Hindu Mantras
Aum or Om (the mother of all mantras)
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva (the Hindu trinity; Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer)
So Ham (I Am He or I Am the Self. This is the mantra of Sai Baba and Baba Muktananda. It is the sound as GOD listens to the breath of humans. At night while humans sleep the sound becomes Aum, according to Sai Baba. Say this mantra in accordance with your breath: when you breathe in, say “So,” when you breathe out, say “Ham.” Let the breath lead the meditation and mantra; say the mantra however the breath wants to move.)
The Gayatri Mantra (This is the holiest mantra of the Hindu religion. It is the equivalent of the Lord’s Prayer in Christianity.)
Bhur Bhuvah svah,
Tat-savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasya dhimahi
Dhiyo yo na pracodayat.
§ Translation:
§ bhur(h) Earth (body)
§ bhuvah atmosphere (breath)
§ svah heavens (cosmic mind)
§ tat-savituh(r) of that source
§ varenyam sacred (to be revered)
§ bhargo(gah) light
§ devasya effulgent, radiant
§ dhimahi we meditate on
§ dhiyo(yal) our thoughts
§ yo(yah) which
§ na our
§ pracodayat should propel, urge, direct
Om Earth, atmosphere, heavens,
We meditate on the sacred light of that
effulgent source which should direct (be the
impulse for) our thoughts.
Sai Baba or Sai Ram or Om Sri Sai Ram (these will attract Sathya Sai Baba)
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare.
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare Hare.
(Hail to Krishna, Hail to Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hail, Hail. Hail to Rama, Hail to Rama, Rama, Rama, Hail, Hail.
This is the Hare Krishna chant. It is used to disperse the negativity that covers our true nature.)
Om Namah Shivaya (This invokes the Supreme Guru who is the Self of all. This is the mantra of Baba Muktananda and Swami Sivananda.)
Om Sri Dattatreya Namaha (Om, Honor the name of Dattatreya; Dattatreya is the incarnation of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva living in the same body. Sai Baba has said he is the incarnation of the Lord Dattatreya.)
Om Shanti (Mantra of Peace)
Om Tat Sat (Thou art the Inexpressible Absolute Reality)
Hari Om Tat Sat (Om, the Divine Absolute Reality)
Hari Om (This is a healing mantra; Hari is a name for Vishnu, the healing aspect of Lord Krishna.)
Om Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama (Victory for the Spiritual Self)
Yesu Christu (Jesus Christ, in Hindu)
Rama (a name of GOD: He who fills us with abiding joy)
Krishna (a name of GOD: He who draws us to Him)
Tat Twam Asi (That and This of One)
Hong Sau (I Am He or I Am the Self; this mantra is done following the breath in the same manner as the So Ham and Ham Sa mantras are done. This was Paramahansa Yogananda’s mantra.)
Lam (first chakra)
Vam (second chakra)
Ram (third chakra)
Yam (fourth chakra)
Ham (fifth chakra)
Om (sixth chakra)
Aum (seventh chakra)
Sat Nam (mantra of the Sikhs and of Guru Nanak)
Eck Ong Kar Sat Nam Siri Wha Guru (The Supreme is One, His Names are Many)
Sivo Ham (I Am Shiva)
Aham Brahmasmi (I Am Brahman or I Am GOD)
Om Ram Ramaya Namaha (O Lord Ram, I Bow Down To You)