and the listener.

Ava d

Ava d!tt!ram. Ava dhram. Ava dh!tt!ram.ram. Watch over the one who gives and the recieiver.

Av-Av-!n-n-$chch!nam-avanam-ava#his$hyam.his$hyam.

Ava pasch

Ava pasch!t-tt-t!t. Ava puras-tt. Ava puras-t!t.t. Protect from behind. Protect from the front.

Av-ottar

Av-ottar!t-tt-t!t. Ava daks$hin$t. Ava daks$hin$!t-tt-t!t.t. Protect from the left side. Protect from the right side.

Ava-chordhv

Ava-chordhv!t-tt-t!t Av-t Av-!dhardhar!t-tt-t!t.t. Protect from above. Protect from below.

Sarvato-m

Sarvato-m!m pm p!hi-phi-p!hi sam-anthi sam-ant!t.t. From all directions guard and protect me constantly (3)(3)

Twam v

Twam v!ng-mayas-twam chin-mayahª.ng-mayas-twam chin-mayahª. You are the Spoken Word and Pure Consciousness.

Twam

Twam!nanda-mayas-twamnanda-mayas-twam Joy is Your essence.

Brahma-mayahª.

Brahma-mayahª. Formless Spirit is Your Nature.

Twam

sach-chid-Twam sach-chid-!nand-nand-!dvitdvit % yy&-si.-si. You are Existence, Consciousness and Joy unequalled.

Twam pratyaks$ham Brahm

Twam pratyaks$ham Brahm!si.si. You are the Supreme Spirit manifested.

Twam gñy

Twam gñy!na-mayo vigñyna-mayo vigñy!na-mayna-may&--"si.si. You are all Knowledge and Understanding. (4)(4)

Sarvam jagad-idam twatto j

Sarvam jagad-idam twatto j!yate.yate. This whole world is born from You.

Sarvam jagad-idam twattas-tis$h

Sarvam jagad-idam twattas-tis$h'$hati.$hati.

Sarvam jagad-idam twayi layam-es$$hyati. Sarvam jagad-idam twayi layam-es$$hyati. Sarvam jagad-idam twayi pratyeti.

Sarvam jagad-idam twayi pratyeti. This whole world returns to You.

Twam bh

Twam bh$mirmir!pp&--"nalnal&--"nilo nabhahnilo nabhahaa You are Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether (5 elements)

Twam chatv

Twam chatv!ri vri v!k-padk-pad!ni.ni. You are the four parts of speech. (5)(5)

Twam gun$a

tray-Twam gun$a tray-!tt % tahtahaa.. You are beyond the three attributes

Twam deha

tray-Twam deha tray-!tt % tahtahaa.. You are beyond the three bodies.

Twam k

Twam k !la tray-la tray-!tt % tahtahaa.. You are beyond the three times.

Twam m

Twam m$ll!dhdh!ra sra s'hithit&-si nityam.-si nityam. You are eternally stationed at Mooladhara Chakra.

Twam

Twam#hakti tray-hakti tray-!tmakahtmakahaa.. You are the Essence of the three Shaktis.

Tw

Tw!m yogino dhym yogino dhy!yanti nityam.yanti nityam. On You Yogis meditate constantly.

Twam Brahm

Twam Brahm!twam Vis$hn$us-twam.twam Vis$hn$us-twam.

Rudras-twam Indras-twam

Rudras-twam Indras-twam You are Lord Shiva. You are Shri Indra.

Agnis-twam V

Agnis-twam V!yus-twamyus-twam You are the God of Fire, You are Lord of the Wind.

S

S$ryas-twam Chandramryas-twam Chandram!s-twams-twam You are the Sun and You are the Moon.

Brahma-bh

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Gan$

Gan$!dim pdim p$rvam uchchrvam uchch!rya.rya.

Varn$

Varn$!dim tad-anantaram.dim tad-anantaram. The first letter of the alphabet (A) next.

Anu-sw

Anu-sw!rahrahaapara-tarahpara-tarahaa.. And the nasal sound (M) after that.

Ardhendu lasitam. T

Ardhendu lasitam. T!ren$a r$iddham.ren$a r$iddham.

Etat-tava manu-swa-r

Etat-tava manu-swa-r$pam.pam. This is the true form of Your mantra.

Gak

Gak !rahrahaapp$rva-rrva-r$pam.pam. 'G’ is the first form.

Ak

Ak !ro madhyama rro madhyama r$pampam 'A' is the middle form.

Anusw

Anusw!rara#h chh ch!ntya rntya r$pam.pam. And 'M' is the last form,

Bindur uttara r

Bindur uttara r$pam.pam. Bindu (dot) is the finishing form on top,

N

N!dahdahaasam(dhsam(dh!nam. Sam(hitnam. Sam(hit!san$dhihsan$dhihii..

Sais$h

Sais$h!Gan$$eGan$$e#ha-vidyha-vidy!.. In this manner, is the knowledge of Shri Gan$esha.

Gan$$aka ris$hih

Gan$$aka ris$hihii.. The seer is sage Gan$aka.

Nichr$id g

Nichr$id g!yatryatr % ch chhandahch chhandahaa..

Gan$$apatir devat

Gan$$apatir devat!.. T he presiding Deity is Shri Gan$apati.

Om Gam Gan$$apataye namah

Om Gam Gan$$apataye namahaa..

Eka-dant

Eka-dant!ya vidmahe.ya vidmahe. We have the knowledge of the One-Tusked God,

Vakra-tun$d$

Vakra-tun$d$!ya dhya dh % -mahi.-mahi. We meditate on the Lord with a Curved Trunk ,

Tanno dant

Tanno dant % prachodayprachoday!t.t. May the God with a tusk inspire and stimulate us. (8)(8)

Eka-dantam chatur-hastam

Eka-dantam chatur-hastam One-tusked and four-handed

P

P!#ham añkuham añku#ha dhha dh!rin$am.rin$am. Wielder of the noose and elephant goad.

Radam cha varadam hastair bibhr

Radam cha varadam hastair bibhr!n$amn$am

M

M$s$haka-dhvajams$haka-dhvajam Having a mouse as an emblem.

Raktam, lambodaram

Raktam, lambodaram Red-coloured, with a big belly,

(hh$rpa karn$akam, rakta vrpa karn$akam, rakta v!sasam.sasam. Ears like winnowing fans and clothed in red.

Rakta

gandh-Rakta gandh-!nu-liptnu-lipt!ngamngam With fragrant red sandalwood paste anointing the body.

Rakta pus$hpaih

Rakta pus$hpaihiisu-psu-p$ jitam. jitam. Auspiciously worshipped with red flowers.

Bhakt-Bhakt-!nu-kampinam devamnu-kampinam devam The God who is Compassionate to devotees,

Jagat-k

Jagat-k !ran$am achyutam.ran$am achyutam. The Imperishable Origin of the world,

)vir-bhvir-bh$tam cha sris$htam cha sris$h *ty-ty-!daudau

Prakr$iteh

Prakr$iteheepurus$hpurus$h!t param.t param. Being beyond the # di Shakti and the Supreme Spirit.

