Includes Tamil chant sheet!

Tracks

1. OM OM OM   0:49
2. Opening Chants  02:19
3. OM Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya  01:20
4. Samba Sadasiva   03:26
5. Shivaya Nama OM  03:34
6. OM Hrim Namah Sivaya  02:43
7. Songs in Tamil  05:37
8. Bhagavad Gita: “Gita Dhyanam” (Meditation on the Gita)  01:12
9. Bhagavad Gita: 2^nd chapter, last 20 slokas  03:23
10. Bhagavad Gita: 12^th chapter, Bhakti Yoga   03:33
11. Interfaith Chants of Holy Names   04:26
12. Sivoham Soham   01:24
13. Chidananda Hum   02:47
14. Hari OM   05:47

Sample Tracks

Chidanandaham

Yoga Wisdom with Swami Satchidananda · Songs Of Grace.Chidanandaham Sample

Sivoham

Yoga Wisdom with Swami Satchidananda · Songs Of Grace.Sivoham Soham Sample

Gita

Yoga Wisdom with Swami Satchidananda · Songs Of Grace. Gita Sample

Tamil Song

Yoga Wisdom with Swami Satchidananda · Songs Of Grace Tamil Songs Sample

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Ghanapati Olerich , Siva Longfellow Fiske, Maitreya Cerone, Nirmala Heriza and students of the Integral Yoga Institute of Los Angeles.

Recorded March 2,1980 at Golden Age Recording Studio, Culver City, CA.

Engineer: Krishna Kanti (Carl Lange)

Mixed and edited at Pranava, Hollywood, California

Engineer: Ghanapati Olerich

Music supervision: by Siva Longfellow Fiske, Maitreya Cerone

Responsive chanting: Students of the Integral Yoga Institute of Los Angeles

Produced by: Rev. Prem Anjali

Ⓟ© 1985/2021 Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville^®/Integral Yoga^® Media

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Sample Tracks

Track List

1. Opening Prayers (2:27)
2. OM Namo Namah (8:57)
3. Maha Mantra (8:17)
4. Jai Guru Jai (8:30)
5. Jaya Shiva Shankara (6:00)
6. Sambasada Gurudeva (6:29)
7. Nataraja (6:22)
8. OM Bhagavan (6:12)
9. OM Satchidananda (7:42)
10. Sri Gurudev’s Feet (5:30)
11. I Surrender All (2:52)

Dedication

This collection of chants is a labor of love in honor my Guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda, on the auspicious occasion of his 100th birth anniversary on December 22nd 2014. Some of the chants chosen are original and some are rearranged from traditional chants to honor Sri Gurudev. I offer this recording with deepest gratitude, love, and humility at the feet of my beloved spiritual master.
~Reverend Manjula Spears, Satchidananda Mission, Athens, Georgia

Acknowledgments

Thanks to: Eamon Durkan (mandolin); Rhett Crow (bass guitar); Alex Kroh (drums and production); Scott Beck (writer, OM Satchidananda); and response singers Manorama Cyr, Raktidevi Marshall, Melissa Harshman, Barbara Michalove, Anna Eidsvik, Tulsi TenEyck, Al and Kathy Parker, Ellen Bargeron, Kathleen Ryan; Coleen Vimala Patterson for graphic design; special thanks to Rev. Prem Anjali for her inspiration and support for this project.

This project was made possible by the generous donations of Mr. & Mrs. Harry Wadhwani and family, Shankara Bookoff, and Rev. Sivani Alderman.

Produced and lead vocals by Rev. Manjula Spears

Total playing time: 70 minutes Ⓟ© 2014 Satchidananda Mission

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Inspired by Sri Gurudev Swami Satchidananda, Sanjay and Sumi’s soulful singing brings us into direct communication with God, with our true nature (Sat-chid-ananda, which means eternal truth-pure consciousness-spontaneous joy), and opens our hearts to receive all the Blessings of the Guru.

Sample Tracks

Track list:

1. Satchidananda Guru Satchidananda
2. Guru Maharaj
3. Teri Jaya Hove
4. Om Guru Satchidananda
5. Guru Sharanam
6. Satchidananda Gurudev
7. Tero Nam Omkar

Running time: 70 minutes

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One of the leading Carnatic (the classical music genre of South India) vocalists, Sri O. S. Arun, leads the responsive chanting with his celestial voice and palpable devotion making this CD a truly transcendental experience for all who wish to invoke the Satguru’s blessings. We humbly offer this garland of bhajans to our Satguru, His Holiness Sri Swami Satchidanandaji Maharaj.

