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A Heartfelt Prayer and the Path of Remembrance

The path of remembrance is a heartfelt prayer of surrender and the practice of chanting to purify and connect.

Chant the name constantly, never forget, never let it leave the heart. It does not matter if one is a sinner, failing, or cheating. However one is, one belongs to the divine. Life is wasted in attachments to house, family, obstacles. One is full of sadness, full of suffering. The prayer removes all suffering, all impurities. One is a servant, a dust particle at the feet. One is alone in this mortal world. Do not forget, remove all sins, all faults. This prayer to the teacher removes all these things. Learning happens through repetition: part by part, then fast, then slow. Whatever is to be remembered must be repeated at least twenty-four times. Practice makes a master.

"However I am, I am yours."

"Practice makes a man a master. And not only men, but also women."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

I constantly chant your name, the mālā of your name, and I will never forget you, and I will never let you out of my heart. It doesn’t matter if I am a pāpī, doesn’t matter if I’m a sinner. Maiṅ kaptī hūṅ, doesn’t matter if I’m failing in life or I’m cheating or anything. But however I am, I am yours. House, family, obstacles—I am always stuck in those. I wasted my life in these attachments. I am full of sadness, I am full of duḥkha. Please remove this duḥkha from my life, please remove this sadness. That’s why we sing: He removes all the kaṣṭa, all the duḥkha. Maiṅ sab kā sevak hūṁ, tere caraṇoṁ kā cerā hūṁ. I am the servant of yours and just the same like a dust particle. Nāhī Nātā Bhulānā Mujhe, Aisā Jag Me Akelā Hūṅ. I am alone in this world, in this mortal world, I am alone. Don’t forget me, my Lord. Tere dar kā bhikhārī hūṁ, mere doṣ miṭā de. I am the beggar who is standing with open arms in front of your door. Merā doṣa miṭā denā, remove all the sins, all the doṣas, all the impurities which are within me. O Gurudev, this is a prayer to Gurudev that removes all these things. You all got the paper? Today, now you can’t say that you can’t sing because you don’t know it. Which bhajan? Om Mahādev Śrī Viśvam Maharṣambhu. Did you get the right one? You want me to first sing it, and you sing it after me for the pronunciation? Oṃ Mahādeva Śrī Viśvam Maharṣambhu Mahādeva Śiva Śaṅkara Śambho Umā Kaṇṭahāra Tripurāre Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣabhadhvaja Śūlina Gaṅgādhara Mṛḍamadanāre Hara Śiva Śaṅkara Gaurīśam Vande Gaṅgādharaṁ Īśaṁ Śivaṁ Rudraṁ Paśupatiṁ Nīlakaṇṭhaṁ Kāśīpuri Nāthaṁ We can go there, or we can go: Jaṭākaṭāhasambhramabhramanilimpanirjharīvilolavīcivallarīvirājamānamūrdhani, dhagaddhagaddhagajjvalallalāṭapaṭṭapāvake, kiśoracandraśekhare, ratipratikṣaṇamamarādharāṅganandinīvilāsabandhubandhurasphuraddigantasantati. We can go shift to understood throat, so if this is too hard for you. And if this is difficult, we can go to Śiva Tāṇḍava Stotram. So, this is easy? Good. Good answer. If you would say no, then we would go somewhere else. Oṃ Mahādeva Śiva Śaṅkara Śambho Humma Kaṇṭahāra Tripurāri Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣabha. Okay, let’s go slowly. Mṛtyuñjaya Mṛtyuñjaya... Vṛṣabha Vṛṣabha Dhvaja Dhvaja. So, Vṛṣabha, the bha is again the bha with the bh, and dhvaja is again with dhah, dhah. Dhvaja is also dhah. Vṛṣabha Dhvaja. Vṛṣabha. Vṛṣabhadvaja. Vṛṣabhadvaja. Try to pronounce after me. Vṛṣabhadhvaja, Vṛṣabhadhvaja... Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣabhadhvaja Śūlin Gaṅgādhara Mṛḍamradhanare Hara Śiva Śaṅkara Gaurīśam Vande Gaṅgādhara Vande Gaṅgā Dharamīśam Śivarudram Paśupati Śivarudram Paśupatim Īśānam. If you say Paśupati, then the ’m’ goes with the Īśānam, so it becomes Mīśānam. Or if you say Paśupatiṃ, then it’s Īśānaṃ. Paketo Īśānaṃ Paśupati Miśānaṃ Kalaye Kāśī Purī Nāthaṃ Kāśī Purī Nāthaṃ Jai Śambho Jai Śambho... Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho Om Mahādeva Śivaśaṅkara Śambhu Umākānta Hara Tripurāre Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣabhaddha Vajāśulinna Gaṅgādhara Mṛḍamādanare Hara Śivaśaṅkara Gaurīśam Vande Gaṅgādharamīśam Śiva Rudram Paśupati Mīśānam Kalaye Kāśī Purī Nātham Jai Śambho Jai Śambho Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho Om Mahādeva Śiva Śaṅkara Śambho Umā Kānta Hara Tripurāre Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣabhadhvaja Sūlina Gaṅgā Dharaṁ Hṛdaya Madanāre Hara Śiva Śaṅkara Gaurīśaṁ Vande Gaṅgā Dharaṁ Īśaṁ Śiva Rudraṁ Paśupati Mīśanaṁ Kalaye Kāśī Pūrṇatam Jai Śambho Jai Śambho Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho Jai Śambho... Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho Now, let’s try it faster. You don’t want to try it fast? Not yet, okay. Twelve more times. Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣabhadhvaja Śūlina Gaṅgādhara Mṛḍamadhanāre Hara Śiva Śaṅkara Gaurīśam Vande Gaṅgādhara Mīśam Śiva Rudram Paśupati Mīśānam Kalaye Kāśī Purī Nātham Jai Śambho, Jai Śambho, Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho... Mṛtyuṃ Jaya Vṛṣabhadhvaja Śūlina Gaṅgā Dharaṃ Hṛdi Madanāre Hara Śiva Śaṅkara Gaurīśaṃ Vande Gaṅgā Dharaṃ Īśaṃ Śivaṃ Rudraṃ Paśupati Miśanaṃ Kalaye Kāśī Purī Nāthaṃ Jai Śambho Jai Śambho Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho Bolo Jai Śambho Jai Śambho Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣa Bhāradvāja Śūlina Gaṅgā Dhara Amṛta Madanāre This is a spiritual lecture about Yoga in the Indian tradition. So, how many of you can sing it fast now? That’s how we learn in gurukuls. First, you go part by part. Then you speed it up for 12 times, then you back slow it down for 12 times. That’s how we remember it. That’s why whatever we want to remember, we need to do at least twenty-four times. But still, we don’t remember the prayer. How many times did we repeat the prayer in our lives? But still, sometimes we get stuck in the first—what is the first word of the strophe? So, we’re still not there, but practice makes a man a master. Why not? And not only men, but also women. Practice makes a woman a master, too. So, anyone has pens, papers? I mean, you have papers, you have pens? If not, you have your phones. Write it on your phones. Mahādeva Śiva Śaṅkara Śambho, O Great Lord Śiva, the bestower of auspiciousness, the source of bliss. O Great God, Lord Śiva, the bestower of auspiciousness. Umā Kānta Hara Tripurāre, beloved goddess Umā Pārvatī, beloved of goddess. Umākānta, the husband of Umā, Umā is Pārvatī. O, remover of suffering, that means Hara. Hara means removing of suffering. Destroyer of the three demon cities, Tripura. Mṛtyuñjaya, the conqueror of death. This is the reason why we sing Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra when anyone is sick or when anyone is dying. Who has a Nandī, Vṛṣabha—Vṛṣabha means Nandī—who has a Nandī with him, a bull. Śūlina means Triśūl, the bearer, the holder of a Triśūl. Dhadhara Mṛḍa Madanāri, the one who holds the Gaṅgā river also, the compassionate one, and the destroyer of Kāma. O Haraśiva, O auspicious Lord, O compassionate Lord, husband of goddess Gaurī, Gaurī is another name of Pārvatī. One day Gaṅgādhara Mahādeva, I bow to the Supreme Lord who holds the river Gaṅgā upon his head. Shiva Rudraṁ Paśupati Miśānaṁ, O Śiva, the fierce Rudra, Lord of all living beings, the supreme ruler. Kāley Kāśī Purī Nāthaṁ, I meditate upon the Lord of the holy city Kāśī. Jai Śambho, Jai Śambho, victory to Lord Śambho. Lord Śiva together with Mātā Pārvatī, Victory to Lord Śambho. Oh great God, Lord Śiva, O Mahādeva Śiva, Saṅghāra Śambho. You’re going? Those who are going and who want to come, come. You’re going, no? Okay, you want to say bye-bye from there? This is a spiritual lecture about Yoga in the Indian tradition. Jaya Śambho, Jaya Śambho,... Vande Gaṅgādharaṁ Īśaṁ, Śiparudraṁ, Paśupatimīśānaṁ, Kalāyekam jaya śambho jaya śambho śiva gorī śaṅkara jaya śambho jaya śambho... Śiva Gorī Śaṅkara Jaya Śambho Mahādeva Śiva Śaṅkara Śambho Om Akhaṇṭa Hara Tripurāre Mṛtyuñjaya Vṛṣabhadhvaja Sulin Gangādharam Hṛdaya Madhanāre Paraśiva Śaṅkara Gorīśam, Bhāratī Gaṅgā Dharamīśam, Śiva Rudram Paśupati Mīśānam, Kalaye Kāśī Purīnātham Jai Śambho, Jai Śambho, Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jai Śambho... Vṛtyuṃ Jaya Vṛṣa Bhadvaja Śorīnna Gaṅgā Dharam Hṛdā Madhanāre Araśiva Śaṅkara Gaurīśam Vande Gaṅgā Dharam Īśam Śiva Rudram Paśupati Mīśānam Kalaye Kāśī Pure Nātham Jaya Śambho Jaya Śambho Śiva Gaurī Śaṅkara Jaya Śambho Amaḥ Pārvatī Pate Hara Rāmareva Śambho

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