Evam dhy

Evam dhy!yati yo nityam.yati yo nityam. Whoever meditates in this way constantly,

Sa yog

Sa yog % yoginyogin!m varahm varahaa.. That Yogi becomes the most excellent of Yogis. (9)(9)

NamoVr

NamoVr!ta-pataye. Namo Gan$apataye.ta-pataye. Namo Gan$apataye. We bow to the Lord of Assemblies and Chief of Gan$as

Namah

Namahaa*prama*prama'ha-pataye.ha-pataye. Prostrations to the Leader of Lord Shiva’s hordes,

Namast

Namast+--"stu lambodarstu lambodar!y-aika-danty-aika-dant!ya,ya, Let there be obeisance to the Big-bellied, One-toothed

Vighna n

Vighna n!#hine,hine,(hiva suthiva sut!ya,ya, Destroyer of Obstacles, the Son of Lord Shiva

(hrhr % varada mvarada m$rtaye namo namahrtaye namo namahaa.. To the Embodiment of the Giver of prosperity

and boons, Salutation s again and again. (10)(10)

S

S!ks$hks$h!tt (hrhr % )didi (hakti Mhakti M!tt! j j % (hrhr % NirmalNirmal! Devyai namo namahDevyai namo namahaa

Who art in reality the Primordial Energy incarnate, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, salutations to You again and again.

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Editorial Standards followed in this new edition

Editorial Standards followed in this new edition

Any changes that have been made will, we hope, not detract from our unfailing admiration for the srcinal Mantra Book and will further enhance this great edifice of praise of Shri Mataji in all Her forms.

One idea is to try and bring the way we non-Indians say Sanskrit in line with the way it is spoken in India. To this end the Sanskrit has been notated and a section added on Sanskrit pronunciation.

Some more items have been added notably Sanskrit names of Shri Lakshm ! , Shri Kr$is$hn$a and Lord Jesus and another set of names of Shri Ganesha; 84 names of Shri Vis$hn$umaya in English, some chapters from the Devi Mah"tmyam, Kavach of the Devi in Sanskrit, Devi Atharva Sheersha and the 1000 names of Shri Mah"k "l ! , as being useful for Havan (among other things) Most of these are items already published in Sahaja Yoga.

Many translations have been reworked but to maintain compatability with the old Mantra Book, in general the Sanskrit names have not been changed except where definitely incorrect. The exception to this is that, in the previous edition, some sets of names ended in – – !yaya or –e–e which is the dative ending and is appropriate when using a mantra such asOm ShrOm Shr % VinVin!yak-yak-!ya namahª ya namahª

(salutations to …..). In this edition, all the names of the Deities have been written in the case-less form, so that throughout, we can preface the name with

Om twameva s

Om twameva s!ks$hks$h!tt - ‘You are…’

The translations have also been re-worded so that they can be prefaced with ‘You are…’, this being the translation of ‘twameva’..

Quite often the most commonly used name of a Deity does not appear in their set of names (Shri Gan$esha, K "rttikeya, #di Guru Dattatreya, Durga, Lakshmi etc.) so you will find these names in the form of Shri Mataji’s mantra at the beginning of these sets of names, as it would seem appropriate to take that first.

Shri Mataji has commented that when transcribing Her talks we should correct Her English if it is not grammatically correct - so any quotations that appear in this book may have been adjusted accordingly.

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SAHAJA YOGA MANTRA BOOK

SAHAJA YOGA MANTRA BOOK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

page

Dedication……….. 1

Gan$esha Atharva Sheersha………. 3

Editorial Standards……….. 5

Table of Contents……… 6

Diacritic marks……… 9

Notes on Sanskrit pronunciation……… 10

Shri Mataji’s promise and declaration………14

Aarti -Sab.ko dua dena……… 16

Prayer - Mother, Please Come in my Heart…………17

Morning Prayer……….. 17

Shri Mataji : On Meditation………... 18

Meditation with Shri Mataji……… 22

I see a mountain………. 25

Mantras in Sahaja Yoga (by Shri Mataji ) ………… 26

Om……….. 31

Mantras.- Left Side……… 33

Right side……… 34

Centre Channel………... 35

Affirmations………... 37

Lord’s Prayer ………. 40

Raghupati Raghava Sita Ram………. 40

Jay Jagadambe Mata Bhavani……… 40

Advice at Chelsam Road……… 41

Sayings from Shri Mataji………... 43

Prayers for Agnya and Heart……….. 44

Are You Progressing Well?……… 45___ How to awaken Shri Gan$esha’s Power within you… 46 } 12 Names of Shri Gan$esha – Nirvighnam-astu …….. 47 }

AUM, to the Divine Essence of the Prayer………… 48 }

Aarti to Lord Gan$esha……… 50 }

How to clear the Mooladhara Chakra……….51 } M$l"dh"ra 108 Holy Names of Shri Gan$esha……….. 54 }

108 Holy Names of Lord Gan$esha(English)……….. 58 }

111 Names of Shri Gan$esha………... 62 }

108 Names of Shri Karttikeya……… 66___ } . Gayatri Mantra………71 } Sw"dhishthan 21 Names of Shri Brahmadeva Saraswati………….. 72 } .

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Shri Ashta Lakshmi(inc. Shri Santaana- +Raja- Lakshmi)… 74 }

Aparajita Hymn……….. 76 } Hymn to Shri Narayani.Devi Mah"tmyam chapter 11……..78 }

24 Names of Shri Vis$hn$u………... 85 } N" bhi 108 Names of Lord Vis$hn$u 86 } Shri Lakshmi Vishnu Praise to Shri Vis$hn$u 89 }

10 Holy Petals of Nabhi Chakra 90 }

108 Names of Shri Lakshmi 91 } .

Guru Mantra 94 }

10 Primordial Masters 94 } Void /Adi Guru 108 names of Shri#di Guru Dattatreya 95 }

113 names of Shri Adi Guru Dattatreya 100 } . Prayer to Shri Annapurna 103 }

You are the Mother (Twameva Mata) 105 } Heart Prayer to the Divine Mother 106 } Shri Devi Prayer to the Devi 106 }

Shri R "ma Jayam 107 } Shri Rama R "m-raksha (R "ma Kavacha) 108 }

108 Names of Shri R "ma 112 } Shri Shiva Atma Ashtakam ( FormerlyTad Niskala) 117 }

108 Names of Shri Shiva 119 } 108 Names of the Sacred River Ganges 124 }

84 Names of Shri Durga 129 } Shri Durga 108 Names of Shri Durga 132 } . 84 names of Shri Vis$hn$umaya 136 }

99 Names of Allah 138 } Vishuddhi 16 Names of Shri Radha Kr$is$hn$a 140 } Shri Radha Krishna

108 Names of Shri Radha Kr$is$hn$a(Sanskrit) 140 } 108 Names of Shri Kr$is$hn$a (English) 145 }

.