Sample Tracks

Track List

1.  Invocation: Dhyānamūlam
2. Rājvana-locana
3. Naṭarāja
4. Om Guru-Nātha
5. Hari Om Namaḥ Shivāya
6. Namana Karoon May Guru-caraṇam
7. Mana Mandir Me Sātchidananda
8. Om Bhagavan
9. Bhaja Govindam
10. Om Namo Bhagavate Sātchidanandāya
11. Hari Om
12. Ārati

About the artist:

Sri O.S. Vaidyanathan or Arun, as he is more popularly called, is undoubtedly one of the most gifted Carnatic musicians in India. He is known for his sonorous voice that he wields with much confidence and musical personality and which he employs in tandem with his superior stagemanship.

Arun has performed widely, both in India and abroad, including at the United Nations on the occasion of Human Rights Day. He has many CD releases of bhajans, Carnatic music, fusion music and devotional music. He also sings for commercial films and has composed music for private recordings, films, documentaries, and ballet productions.

Recorded in studio in Chennai, South India, 2005

Special thanks to the artist and to Sri and Smt. V. P. Dhananjeyan for their kind collaboration. Produced by Rev. Prem Anjali for Integral Yoga Media.

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We created this album to be a musical and mystical journey into Satchidananda. We hope you will be uplifted and inspired by this original music and its message. We pray that Sri Gurudev’s Teachings and Blessings may guide us toward an ever-deepening experience of the Beloved.

Sample Tracks

Track List:

1. Om Namo Bhagavate Satchidananda: Rasmi RoseAnne Garcia
2. I Know You Are There Gurudev: Ganga Gaia Tossing
3. Song for Gurudev: Sudasi Rogers
4. Guru Guru Gurudeva: Rasmi RoseAnne Garcia
5. I Surrender to You: Vivekan Wayne Hunt
6. Hari Om: Shraddha Van Dyke
7. Oh, Gurudev: Shraddha Van Dyke
8. Wherever I Go Now: Shannon Conley
9. The Sun Sets: Rasmi RoseAnne Garcia
10. Thou Art: Shraddha Van Dyke
11. Initiation Song: Rasmi RoseAnne Garcia
12. Let Us Walk Together: Nirmala Heriza
13. I Am That I Am: Vivekan Wayne Hunt
14. Lead Me: Shraddha Van Dyke
15. He Isn’t Gone: Shraddha Van Dyke
16. Gurudev Pray for Me: Rasmi RoseAnne Garcia
17. Satchidananda Om: Meera Patricia Kerr

Running time: 78 minutes

The Artists (in order of appearance)

Vivekan Wayne Hunt
“In the early 1970s, Dean Ornish and I received mantra initiation from Sri Gurudev at Dr. Rao’s meditation room in San Antonio. I became a whole-time member soon after and for seven years served at the IYIs in Dallas, New York and Santa Cruz and then at Yogaville in Connecticut. I cherish my time spent in the IYIs and Ashram. Those seven years transformed my life completely. The two songs included on this CD are part of “Song of the Free,” an album that was released by Yogaville in 1977 (and was re-released as a CD). This album was a set of spiritual songs inspired by Sri Gurudev’s teachings and two poems of Swami Vivekananda, which Sri Gurudev asked me to set to music in the mid-70s.”

Vivekan has a Master’s degree in music performance and has been employed at the University of Texas for over 20 years. He currently serve as director of the University’s Thompson Conference Center.

Rasmi RoseAnne Garcia
“Sri Gurudev’s teachings, books, his simple and loving language is what really got to me first. It was all music to my ears; that’s why I hear so much music in my head I suppose! Most of the music comes like a bolt out of the blue, with lyrics, harmonies and the works! It is so exciting when, having heard it all in my head, I hear the finished piece played back to me on CD! When I first met Gurudev in Gibraltar, it was like I had known him forever. I am most at home when I allow him to flow through me…”

Rasmi’s song “The Sun Sets” was written as a tribute after Sri Gurudev’s Mahasamadhi. She lives in Spain with her husband and she has four beautiful children. She operates a retail business in nearby Gibraltar.

Ganga Gaia Tossing
“I met Gurudev for the first time at singer Laura Nyro’s house in Connecticut in the early 1970s. Touched by his loving enfolding presence, his humility, and his message of unity and peace, I experienced a re-awakening to my higher Self and spiritual purpose of serving and healing others. One of my husband Ed’s original songs on our “White Light” album, “I Know You Are There,” alluded to the God’s presence that can be seen everywhere, in everyone. Since Gurudev’s transition, this song has taken on a new meaning for us. We offer this updated version in honor of our dear teacher and guide whose presence we see, feel and know is with us all always. OM Guru OM.”

