Sathyam Sivam Sundaram

sarva roopa dharam, saantham
sarva naama dharam, sivam
sat – chit – ananda roopam, advaitam
sathyam sivam sundaram

Meaning:
Assuming all forms, I am the embodiment of peace
Assuming all names, I am the embodiment of auspiciousness
I am Being – Awareness - Bliss; the one without a second
Truth, Goodness, Beauty

The Five Aspects of The Universe

asti bhAti priyam roopam nAma chaityamsha panchakam
Adayatrayam brahma roopam jagat roopam tato dvayam

Meaning: existence, illumination, joy, form and name - these are the five aspects of each object. The first three are related to Brahman and are permanent; the last two are related to the (material) world and are transitory.

Shanti Mantra

(for Upanishads of Rig Veda)

vAngme manasi pratishThita manOme vAci pratishThita mAvirAvIrma yEdhi
vEdasya ma ANIstha srutam mE mA prahAsIraNenAdheetE nAhOrAtrAn
sandadhAmryutam vadiSyAmi satyam vadiSyAmi tanmAmavatu tadvaktAramavatu mAmavtu vaktAram
aum SAnti SAnti SAnti:


Meaning: Aum, speech is based on the mind; the mind is based on speech. O Self-effulgent One, reveal Thyself to me. May you both be carriers of the Veda to me. May not all that I
have heard depart from me. I shall join together day and night through this study. I shall utter what is verbally true; I shall utter what is mentally true. May That protect me; may That protect the speaker. May That protect me; may That protect the speaker.
Aum Peace! Peace! Peace!

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Stillness

satsangatve nissangatvam
nissangatve nirmohatvam
nirmohatve nishchalatatvam
nishchalatatve jeevanmukti:

From company of good people comes non-attachment, from non-attachment comes freedom from delusion, which leads to self-settledness. From self-settledness comes Jeevan muktii, the ultimate freedom.

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Quest for the Absolute

aum

asato mA sad gamaya

tamaso mA jyotir gamaya

mrtyor mA amrtam gamaya

aum shAnti shAnti shAntihi

Lead me from the unreal to the real (from the apparent to the absolute)
Lead me from darkness to light
Lead me from death to immortality
Aum Peace Peace Peace

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The Absolute!

aum poornamadah poornam idam poornAt pooranam udacyate
poornasya poornam AdAya poornam EvAvasishyate


Meaning: "That" is whole; "This" is whole; from the whole the whole originates. When the whole is taken away from the whole the whole remains.
“That” refers to Paramatma; “This” refers to Jivatma. From Paramatma the Jivatma originates. Brahman does not undergo any diminution, does not undergo any change. Brahmasatyam Jaganmithya

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Together..

sahanAvavatu sahanou bhunaktu saha vIryam karavAvahai
tEjaswinA vadhIthamastu mAvidvishAvavahai
aum shAnthi shAnthi shAnthi:


Meaning: Aum! May that Brahman protect us both
May that Brahman nourish us both
May we work in harmony with great vigor
May our study be illuminating and fruitful
May we not hate each other
Aum.. Peace, Peace Peace