Advice with Ek "dasha Rudra Problems 148 }

Prayer for Shri Buddha P$ ja 149 } Agnya Chakra Shri Buddha’s Mantras 152 } Ekadasha Rudras Mantras for Shri Mah"Gan$esha 153 }

11 Ek "dasha Rudras 153 } 108 Names of Lord Jesus Christ (Sanskrit) 154 }

108 Names of Lord Jesus Christ (English) 158 } . Shri Bhagavati 161 }

Prayer to the Almighty 161 } Shri Nirmala Namaskar 163 }

Kavach of the Devi (Sanskrit) 169 } Shri Devi/ Devi Atharva Sheersha 173 } Shri Mataji/ Mantras of Vir "ta 184 } Sahasrara

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Mantras for Shri Nirmala 185 } 108 Names of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi 187 }

What is the greatest mistake? 192 } . 21 Names of Shri Bhairava for the Id$"N"di 193 } Left Side

108 Names of Shri Mah"kali 194 } . Prayer to Mah"saraswati 198 } Right Side Shri Hanumana Chalisa- 199 } . 108 Names of Shri Mah"lakshmi (Latin) 204 } Central Channel 27 Names of Mary Mah"lakshmi (Latin) 208 }

Mahalakshmi Stotram /Padma Purana 209 } . Negativity Destroying Mantras 210

Praise by#di Shan$karacharya 210 To My Flower Children 211 108 Names of the Devi 215 1000 names of Shri Mah"kali 219 The Creation of Shri Ganesha 252 The story of Shri Karttikeya 263

P$ ja. 264

Havan. 267

Glossary -Meanings of the names of Chakras etc 269 Standard Meditations 275

Subtle System 280

Notes on sources of prayers 281 Changes to srcinal SYMB 285

Diacritic marks Diacritic marks

See the following ‘Notes on Sanskrit pronunciation’ for more detail.

! - longaasound as in ‘cart’ % - longiisound as in ‘keen’ $ - longuusound as in ‘pool’

& -oowith impliedaaat start of next word (o is always long as in ‘go’) + -eewith impliedaaat start of next word (e is always long as in ‘hay’) 'hh - aspiratedtt(there is no th sound as in ‘the’)

t*, d$,

t*, d$,'$h, d$h -$h, d$h -cerebral consonants pronounced at the roof of the mouth.

s$h

s$h - aspiratedshshas in ‘shoot’. #hh -unaspiratedshshas in ‘sure’.

r$i or r$u

r$i or r$u-rras a vowel- like ‘rich’ -the i or u is not really there.

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Notes on Sanskrit pronunciation

Notes on Sanskrit pronunciation

These notes also apply to Hindi and Marathi. Sanskrit, Hindi

Sanskrit, Hindi and MarMar

!

thithi are written in a script called Deva-nDeva-n

!

gargar

%

lit .‘from the town of the Gods’ , sometimes calledNN

!

gargar

%

.. A peculiarity of all Indian scripts is that each consonant is considered to be followed by a shortaa, unless indicated otherwise.

Unlike English, letters in DevaDeva-nn

!

gargar

%

have fixed sounds and one can be fairly sure of the pronunciation from the spelling.

1Vowels.Vowels.. Devanagari has only 14 vowels as opposed to 23 in English, and three of those are virtually unused. It is important for correct pronunciation to know whether a, ia, ior uu is short or long.

The symbols

!

,

%

and

$

have been used for long vowels as incartcart, keenkeen

andpoolpool.aa,iior uuwritten without a line on top are short. Long

!

and shortaa

are different sounds whereas longiianduuare the short sounds lengthened.

The shorta sound is likea theuuinbutbutor theaainlocallocaland never hard as in

bat.

bat. It is like trying to say the consonants without any vowel sound.

Gan)apati

Gan)apati, for example, would be pronounced ‘g-n-p-ti’g-n-p-ti’ roughly like ‘gunnergunner-putty’.putty’.

The shortii is as inbitbitand the long

%

as inbeetbeet.

The shortuu is as inputputand not as in funfun (which is a shortaa, unless you come from Yorkshire) and the long

$

as inboot.boot.

o

oandee are always long, but single vowel sounds whileauauandaiaishould be pronounced as double soundsa-ua-uanda-i.a-i.

Thus med-med- would be pronounced as English ‘maid’ andmaidmaid- ‘my-eed’..

Mod-Mod- is long as in ‘modem’ and not as in ‘modern’. Short oo and ee as in ‘log’ and ‘leg’ are not in Sanskrit, but are used in Hindi and Marathi.

The symbols

&

and

+

are used where a finalooor eeelides into a shortaaat the beginning of the next word as in sthitsthit

&

-si-si which is sthitosthito+asiasi, or

namast

namast

+

-stustu which is namastenamaste+astuastu, so the vowel is longer than an ordinary longooor ee. Where a word ends inee, it is always pronounced longéé

or eh.eh. Deva-n

Deva-n

!

gargar

%

alphabet is systematically arranged(unlike the English jumble)

with the vowels first, followed by five sets each of five consonants in the order of the parts of the mouth in which they are

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produced:-gutturals (k+g), palatals (ch+j), cerebrals (

%

t,+d)), dentals (t+d) and labials (p+b), with an aspirated form of every letter (kh, gh etc.) and a nasal for each set (guttural ññ, palatal ññ etc.-in English the adjustment is made automatically, eg. the nn in ‘hung' being pronounced palatally, but in ‘hunt’ dentally). The cerebralt,, t,h, d),t,, t,h, d), d)h, n),d)h, n),ands)hs)h are pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled back against the roof of the mouth.

Bothvvandwware used in transliterating Sanskrit but are in fact the same letter. The sound is halfway between vv and ww like ‘vw’ i.e.tvwamtvwam. One suggestion is to pronounce ‘w’ with the upper teeth touching the lower lip. Normally wwis used when the consonant is compounded, eg. twamtwam,swamiswami

andvvwhen on its own, eg.

(

hivahiva,Vis)hn)u;Vis)hn)u;

In Marathi a final --

!

vava is pronounced –

!

o,o, so R R

!

vava=‘R R

!

o’; Namdevao’; Namdeva= ‘Namdeo’

‘Namdeo’

There are three sibilants in Sanskrit, a normal dental s,s, an unaspirated palatal

#

hhas in

(

hiva, Gan)ehiva, Gan)e

#

haha etc. with a softhhas in ‘sure’. The third is

an aspirated cerebral s)h,s)h, as in ‘shoot’, which almost never starts a word (except when meaning ‘six’) and is usually found compounded as in

Vis)hn)u Vis)hn)u.

ssis always unvoiced, ie. likehisshissand nothis.his.

5 A common case ending is an aspiration called visargavisarga which is sometimes written as a finalhh or h),h), e.g. namah),namah), but more accurately written namahnamahaa indicating an echo of the final vowel sound with the aspiration. This is often the nominative singular of nouns and adjectives, and commonly modifies in composition to – oo, -asas, -aa

#

hh, and -ihihii to – irir (see Sandhi

Sandhi below).