Ganga Gaia and her husband composer/keyboardist, Ed Tossing, began to write and perform inspirational music in the 1980s under the name of Heartsong, releasing an album entitled “White Light.” They live in Nashville, Tennessee where they continue with their music careers.

Sudasi Rogers
“A lot of this recording was improvised. I wrote it for Gurudev and am so happy for it to be shared in this way. The song is not mine anymore; it is for everybody to
sing. I was fortunate to be part of the Integral Yoga retreat in England held in July 2002 that Sri Gurudev blessed with his presence just prior to his Mahasamadhi in India. I was able to offer this song to him at that time.”

Sudasi is an Integral Yoga teacher and she directs the Integral Yoga Centre in Bath, England.

Shraddha Van Dyke
“Song is something that I use to open a door between my small self and the Divine. “He Isn’t Gone” and “Hari OM” were written in the joy of first contact with Gurudev, and also as a way to deal with the understanding that I had found him three years after he’d left his body. “Oh Gurudev” came from a time when I was beginning to understand just how much baggage I was bringing to him. I wrote “Lead Me” in the dead of winter, during a time of illness and loss. I was reading The Living Gita for the first time. It was also the first time I had the sense that I could get under the wing of the Beloved. “Thou Art” is a new song, an expression of my deepening practice, and of devotion to Gurudev. My gratitude to Gurudev is so huge that sometimes it just seems to break free and a new song is born.”

Shraddha lived at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville where she served as a karma yogi. Her beautiful artwork adorns the cover and the insert for this CD. She now lives in California where she is a photographer and has a web design company. http://www.svandykedesign.com/

Shannon Conley
“My parents were members of the Light Of Yoga Society and then the Siddha Foundation, so I’m no stranger to the yogic lifestyle. I began my own journey in 2005, when in the midst of a personal crisis, my parents turned me toward the LOTUS and enlisted the guidance of family friend, Rev. Dhyani Simonini. Dhyani was my first drama teacher when I was 12! She suggested I enroll in the Living Yoga Training program at Yogaville. From that point on, I began a personal relationship with Gurudev. Dhyani wrote this song for Gurudev on the night of his Mahasamadhi and taught it me while I was in Yogaville. This song has been the catalyst for the beginning of a personal rebirth.”

Shannon is a professional singer and actress who lives in New York City. www.shannonconley.com

Nirmala Heriza
I met Sri Gurudev in 1970 while I was writing and performing in New York City. I had just finished a movie with director, Milos Forman, when I was introduced to Sri Gurudev through his long time devotee, actress, Sally Kirkland. My first encounter with him at the Universalist Church was life changing, on many levels. Sri Gurudev was the answer to all of my prayers and he continues to profoundly influence, guide and illuminate every aspect of my personal and professional life. Inspired by his famous quote, and his example, I wrote the song “Let Us Walk Together” while residing at Yogaville East.

Nirmala Heriza is a senior disciple of Sri Gurudev. She is a recording artist, with her singer/songwriting collaborator, Buffy (Meera) Ford Stewart, for “Homecoming Records,” helmed by John Stewart (Kingston Trio); and author of the book Dr. Yoga. Nirmala serves as director of the Integral Yoga Center of Los Angeles and Yoga Cardiac Specialist for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. www.dr-yoga.com

Meera Patricia Kerr
“I met Sri Gurudev in 1974 at his residence in Danbury, Connecticut. My greatest joy was to sing for him over many years. During the 1975 retreat at Yogaville in Connecticut, I organized a choir and we sang the song for Gurudev that became my “signature” ballad, “Water My Soul.” After visiting Yogaville several times with my two sons, I decided to create a home for my family there, which Sri Gurudev blessed and named Sangeet, Divine Music. While working on a book, I spent several months in Sangeet, listening to the mantra songs that would become audible during my morning meditation practice. “Om Satchidananda” is one of my favorites.”

Meera is a senior student of Sri Gurudev. In addition to being a singer/songwriter and music teacher, Meera developed the groundbreaking program, Big Yoga. Big Yoga is based on Integral Yoga and adapts the poses for plus-size people. www.bigyogaonline.com

Mastered by Gopal Metro, 2006.
Produced by Rev. Prem Anjali for Integral Yoga Media.

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Lord Shiva’s reply is comprised of 182 slokas and is known as Sri Guru Gita, a part of the Skandha Purana. According to the ancient Sastras, a Satguru is one who has been appointed by the Supreme Power to make one realize the Guru within and to teach the disciple that the Supreme Power dwells in each one. By chanting the Guru Gita, filled with the praises and glories of the Satguru, a disciple draws the grace and blessings of their Guru.

