Sivananda Ashram - Daily Prayers [Transliteration with English Translation]

Author: Sivananda Ashram
Publisher: Divine Life Society
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 176
ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A

Description

This volume is meant primarily to respond to a request made by many international visitors to Sivananda Ashram, Who are unfamiliar with the Sanskrit language, but who wish to participate meaningfully in the morning and evening recitations of the Mantras herein.

Our intent, therefore, is not a scholarly - perfect transliteration, but rather one intended for ease in sight-reading by our international guests. We believe that, with practice, the ear will pick up the nuances of intonation and pronunciation.

Contents

Publisher’s Note
Dedication
Invocation
Part One – Early Morning Meditation
1. Jaya Ganesha
2. Guru Stotras
3. Shanti Mantras
4. Early Morning Hymns
5. [Silent Meditation]
6. Post-Meditation Mantras
7. Concluding Prayers
8. “Deepening Your Meditation” – by Swami Chidananda
9. “A Guided Meditation” – by Swami Chidananda
10. “Peace be unto Ali” – by Swami Chidananda
Part Two – Evening Satsang
11. Jaya Ganesha [see above]
12. Opening Hymns
13. Guru Strotras
14. Sri Sukta [Hymns to Goddess Lakshmi]
15. Hymn to Saturn
16. Sri Gita Dhyanam
17. [Recitation of the Bhagavad Gita]
18. Sri Gita Mahatmya [Glory of the Gita]
19. Gita Arati [recited on special occasions]
20. [Evening Programme]
21. Evening Prayer Session Mantras
22. The Universal Prayer
23. Concluding Prayers
24. [Silent Meditation]
25. He Prabho
26. Sivananda Ashram Arati and Mangala Charana
27. The Divine Life Society Grand Arati
28. “The Sri-Sukta” –by Swami Krishnananda
Part Three – Special Occasions
Hymns to Sri Hanumanji [recited Saturday evening]
29. Sri Hanuman Stava
30. Sri Hanuman Chalisa
31. Sri Hanuman Ashtaka
32. Sri Rama am Sankirtan [recited on Ekadasi]
33. Narayana Sukta [recited during Temple Pujas] – Translation of Narayana Sukta – by Swami Krishnananda
34. “The Narayana Sukta – An Essay” – by Swami Krishnananda
35. 108 Names of Worshipful Gurudev Sri Swami Sivananda [Recited during Paduka Pujas]
36. Gurudev Mangalam recited each evening at Gurudev’s Kutir
37. Shree Ganga Arati recited each evening at Gurudev’s Ghat
38. The Guru Stotras in Twenty-four Verses
39. Jaya Ganesha as Chanted by Sri Gurudev
Part Four – Selected Teachings of Gurudev Sri Swami Sivananda
40. Philosophy of Idol Worship
41. Symbolism in Ritual Worship
42. Twenty Hints on Meditation
43. Twenty Important Spiritual Instructions
44. Sadhana Tattva – The Science of the Seven Cultures
45. Sample Spiritual Diary
46. Sample Resolve Form
47. “Salutations and Adorations” – A prayer by Sri Gurudev
48. “Gurudev’s Legacy” – by Swami Chidananda