6

6 r)r)is a vowel, normally writtenr)i,r)i,as inr)itam, Kr)is)hn)ar)itam, Kr)is)hn)aor Sanskr)itSanskr)it

and sometimesr)ur)u, as in amr)ut,amr)ut, something like the sound in ‘rich’. Be aware that there is no full vowel sound after the r).r).Both the vowel r)r)and the consonant rr are retroflex (with the tongue curled back) and should be rolled in the Scottish manner and not with the English tendency to elongate the vowel and drop therr(ie. ‘dark’ being pronounced ‘daak’)

The composite letter jñ jñis pronounced palatally and is writtengñygñy (as in

gñy

gñy

!

nana ‘knowledge’) to facilitate pronunciation. The symbolññ is used for both the guttural and palatal nasal sounds at the back of the mouth, which

are more nasalisations than full n sounds.

g

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There is no thth sound as in ‘thethe’,, so the aspirated tt has been sometimes written

'

h,h, which is pronounced as inboaboa

'

hook hook eg. A. A

'

harva.harva. Alsophph is an aspiratedpp(as in ’map-holder’) and notf.f.

Note:

Note: Differentiating between aspirated and un-aspirated consonants is tricky for westerners, because most initial consonants are pronounced half aspirated anyway. ‘Down the garden’ for example, has an aspirated d d in ‘down’ and g g in ‘garden’, but an un-aspirated cerebral d)d) in ‘garden’. Aspirated consonants have to be pronounced like the Irish -‘dhown the gharden’. Un-aspirated consonants are more often found in French, for

example qui,qui, which is unaspirated while the English keykey is aspirated. In Hindi and Marathi shortaaat the end of words and before long syllables is dropped soR R

!

mamabecomesR R

!

m, Sulabhm, Sulabh

!

becomesSulbhSulbh

!

etc. This is not done in Sanskrit.

Hyphens

Hyphens are used in the text to facilitate pronunciation and ease of reading. Where a hyphen is used, it may indicate that the letter at the beginning of the following word also belongs to the end of the previous word or that the words are inextricably compounded. In either case, they should be run together as one word.

For non-Indians a word likeJagad-ambJagad-amb

!

‘world-mother’ would tend to be pronounced ‘Jaga-damba’; or in the case of vyakt-vyakt-

!

vyakt-vyakt-

!

tmika,tmika, the aa’s

at the end of vyaktavyaktaand avyaktaavyaktacoalesce with the following vowels, but vyakt

vyakt

!

vyaktvyakt

!

tmikatmikawould be hard to decypher quickly or correctly; in our own language we can recognise ‘globetrotter’ as ‘globe-trotter’ and not ‘globet-rotter’.

Sandhi

Sandhi(euphonic combinations)

Sanskrit is written as it is spoken, with the endings of words modified to suit the beginnings of the following words. There are long complicated rules as to how this achieved. In effect we do the same in English without writing it, so that ‘Do you want to get a cup of coffee?’ if actually written as it is pronounced would be ‘Jawannageddacuppacoffee?’;

Thus Sat chitSat chit

!

nandananda becomes Sach-chid-Sach-chid-

!

nandananda and JagatJagat (world) softens to Jagan-mJagan-m

!

tt

!

and Jagad-ambJagad-amb

!

(both meaning ‘Mother of the world’) A short or longaaat the end of a word will coalesce with a vowel at the beginning of the following word, so ava uttarava uttar

!

tt becomes avottaravottar

!

t,t,

andava adharava adhar

!

tt becomesavav

!

dhardhar

!

t.t. V

Visargaisarga (final aspiration) modifies in composition,so namahª namahª namahª namahª

becomes namo namahª namo namahª , Indrahª twamIndrahª twam becomes Indras-twam,Indras-twam, and

binduh

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Pronunciation.

Pronunciation. The Indian way of saying mantras or indeed talking in general, is rather like playing the bagpipes, in that the vocal chords make a constant drone which is modulated into words in the mouth, rather than the western style where each word is individually enunced; and thus a whole sentence becomes one continuous piece.

One writer comments ‘The key to reciting Sanskrit is to dwell exaggeratedly on every heavy syllable (and in particular to draw out long vowels to a great length) while passing lightly and rapidly over all light syllables.’ A heavy syllable is one with a long vowel, or a short vowel followed by two or more consonants, Aspirated shsh, dhdh etc. are single consonants.

Stress.

Stress. There is a stress in the form of a lengthening and slight upward inflection musically which generally falls on the penultimate syllable of a word or phrase, if that syllable is heavy, or the syllable before that if that is heavy or even the one before that, if heavy. So the stress onnamonamonamahnamahaa

is on theoo, and thenamahnamahaa is rather thrown away. Notation.

Notation. The notation adopted here is one which is designed to sound right to the uninitiated, while giving full information to scholars. It is, in the main, the modern or ‘scientific’ system of writing Sanskrit with the following

exceptions:---

#

hh (‘scientifically’

#

as in

(

iva, Gan$$eiva, Gan$$e

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a), -s,ha), -s,h (‘scientifically’ s,s, as in Vis,n)u

Vis,n)u) -ch

-ch(‘scientifically’cc as incandracandra - the normal sounds of cc being covered byssandk k )

--the vowelr$ir$i(‘scientifically’r$r$eg.Kr$s$n)aKr$s$n)a.) Dative Endings.

Dative Endings.

When saying a mantra in the form‘Om Shri Gane‘Om Shri Gane#hh!ya namahya namahaa’’it is correct to have the dative ending – – !yaya on the nameGaneGane#haha, as this is required by the adverbnamahnamahaa. The mantra‘Om twameva s‘Om twameva s!ks)hks)h!t Shri Ganet Shri Gane#ha sha s!ks)hks)h!t…’t…’

is the nominative/ vocative. The following is a table of dative endings for anyone wishing to inter-convert.

Dative endings- singular only.

Words

Words ending ending in:- in:- Masculine Masculine FeminineFeminine

-a/-" -"ya -"yai

-i/- ! -aye -yaior –iyeif monosyllabic

-u/-$ -ave -vaior –uveif monosyllabic

-tr)i (eg. kartr)i) -tre (kartre) -tre Consonants(eg.!tman) -e ( !tmane) -e

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Shri Mataji ’s promise and declaration

Shri Mataji ’s promise and declaration

But today is the day I declare I am the One who has to save the humanity.

I declare I am the one who is

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di Shakti, who is Mother of all the mothers; who is the primordial Mother; the Shakti; the purest desire of God; who has incarnated on this earth to give it’s meaning to itself; to this creation; to human beings; and I am sure that through My love and patience and through My powers, I am going to achieve it.

I was the One who was born again and again; but now I have come in My complete form and with complete powers. I have come on this earth, not only for the salvation of human beings, not only for their emancipation, but for granting them the Kingdom of Heaven; the Joy; the Bliss that your Father wants to bestow upon you.

So be confident and be joyous and be happy, that all My powers will protect you, My love will nourish you, and my Nature will fill you

with Peace and Joy. May God bless you.

2nd Dec. 1979. Guru Puja, Dollis Hill.

‘..It is necessary that you have to recognize Me. And that recognition is fixed; I cannot change it…you have to dedicate yourself completely to Me; not to Sahaja Yoga, but to Me. Sahaja Yoga is just one of My aspects. Leaving everything you have to dedicate- complete dedication- otherwise you cannot ascend any further; without questioning, arguing. Complete dedication is the only way you can achieve it.’