The audio is the complete Sri Guru Gita sung in Sanskrit and English. The music video includes a rendition of selected verses from Sri Guru Gita sung with a backdrop of beautiful footage filmed in India and Satchidananda Ashram, along with photos of Satgurus, sages and saints of India. The video features subtitled verses so you can follow along.
Offered with profound respect to all the Satgurus of the world. Originally recorded in honor of the 95th Jayanthi (Birth Anniversary) of the beloved Satguru of the Integral Yoga tradition H. H. Sri Swami Satchidananda, this downloadable version was released in honor of his 106th Jayanthi in 2020.
A booklet containing the slokas in Sanskrit and English are included in a pdf booklet.

Includes:

• Video file – A rendition of selected verses from Sri Guru Gita.
• Audio File – Complete Sri Guru Gita sung in Sanskrit and English.
• PDF Booklet – Slokas in Sanskrit and English

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This bundle contains these products:

1. Sacred Mantra for Enlightenment – Gayatri Mantra
2. Sacred Mantra for Healing & Protection – Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
3. Hari Om – Sacred Universal Mantra
4. Om Hrim – Sacred Mantra for Meditation
5. Om Shanti – Sacred Mantra for Inner Peace
6. Sacred Siva-Shakti Mantra
7. Sacred Invocation of the Goddess – Sri Durga Stuti
8. Sacred Mantra For Divine Light
9. Sacred Mantra For Divine Energy

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OM Hrīm Sarva Śakti Svarūpinyai Namah

This mantra was selected by Sri Swami Satchidananda for enhancing one’s spiritual strength and energy. It may be translated as: OM Salutations to the One who is the essential form of all energy and vibrates as the sacred sound Hrīm.

Mantras are sacred sound formulas revealed to sages during deep meditation. In the beginning, God, or the Cosmic Consciousness, first manifested as sound vibration. That vibration produced a hum, which is expressed as the syllable OM. Every mantra has a bija, or seed word, which is the essence of the mantra. Hrīm is one of the most important of all the bijas. Śakti is the supreme power and energy of the universe. Through one-pointed repetition of this mantra, and meditation upon it, one experiences that divine energy.

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OM Hrīm Sarva Jyoti Svarūpinyai Namah

This mantra was specially selected by Sri Swami Satchidananda for attuning oneself to the divine light. It may be translated as: OM Salutations to the One who is the essential form of all light and vibrates as the sacred sound Hrīm.

Mantras are sacred sound formulas were revealed to sages during deep meditation. In the beginning, God, or the Cosmic Consciousness, first manifested as sound vibration. That vibration produced a hum, which is expressed as the syllable OM. Every mantra has a bija, or seed word, which is the essence of the mantra. Hrīm is one of the most important of all the bijas. Jyoti is the divine light. Through one-pointed repetition of this mantra, and meditation upon it, one experiences the divine light.

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Om Hrim Namah Sivaya

This sacred mantra (this version has no musical accompaniment) is chanted by Sri Swami Satchidananda. This mantra is ideal for meditation. Concentrating on the vibration created by the repetition of this mantra balances the internal energy and creates peace, auspiciousness and purity. Sacred mantras are sound formulas revealed to sages during deep meditation. In the beginning, God, or the Cosmic Consciousness, first manifested as sound vibration. That vibration produced a hum, which is expressed as the syllable OM. Hrim is one of the most important bijas (seed words) and brings out the vibration of Goddess Sakti. When blending this energy with that of Siva, Lord of auspiciousness, it balances the meditator’s energies, leading to success in all noble endeavors.

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Santih (Shanti) is the sanskrit word for peace. We all seek peace and joy. We have that peace within us, yet we always seem to be searching for it outside ourselves. Repetition of this mantra, Om Shanti, truly brings an experience of inner peace. You will feel peaceful and blissful because you will also be able to send out powerful peace vibrations that will travel all over the globe.

Many mantras include OM. In the beginning, God, or the Cosmic Consciousness, expressed as the Word or as vibration. That vibration produced a hum which gave rise to the syllable OM, also known as prananva (that which hums). All the sounds that you hear and you don’t hear in the cosmos derive from the pranava. By concentrating on this inner vibration, you tune into the cosmic sound.

Sri Swami Satchidananda, one of the first Yoga masters to bring the classical Yoga tradition to the west, is well-known for his combination of practical wisdom and spiritual insight. He dedicated his life to the service of humanity, demonstrating by his own example the means of finding abiding peace.

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