February/March Newsletter





Sound As Grace Tour 2006
Use your Prana to Invoke Mantra

Mantra and the Mind
Sanskrit mantras quiet the mind. Chanting mantras requires the energization of prana. When we focus our attention on mantras rather than on our struggles and anxieties something begins to happen. The difficulties and struggles that churn our mind and heart begin to losen their grip on us. By the grace of mantrik vibration our mind returns to its natural state of tranquil awareness.

In Sanskrit, sound and meaning are one. Therefore, when one chants the name of the divine one invokes the manifestation of that luminous core in one's own heart.


Notes on Savitri Gayatri
by Manorama

OM BHUR BHUVAH SVAH
TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM
BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI
DHIYO YO NAH PRACODAYAT

Earth Atmosphere Heavens
We meditate on the radiant source
of the luminous whole. May that
light ever guide and inspire us.


The Gayatri Mantra is known as the most sacred of all mantras and is considered second only to the sacred sound 'OM'.

Illuminations

Before one utters the Sacred Gayatri three vyahrtis must be invoked:
Bhuh (earth), Bhuvah (atmosphere) and Svah (heaven).
At first these shouts to the three realms may seem simple. However, saying them is considered necessary... [read entire article].

February
• Feb 11th — 12th | Intro to Sanskrit and Yoga Sutra (Core Power Yoga, CO) [more info]
• Feb 25th | Meditation and Chanting (Ananda Ashram, NY) [more info]

March
• March 1st — 29th | Sanskrit Alphabet Level 2 (Integral Yoga, NYC) [more info]
• March 4th & 5th | Sanskrit Alphabet Level 1 (Prana Yoga Center, FL) [more info]
• March 11th & 12th | Sanskrit Alphabet Level 2 (Prana Yoga Center, FL) [more info]
• March 25th & 26th | Yoga Sutra Level 1 (Jivamukti, NYC) [more info]

April
• April 21st — 23rd | Sanskrit and Sacred Texts (Jivamukti, Toronto) [more info]

Upcoming Meditation and Chanting Events with Manorama

Laughing Lotus Yoga Center (www.laughinglotus.com)
• March 1st Lounging With Adi Shesha - Sutra Chanting I
• April 5th Tantrik Devi Groove I
• May 3rd Buddha Heart - Om Mani Padme Hum Chanting

Location: Laughing Lotus Yoga Center, NYC (59 West 19th Street, 3rd Floor)
Date: The first Wednesday of every month
Time: 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Fee: $20 [more info]

Jivamukti Yoga Center (www.jivamuktiyoga.com)
• February 15th Meditation - Indian Music Concert
With Manorama & Special Guests KV (Sitar) & Naren (Tabla)
• March 15th Lounging With Adi Shesha - Sutra Chanting II
• April 19th Tantrik Devi Groove II
• May 17th No Program

Location: The Jivamukti Yoga Center NYC, (404 Lafayette St, 3rd Floor)
Date: The third Wednesday of every month
Time: 8:30pm — 10:00pm
Fee: $20 [more info]

March 6th marks
Shri Brahmananda Saraswati's Birthday Celebration!
In honor of this auspicious occasion, we at Sanskrit Studies offer 1008 reverent Salutations!

Jaya Guruji!
(victory to our dear and beloved teacher)
"The greatest mantra is not even
in Sanskrit,it is in English! ... it is
'mind your own buisiness' but we are
all the time minding other's business.
Then what is our job? To mind our
own business which means to come to
know who we truly are."
"Knowing is not enough to be truly
transformed one must feel who am I?"
—Guru ji
Assignment | Sanskrit Lesson | Reading



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