Cowley Manor, 31 st July 1982

Declare to all the nations now, that I am the Holy Ghost.. and I have come for this special time- that this is the resurrection time –

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The truth is that I am the Adi Shakti incarnated; so go full speed into any direction, knowing one thing, that you are my child, and that I am Adi Shakti; everything that looks horrible will become better- you have seen it now, don’t worry about anything, just know that I am the Adi Shakti. That all the powers of Gods and Goddesses and all that are within Me and they are looking after –

13thOct. 1991, Navaratri Puja, Cabella.

We have to win people with love, compassion, affection and dignity. When we say it is a Vishva Dharma, is a universal religion we belong to, first and foremost thing- the essence of that- is peace. The peace has to be within, to begin with. You have to be peaceful within yourself. If you are not peaceful, if you are playing tricks with your ego, if you are just satisfying yourself saying that you are peaceful, you are sadly mistaken. Peace is to be enjoyed within yourself. It is to be felt within yourself…you have it. Your Spirit is absolutely peaceful, Avyagra, without restlessness. There is no restlessness in

your Spirit; absolutely peaceful and steady.

Bordi, 7 th Feb.1985

‘If they are arrogant, try to give them bandhans, try to control them through these methods. But if you think by arguing with them you will be able to manage them, it’s an impossibility. So try Nirmala Vidya, and that is humility, which is the mylin sheath of vibrations. If you are humble you will win the battle, if you are not, you will be lost.’

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AARTI

AARTI

(Hindi)

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du

!

denden

!

, M, M

!

Give blessings to all, O Mother ,

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du

!

denden

!

Give blessings to all, Chorus:

Jay. Nirmal

Jay. Nirmal

!

MM

!

tt

!

j j

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(x2) Victory to Our Immaculate Holy Mother,

Dil.me sad

Dil.me sad

!

reh.na, Mareh.na, Ma Always dwell in our hearts, O Mother,

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du

!

denden

!

Give blessings to all.

Jag.me sañkat*. k

Jag.me sañkat*. k

!

ran.ran. Whenever the world was in danger,

Kitane liye avat

Kitane liye avat

!

r, Mr, M

!

Mother, You have always incarnated,

Kitane liye avat

Kitane liye avat

!

rr On this earth in different forms,

Vi

Vi

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hwa me Terhwa me Ter

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mahimmahim

!

(x2) Your Greatness fills the Universe,

T

T

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GangGang

!

YamunYamun

!

, M, M

!

You are the sacred rivers Ganga and Yamuna,

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du

!

denden

!

O Mother, Give blessings to all.

Jo bh

Jo bh

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sharan. mesharan. me

!

yy

!

Whoever surrenders himself to You,

Sukh. h

Sukh. h

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milmil

!

us.ko, Mus.ko, M

!

Gets complete satisfaction, O Mother,

Sukh. h

Sukh. h

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milmil

!

us.kous.ko Happiness truly comes to him.

Bhai

Bhai

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h. ke dil.me O Mh. ke dil.me O M

!

(x2) Once You have entered our hearts,

Laut. ke n

Laut. ke n

!

jj

!

nn

!

,M,M

!

Do not go away, O Mother,

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du

!

denden

!

Give blessings to all.

M

M

!

nav. me avatar kenav. me avatar ke By incarnating in human form,

Kar. diy

Kar. diy

!

ujiyujiy

!

rr

!

, M, M

!

You have enlightened our lives, O Mother,

Kar. diy

Kar. diy

!

ujiyujiy

!

rr

!

You are the lamp that brings light,

Kali yug. me m

Kali yug. me m

!

yy

!

haihai (x2) In spite of the illusions of Kali Yuga,

Fir. bh

Fir. bh

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peh.chpeh.ch

!

nn

!

, M, M

!

We have been able to recognise You,

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du

!

denden

!

O Mother, Give blessings to all.

Sant. jano k

Sant. jano k

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dhartdhart

%

The land of all the saints,

Hai Bh

Hai Bh

!

rat. Mrat. M

!

tt

!

, M, M

!

Is Mother India. O Mother,

Hai Bh

Hai Bh

!

rat. Mrat. M

!

tt

!

Is this Mother India,

Is. dhar.t

Is. dhar.t

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par.par.

!

kar.*kar.* (x2) As You have incarnated in this land,

Dukh. se d

Dukh. se d

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r. karanr. karan

!

, M, M

!

Please take away our sorrows,

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du

!

denden

!

O Mother, give blessings to all.

Jab. dil. me

Jab. dil. me

!

ye tab.ye tab. Whenever we so wish,

Madhu sang

Madhu sang

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t. sun.lo, Mt. sun.lo, M

!

We can listen to the sweet music inside,

Madhu sang

Madhu sang

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t. sun.lot. sun.lo O Mother,

Hoya sake jo sew

Hoya sake jo sew

!

(x2) Whatever service You wish us to do,

Ham.se kar

Ham.se kar

!

lenlen

!

, M, M

!

Kindly ask us to do it, O Mother,

Sab.ko du

Sab.ko du!denden! Give blessings to all.

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Shri Mataji’s prayer

Shri Mataji’s prayer

Mother, please come in my heart,

Let me clean my heart so that You are there,

Put Your Feet into my heart,

Let Your Feet be worshipped in my heart,

Let me not be in delusion,

Take me away from illusions,

Keep me in Reality,

Take away the sheen of superficiality,

Let me enjoy Your Feet in my heart,

Let me see Your Feet in my heart.

H.S.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Chelsham Road 5

th

Oct.1984

Morning prayer

Morning prayer

May I this day, be what You’d have me be.

May I this day, say what You’d have me say.

May I this day, be part and parcel of the whole,

And may my thoughts be of a realised soul.

May I this day, have Love for all mankind.

Shri Mother, be in my heart and in my mind.

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Shri Mataji : on meditation

Shri Mataji : on meditation

In the morning you get up, have your bath, sit down, take some tea; don’t talk. Don’t talk in the morning- sit down, meditate - because at that time the Divine rays come in, the Sun comes afterwards. That’s how the birds get up. That’s how the flowers get up. They’re all awakened by that and if you are sensitive you will feel that by getting up in the morning you will look at least ten years younger. Really, it’s such a good thing to get up in the morning and then, automatically you sleep early. This is for getting up, for sleeping I need not tell because that you’ll manage yourself. Then, in the morning time you should just meditate.

In meditation try to stop your thoughts. Watch My photograph with open eyes and see that you stop your thoughts. You should stop your thoughts, then you go into meditation. The simple thing to stop your thoughts is the Lord’s Prayer, because that’s the Agnya state. So in the morning you remember Lord’s Prayer or Gan$esha’s mantra. It’s just the same. Or you even say ‘I forgive’. So you can start with Gan$esha’s mantra, say Lord’s Prayer and then say ‘I forgive’. It works out. Then you are in thoughtless awareness. Now you meditate. Before that, there’s no meditation. When the thoughts are coming or ‘I have to take tea, what shall I do, now what have I to do, who’s this and who’s that?’ All this will be there. So first you become thoughtlessly aware, then the growth of spirituality starts after

thoughtless awareness, not before. One should know that. On rational plane you cannot grow in Sahaja Yoga. So first thing is to establish your

thoughtless awareness; still you might feel little chakra blockages here and there; forget it. Just forget about it.

