1 1 ‘Now the name of your Mother is very powerful. You know that is the most powerful name, than all the other names, the most powerful mantra. But you must know how to take it. With that complete dedication you have to take that name. Not like any other.’ Cowley Manor Seminar, Cheltenham, England, 31 July 1982 2 SAHAJA YOGA MANTRA BOOK In praise of Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Eighth Edition (2020) First edition (1989), Second edition (1992), Third edition (1995), Fourth edition (2001), Fifth edition (2008), Sixth Edition (2010), Seventh Edition (2012) Compiled and edited by the international Sahaja collective. Published under the auspices of Nirmala Vidya llc. © 2020 NIPC (Nirmal Intellectual Property Corporation) 3 Sahaja yogis dedicate this work to Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Shrivastava, the founder and teacher of Sahaja Yoga: the Great Mother, who expresses the qualities of the Comforter, the Counsellor and the Redeemer. Shri Mataji has revealed the most integrated body of spiritual knowledge, through en masse Self-realisation. This feat is unprecedented in the history of spirituality. The Sahaja Yoga Mantra Book was presented to Shri Mataji and blessed and approved by Her before the international sangha during the occasion of Guru Puja in Cabella on 20 July 2008. In addition, the texts in this book have been spiritually validated by being used in ceremonies with Shri Mataji and accepted by Her. On behalf of the Nirmal Intellectual Property Corporation (NIPC) and the Publication Committee of the Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Foundation. A note on the 8th edition With the focus here specifically on mantras, all the advice and poems of Shri Mataji, the prayers and other miscellanea have been transferred to the Book of Worship. There has also been a return to the forms and translations that were regularly read out, commented on or even given by Shri Mataji Herself during pujas and havans, and therefore recognised and blessed by Her. Further, we honour Her desire not to use ‘Shri’ before names mentioning specific demons or rakshasas (indicated with asterisks before the name), and we have removed the asterisks where this did not strictly apply. © 2020 NIPC. All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, or stored on a data base or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the copyright holder, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information contact: Nirmala Vidya llc, 268 Overpeck Ave, Ridgefield Park, NJ07660, USA. [email protected] 4 Table of contents Introduction Mantras in Sahaja Yoga .........................................................................................................7 Mantra table for the chakras ................................................................................................10 The Mahā-mantras (three great mantras) ............................................................................13 The Affirmations ..................................................................................................................15 Mūlādhāra Shrī Ganesha Atharva Shīrsha .............................................................................................20 Aum To the divine essence of the prayer .............................................................................23 How to awaken Shrī Ganesha’s power within you ...............................................................27 The 12 names of Shrī Ganesha ...........................................................................................28 The 108 names of Shrī Ganesha .........................................................................................29 108 invocations to Shrī Ganesha ..........................................................................................33 The 108 names of Shrī Kārttikeya .......................................................................................38 The 10 names of Shrī Kundalinī Yoga .................................................................................42 The 69 names of Shrī Kundalinī Shakti ..............................................................................43 The 97 names of Shrī Gaurī ................................................................................................46 Swādhishthāna The 21 names of Shrī Brahmadeva-Saraswatī .....................................................................52 The 108 names of Shrī Saraswatī ........................................................................................53 Gāyatri Mantra ....................................................................................................................57 The 6 names of Hazrat-Ãli ..................................................................................................58 Nābhi (Manipūra) The 10 names of Shrī Lakshmī ............................................................................................62 The 108 names of Shrī Lakshmī ..........................................................................................63 The 108 names of Goddess Athena .....................................................................................67 The 62 names of Hazrat Fāt.ima Az-Zahra .........................................................................71 The 10 incarnations of Shrī Vishnu .....................................................................................75 The 108 names of Shrī Vishnu ............................................................................................76 Void (Bhava-sāgara) The 10 Primordial Masters (Ādi Gurus) ...............................................................................82 The 108 names of Shrī Ādi Guru Dattātreya .....................................................................85 The 113 names of the Sat-guru ...........................................................................................89 Left Heart (Anāhata) The 108 names of Shrī Shiva ...............................................................................................96 . The 108 names of Shrī Gangā Mātā .................................................................................100 Centre Heart (Anāhata) The 9 names of Shrī Durgā Mātā ......................................................................................106 The 32 names of Shrī Durgā Mātā ....................................................................................107 The 108 names of Shrī Durgā Mātā ..................................................................................109 The Kavach of the Devī .....................................................................................................113 Right Heart (Anāhata) The 16 names of Shrī Rāma .............................................................................................124 The 108 names of Shrī Rāma ............................................................................................125 The Kavach of Shrī Rāma (extract from the Shrī Rāma-rakshā) ......................................129 5 Vishuddhi The 16 names of Shrī Rādhā-Kr.ishna ..............................................................................132 The 108 names of Shrī Kr.ishna ........................................................................................133 108 invocations to Shrī Kr.ishna .........................................................................................137 The 69 names of Shrī Kubera ...........................................................................................141 The 84 names of Shrī Vishnumāyā ...................................................................................146 The 99 names of Allāh .......................................................................................................150 The 5 mantras of the Virāta ..............................................................................................153 Āgñyā The 108 names of Lord Jesus Christ ..................................................................................156 108 invocations to Lord Jesus Christ ..................................................................................160 The Lord’s Prayer ...............................................................................................................164 The 108 names of Shrī Mary-Mahālakshmī ......................................................................166 Prayer to Shrī Buddha ........................................................................................................171 The Ekādasha Rudras (eleven destroying powers of Shri Shiva) ........................................175 116 names offered to Shrī Mātājī on the occasion of Shrī Ekādasha Rudra Pūja .............176 Sahasrāra The Mahā-mantras (three great mantras) ..........................................................................182 The 108 names of Shrī Mātājī Nirmalā Devī ....................................................................183 The 108 names of Shrī Nirmalā ........................................................................................188 The 79 names of Shrī Rāja-rāj’eshwarī .............................................................................192 The 19 names of the Sahasrāra .........................................................................................196 64 adorations to Shrī Ādi Shakti ........................................................................................197 108