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Yoga Invocations to Patanjali and BKS Iyengar
Invocation to Patanjals
Yogena cittasya . . . . . . . . padena vacam
malam sarirasya . . . . . . . ca vaidyakena
yopakarottam . . . . . . . . . pravaram muninam
patanjalim . . . . . . . . . . . . pranajaliranato’smi
abahu purusakaram . . .sankha cakrasi dharinam
sahasra sirasam svetam
pranamami patanjalim
hari om
Let us bow before the noblest of sages, Patanjali,
who gave yoga for serenity and sanctity of mind,
grammar for clarity and purity of speech
and medicine for perfection of the health of body.
Let us prostrate before Patanjali,
whose upper body has a human form,
whose arms hold a conch and a disc.
O incarnation of Adisesa, my salutations to Thee.
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The Invocation, in honor of BKS Iyengar
Gurur Brahma Guru Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheshwaraha
Guru Saakshaata Parabrahma
Tasmai Sree Guruve Namaha
Guru Devo Maheshwaraha
Guru Saakshaata Parabrahma
Tasmai Sree Guruve Namaha
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Guru is Brahma (force of creation), Guru is Vishnu (force of preservation),
Guru is Shiva (force of destruction).
Guru is Supreme Brahman Itself (creates and sustains knowledge and destroys the weeds of ignorance)
Guru is Shiva (force of destruction).
Guru is Supreme Brahman Itself (creates and sustains knowledge and destroys the weeds of ignorance)
Prostration unto that Guru.
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Brahma is the creator. Vishnu is the preserver. Shiva is the destroyer. Gu means darkness; Ru means remover. Guru shines light on ignorance, avidya, or darkness, our sense of separateness and disconnection from the whole. Tasmai Sree Guruve Namaha, “I offer all my efforts to that great teacher.”
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Brahma is the creator. Vishnu is the preserver. Shiva is the destroyer. Gu means darkness; Ru means remover. Guru shines light on ignorance, avidya, or darkness, our sense of separateness and disconnection from the whole. Tasmai Sree Guruve Namaha, “I offer all my efforts to that great teacher.”
In reciting the invocations, you surrender to the forces of the universe – creation, preservation and destruction. You are invoking, or ‘inviting in’, those forces and asking to be lead to your own inner guru.
Gloria Gonzalez, is Founder of Eight Elements West, an Institute for Somatic Education and Integrative Wellness, and creator of I AM The Medicine®. Her private practice includes business therapy, and healing accumulated stress and trauma through: Somatic Experiencing®, Organic Intelligence®, Visceral Manipulation, and Craniosacral Therapy.
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