Now start your surrendering. Now if a chakra is catching, you should say ‘Mother, I surrender this to You’. Instead of doing any of these things you can just say that. But, that surrendering should not be rationalised. If you’re still rationalising and worrying – ‘Why should I say this?’ - it will never work out. If there’s pure love and purity in your heart that’s the best thing; that to do so is to surrender.

Leave all the worries to your Mother- everything to your Mother. But surrendering is one point that is very difficult in ego-oriented societies. Even talking about that, I feel a little bit worried.

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But if there’s any thoughts coming in to you or any chakra catching, just surrender. And you’ll see that the chakras are cleared up. In the morning time you do not go on putting this way, that way, nothing.

Don’t move your hands too much in the morning. You’ll find most of your chakras will clear out in the meditation.

Try to put your love in your heart. Just try in your heart, and there, try to put your Guru, in the core of it. After establishing in the heart, we must bow to that with full devotion and dedication. Now whatever you do with your mind after realisation is not imagination because now your mind, your imagination, is itself enlightened. So project yourself in such a way that you humble down at the Feet of your Guru, your Mother.

And now ask for the necessary temperament needed for meditation, or atmosphere needed for meditation. Meditation is when you are one with the Divine.

Now if there are thoughts coming in first you have to say the first mantra, of course, and then watch inside. Also, you must say the mantra of Gan$esha, will help some people, and then you should watch inside and see for yourself which is the biggest hurdle. First the thought ... now for the thought you have to say the mantra of Nirvichara.

Om Twameva s

Om Twameva s

!

ks$hks$h

!

t Shrt Shr

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Nirvichara sNirvichara s

!

ks$hks$h

!

tt Shr

Shr

%

)

di Shakti Mdi Shakti M

!

tt

!

j j

%

ShrShr

%

NirmalNirmal

!

Devyai namo namahª Devyai namo namahª

Now come to the hurdle of our ego. You see the thought has stopped now no doubt, but there is still a pressure on the head. So if it is ego, you have to say:

Om Twameva s

Om Twameva s

!

ks$hks$h

!

t Shrt Shr

%

Mahat-ahamk Mahat-ahamk

!

ra sra s

!

ks$hks$h

!

tt Shr

Shr

%

)

di Shakti Mdi Shakti M

!

tt

!

j j

%

ShrShr

%

NirmalNirmal

!

Devyai namo namahª Devyai namo namahª

Mahat means the great, Ahamkara means the ego. You say it thrice. Now, even now, if you find that ego is still there then you have to raise

your left side to push it back to the right side. With your (right) hand, one (left) hand towards the photograph.

Push the left side higher and the right side lower so the ego and the superego get the balance. Do it seven times. Try to see how you are feeling inside, you see.

So once you have given yourself a balance, then the best thing is to pay attention to your emotions, to Manas Shakti. Watch them. You can enlighten your emotions, by thinking of your Mother. Right? Just enlighten them.

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This solves all the problems. Whatever are the problems in the Mana. So, once you are connected to those emotions and you start looking at them in your meditation, you will see these emotions are rising within you and if you try to put these emotions on your Mother, (as they say, at the Lotus Feet of your Mother) they, those emotions, will start dissolving and they’ll become sort of, expanded. Expanse you see. You will extend them in such a way that you will feel you are in control of them and by controlling those emotions, your emotions are expanded, enlightened and powerful.

Now what you do is to watch your breathing. See now, try to reduce your breathing; reduce it in the sense that you have breathed out, wait for a while, then breathe in. For a long time. Then you breathe out. So during one minute your breathing will be less than normal. Alright? Try that, keep the attention on the emotions, you see? So that the connection is established.

Better? See, the Kun$d$alin

!

rises. Now, when you are breathing, you find that there is a space in-between which you just leave vacant. Breathe in. Keep it there. Now breathe out and keep breathing out. Now breathe in. Now start breathing in such a way, that you really reduce your breathing. Your attention should be on your heart or it could be your emotions, it’s better to keep the breath inside for a while. Hold it. Bring it out. Hold out. Then keep it outside for a while. Then again. Then you’ll find that for a while you will not breathe. Good. See, you’re settled now. The Laya takes place between your Prana and your Mana. Both the Shaktis become one. Now raise your Kun$d$alin

!

- up on top and tie it up. Again, raise your

Kun$d$alin

!

- up on the head and tie it up. Again, raise your Kun$d$alin

!

and tie it up thrice.

Now at the Sahasrara you should say the mantra of Sahasrara - thrice.

Om Twameva s

Om Twameva s

!

ks$hks$h

!

t Shrt Shr

%

Kalki sKalki s

!

ks$hks$h

!

tt Shr

Shr

%

Sahasrara SwaminSahasrara Swamin

%

Moks$ha PradayinMoks$ha Pradayin

%

MM

!

tt

!

j j

%

Shr

Shr

%

NirmalNirmal

!

Devi namo namahª.Devi namo namahª.

Now it’s open. Now, if you see, now you can open again your Sahasrara like this.

And see that you are stationed there ... Once this has been done - then you go into meditation ...

Reduce your breathing, will be better. You reduce your breathing as if stopping it, but no exertion about it.

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Meditation by H.S.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Meditation by H.S.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Please close your eyes. All of you close your eyes. Now we all will do the meditation the way we have been doing in the halls, wherever we had public programs.

We will work on the left-hand side and the left hand towards Me. Now first of all you put your hand on your heart. In the heart resides Shiva, is the Spirit. So you have to thank your Spirit that it has brought light to your attention because you are a saint and the light that has come in your hearts has to enlighten the whole world. So, please now in your heart you pray.

Let this light of my love of the Divine spread to the whole world. Let this light of my love of the Divine spread to the whole world.With all sincerity and understanding that you are connected with the Divine and whatever you desire will happen with full confidence in yourself. Now put your right hand in the upper part of your abdomen on the

left-hand side. And now here is the center of your Dharma. Here you have to pray:

Let Vishwa Nirmala Dharma spread in the whole world. Let people Let Vishwa Nirmala Dharma spread in the whole world. Let people see the light through our dharmic life, through our righteousness. Let see the light through our dharmic life, through our righteousness. Let people see that and accept the Vishwa Nirmala Dharma by which people see that and accept the Vishwa Nirmala Dharma by which they get enlightenment and a benevolent higher life and a desire to they get enlightenment and a benevolent higher life and a desire to ascend.

ascend.

Now take your right hand in the lower portion of your abdomen, of the stomach on the left-hand side. Press it. Now this is the centre of pure knowledge. Here you have to say as Sahaja Yogis that:

Our Mother has given us the full idea how the Divine works. She has Our Mother has given us the full idea how the Divine works. She has given us all the mantras and all the pure knowledge that we could given us all the mantras and all the pure knowledge that we could bear and understand.

bear and understand.

Let all of us be fully knowledgeable about that. I have seen if the man is a leader, the wife does not know a word about Sahaja Yoga. If the woman knows about Sahaja Yoga, the husband doesn’t know anything about it.

Let me be proficient and an expert in this knowledge, so that I can Let me be proficient and an expert in this knowledge, so that I can give realisation to people, make them understand what is Divine law, give realisation to people, make them understand what is Divine law, what is Kun$d$alin

what is Kun$d$alin

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and what are the Chakras. Let my attention beand what are the Chakras. Let my attention be more on Sahaja Yoga than on

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Now put your right hand on the upper part of your abdomen and close your eyes. Now here on the left-hand side press it.

Mother has given me the Spirit and I have my own Guru which is the Mother has given me the Spirit and I have my own Guru which is the Spirit. I am master of my own.

Spirit. I am master of my own. Let there be no abandonment. Let there be no abandonment. Let there be dignity in my character. Let there be dignity in my character. Let there be generosity in my behaviour. Let there be generosity in my behaviour.

Let there be compassion and Love for other Sahaja Let there be compassion and Love for other Sahaja Yogis.Yogis.

Let me not show off, but have a deep knowledge about God’s love Let me not show off, but have a deep knowledge about God’s love and His doing, so that when people come to me, I should be able to and His doing, so that when people come to me, I should be able to tell them about Sahaja Yoga and give them this great knowledge with tell them about Sahaja Yoga and give them this great knowledge with humility and love.

humility and love.

Now raise your right hand on your heart. Here you have to

thank God that you have felt the ocean of joy and you have felt the thank God that you have felt the ocean of joy and you have felt the ocean of forgiveness and the capacity to forgive as our Mother has ocean of forgiveness and the capacity to forgive as our Mother has, which we have seen is so tremendous.

Let my heart expand and encompass the

Let my heart expand and encompass the whole universe and my lovewhole universe and my love should resound the name of God. The heart every moment should should resound the name of God. The heart every moment should express the beauty of God’s love.

express the beauty of God’s love.

Take now your right hand on the left Vishuddhi between the neck and the shoulder in the corner.

I will not indulge into the falsehood of guilt because I know it is I will not indulge into the falsehood of guilt because I know it is falsehood.

falsehood.

I will not escape my faults but

I will not escape my faults but face them and eradicate them.face them and eradicate them.

I will not try to find fault with others, but in my own knowledge of I will not try to find fault with others, but in my own knowledge of Sahaja Yoga let me remove their faults.

Sahaja Yoga let me remove their faults. (We have so many ways secretly we can remove the faults of others. )

Let my collectivity become so great that the whole Sahaja Yoga race Let my collectivity become so great that the whole Sahaja Yoga race is my own family, my own

is my own family, my own children, my home, my everything.children, my home, my everything.

Let me get that feeling completely, innately built within myself that I Let me get that feeling completely, innately built within myself that I am part and parcel of the whole because we all have one Mother and am part and parcel of the whole because we all have one Mother and let my concern go to the whole world to know what are their let my concern go to the whole world to know what are their problems and how can my true desire power solve them. Let me feel problems and how can my true desire power solve them. Let me feel the problems of the world in my heart and let me try innately to the problems of the world in my heart and let me try innately to remove all of them from the basis of which

remove all of them from the basis of which they are generated.they are generated. Let me go to the principles of all this problems and try to remove Let me go to the principles of all this problems and try to remove them through my Sahaja Yoga powers,

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Now put your right hand on your forehead across. Now here you have to say first:

I have to forgive all those who have not come to Sahaja Yoga, those I have to forgive all those who have not come to Sahaja Yoga, those who are on the periphery, who come and go, who jump in and out. who are on the periphery, who come and go, who jump in and out. But first of all and foremost I have to forgive all the Sahaja Yogis But first of all and foremost I have to forgive all the Sahaja Yogis because they are all better than me. I am the one who tries to find because they are all better than me. I am the one who tries to find fault with them but I am at the lowest end and I have to forgive them fault with them but I am at the lowest end and I have to forgive them because I must know that I still have to go very much further. I am because I must know that I still have to go very much further. I am still much less, I have to improve myself. This humility has to come still much less, I have to improve myself. This humility has to come within us.

within us.

So you have to say here::

Let there be the humility in my heart in

Let there be the humility in my heart in a true sense, not hypocritical.a true sense, not hypocritical. Work out this feeling of forgiveness so that I bow to reality, to God Work out this feeling of forgiveness so that I bow to reality, to God and to Sahaja Yoga.

and to Sahaja Yoga.

Now you have to put back your hand on the back side of your head and push back your head and you have to say here:

Oh Mother, whatever wrong we have done to You so far or whatever Oh Mother, whatever wrong we have done to You so far or whatever wrong goes in our minds, whatever smallness we have shown to You, wrong goes in our minds, whatever smallness we have shown to You, whatever way we have troubled You and challenged You, please whatever way we have troubled You and challenged You, please forgive us.

forgive us.

You should ask for forgiveness. In your intelligence you should know what I am. I don’t have to tell you again and again, not at Sahasrara. You have to thank Me at Sahasrara, put your hand, move it seven times and thank Me seven times.

Mother, thank You very much for the

Mother, thank You very much for the realization.realization.

Mother, thank You very much for making us understand how great Mother, thank You very much for making us understand how great we are and thank You very much for bringing all the blessings of the we are and thank You very much for bringing all the blessings of the Divine and thank You very much for raising us higher, much higher Divine and thank You very much for raising us higher, much higher than from where we were and also thank You very much for than from where we were and also thank You very much for sustaining us and for helping us to improve ourselves and correct sustaining us and for helping us to improve ourselves and correct ourselves.

ourselves.

And thank You very much ultimately that, Mother, You have come And thank You very much ultimately that, Mother, You have come on this earth, taken Your birth, and that You are working so hard on this earth, taken Your birth, and that You are working so hard for us, for all of us.

for us, for all of us.

Press it hard. And move it hard. Now take down your hands. Heads are all very hot.

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So now let us give ourselves a nice bandhan. In the bandhan of Mother let us move our left to the right. One - nicely. Understand what you are. What are your auras. Now again - second one. Now the third one. Now the fourth one. Now the fifth. Now the sixth one. And now the seventh. Now raise your Kundalini slowly, very slowly, raise it first time, you

have to do it very slowly. Now push back your head and give it a knot, one knot - second one, let’s do it very slowly and knowing what you are, you are a saint. Do it properly, not in a haste. Push back your head and give it two knots there, one and two.

Now let’s do the other one. Again the third one you have to give three knots. Very slowly do it. Very slowly. Now do it properly. Now push back your head. Now give it the third knot. Three times.

Now see your vibrations. See your vibrations like this. All the children see your vibrations like this, put your hands. Beautiful. I am getting vibrations from you.

May God bless you. Thank you very much.

H.S.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shudy Camps, June 18th. 1988

Swastika.

‘creating well-being, making auspicious.’ Su

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I see a mountain

I see a mountain

I see a mountain from my window,

Standing like an ancient sage,

Desireless, full of love.

So many trees and so many flowers,

They plunder the mountain all the time.

Its attention is not disturbed.

And when the rain pours like many pitchers of clouds bursting,

And it fills the mountain with greenery.

The storms may come soaring,

Filling the lake with compassion,

And the rivers flow running down,

Towards the calling sea.

The sun will create clouds and

Wind carries on its feathery wings,

The rain on to the mountain.

This is the eternal play,

The mountain sees,

Without desires.

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Mantras in Sahaja Yoga

Mantras in Sahaja Yoga

In Sanskrit, ‘manana’ means to meditate. A mantra is that which is uttered in meditation. It is the phonetisation of vibrations into a specific sound which has a direct effect on the inner being. When a realised soul (Sahaja Yogi) utters a mantra, he/she mediates spiritual energy for the specific purpose for which the mantra is intended.

Meditation Meditation

Mantras are most effective when used whilst sitting in meditation. To do this, find a clean, quiet place. Set Shri Mataji ’s picture on a table, placing a lit candle before the picture. Sit comfortably with hands relaxed on your lap, palms upward. This can be done in conjunction with footsoaking. After putting yourself in bandhan, keeping your attention loose, see what sensations

- i.e. tingling, numbness, slight heat - you may feeling on your fingers or in your body at the location of the Chakras. These sensations tell you where the blockages are in your Chakras. Clear them, using bandhan and the appropriate mantras (checking which finger or location on the hand corresponds to which Chakra). After some time these sensations will disappear, and you will start to feel coolness on your hands. This means that the Chakras have cleared and that Kundalini is rising unimpeded.

Sometimes, you may feel the cool breeze at first, and then heat in the hands or in the body. This happens when the Kundalini starts to burn away the impurities that are clogging the Chakra, and is a good sign. The process can be helped along by footsoaking.

If the heat is more in the left hand and also you do not feel vibrations on the left hand, put that hand out towards Shri Mataji ’s photograph and the right hand palm down on the Mother Earth.

In a severe case hold the left hand towards the flame of a candle, palm upwards and very near the flame (not so near that the finger gets burnt) and the right hand on ground.

If the right hand is hot/warm or no vibrations are coming, put that hand towards Shri Mataji’s picture and the left hand palm facing upwards and towards the back. No candle.

If you are disturbed by thought or mental activity, try doing the Attention Exercise given in the Explanation of Sahaj Terms.

Do not fight your thoughts, but try to just witness them and let them go. Gradually, you will find yourself in thoughtless awareness, without any effort.

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Mantras in Sahaja Yoga

Mantras in Sahaja Yoga

OM OM

The AMEN, the WORD of John’s Gospel. The OM is the integrated power of the

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Left sympathetic nervous system Attribute of Tamo Gun$a- divine bliss. The Quality of Pure Desire and the Spirit. OM can be chanted on its own, allowing the sound to reverberate in the body for a full breath. Saying OM seven times with the attention on each chakra in turn can be a good way of starting meditation.

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Exposition of the sacred syllable OM

Exposition of the sacred syllable OM

From the M !rkan$d$eya Purana Chapter 42 Dattatreya spoke;

The Yogi who lives thus, rightly busied in religious devotion, cannot be turned away even by hundreds of other lives. And when he has beheld the Supreme Soul, visible, existing in all forms, whose feet and head and neck the universe composes, the Lord and Creator of this universe, let him in order to attain thereto utter the one mighty and holy syllable OM! Let it be his study as he listens to its true form. A and U and M are its three letters; these are its three instants; they are characterised by goodness, passion and ignorance. And another, a half instant, which has its seat on the top of the head is without quality and can be understood by Yogis only. It is called gandhari, as it is to be uttered in the gandhara note (Ga)*. Being pronounced it reaches the head and it conveys the feeling of ants moving (on the top of the head).

As the syllable OM being pronounced reaches the head, the Yogi who is lost in meditation of OM should become united with Brahman, the Supreme Soul. Life is his bow, the soul is his arrow, Brahma is the target sublime. It is to be pierced by the heedful man; he should be united with Brahman, as the arrow becomes embedded in the target. The syllable OM, consisting of three and a half instants, should be known in its true sense as the three Vedas – the Rig, Sama and Yajus – the three worlds, the three fires, and the three deities Vis$hn$u,

Brahma and Shiva. And the Yogi who is absorbed in religious meditation thereon, may obtain extinction therein.

Moreover the letter A is designated the Bh

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r-loka (Earth), and the letter U the Bhuvah-loka (Sky) and the letter M with its nasal mark is decided to be the Swah-loka (Heaven). Now the first instant is called the discrete (manifest) the second the indiscrete, and the third instant is the intellectual faculty (consciousness, attention); the half instant is the highest abode (final emancipation from existence). In this very order must these stages of religious meditation be known. By uttering the word OM everything both existent and non-existent may be grasped.

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Now the first instant is short, the second is long (two instants), and the third is prolated (three instants) and the half instant is not cognisant to speech.

Such is this word. Brahman is designated the Supreme OM. The man who truly understands it and further meditates on it, escaping the circle of mundane existence casts off the three-fold bonds, and gains sublime extinction in Brahman, the Supreme Soul. And he who is bound with the unconsumed results of his actions, after experiencing death through ill omens, and recollecting it at the time of his departure, attains to a yogi’s condition again. Hence by means of imperfect religious devotion, or again by perfected religious devotion are always to be known the ill omens’ so that he does not sink into despondency at the time of his departure.

End of chapter 42.

Note:

Note:This corresponds to the order in which creation took place. The Undifferentiated and Attributeless Supreme Spirit, Brahman, awoke from the night of dissolution of the first creation (Padmavasana); first clothed Itself in goodness and manifested as N

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, the God of Knowledge, and thirdly became clothed in desire and darkness as Rudra (Shri Shiva).

*GaGa is the third note of the scale ( Sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni, sa Sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni, sa ) The note ‘ Sa’ Sa’ is found by singing the lowest note you can reach and coming up 3 tones ie. the fourth lowest note. This is usually around B flat for men. GaGa would then be D flat or D.

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Mantras for the Chakras

Mantras for the Chakras

To help raise the Kundalini, clear the Chakras and develop the qualities of the particular Deity within ourselves, the aspects of the Divine (Deities) which govern each Chakra can be invoked.

The basic form is as follows:

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You who are verily t he Primordial Creative Energy, the Supreme Mother,

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Nirmal

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Devyai

Devyai

To Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi,

The Immaculate Goddess,

namo namah

namo namah

aa Salutations again and again.

In the space indicated, say the name of the Deity to be worshipped related to the Chakra you wish to clear.

Normally the mantras are said once or three times but can be said continuously until the vibrations clear. Placing the right hand on the relevant chakra with the left hand to Shri Mataji’s photograph also helps; or the left hand if working on the right side.

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namahaa’, so it will be short, as when saying the 108 names or ‘OmOm twameva s

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kshat Shrikshat Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi namo namah

Mataji Nirmala Devi namo namahaa’ and may be said three times, as when said for a particular chakra’.

H.S.H. Shri Mataji 17/18thMay 1980 Winchester

*Technically it is correct to say ‘ ShrShr % NirmalNirmal!Devyai namo namahDevyai namo namaha’a’ as we are saying ‘We bow to Shri Nirmala Devi ‘ and Devyai Devyai is the dative form. This is how

it is written and said in India.

However to say‘Shr‘Shr % NirmalNirmal!Devi namo namahª Devi namo namahª ’ is not incorrect as this would be the vocative meaning ‘O Immaculate Devi, salutations again and again’.

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