• Home Page
  • About Easwaran
  • About Us

  • Quick Links
  • View Easwaran's Talks
  • Thought for the Day
  • Retreats in Your Area
  • Passages for Meditation
  • Email Sign-ups
  • Mantrams Recommended by Easwaran
  • Fellowship Groups
  • Donating to the Center

  • Store
  • Online Store
  • Books
  • Retreats
  • DVDs
  • Audios
  • View Cart
  • Check Out
    • Mantrams from Various Traditions

    Mantrams recommended by Easwaran

    In the spiritual heritage of the world’s great religions there are many mantrams and prayer words hallowed by long use, more than we can list here. You may prefer to use another mantram that is familiar to you from your own spiritual tradition. It is important, however, to choose a mantram hallowed by long use, rather than make up your own. Easwaran emphasized that the words should have spiritual meaning and power, and that they should appeal to you deeply. On this page he discusses how to choose and use a mantram.



    Buddhist


    Om mani padme hum

    (“The jewel in the lotus of the heart”)


    Namu Amidabutsu

    (“I put my faith in the Buddha of infinite light”)




    Christian

    Jesus



    Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me

    (Known as the Jesus Prayer)


    Kyrie eleison

    (“Lord have mercy”; short form of the Jesus Prayer in Greek)


    Gospodi pomilui

    (“Lord have mercy”; short form of the Jesus Prayer in Russian)



    Ave Maria



    Hail Mary


    Deus meus et omnia
    My God and my all

    (This was the phrase used by Saint Francis in his prayers. Easwaran recommends using either the English or Latin version, whichever appeals to you.)


    Om Yesu Christu




    Hindu


    Rama


    Haré Rama, Haré Rama
    Rama Rama, Haré Haré
    Haré Krishna, Haré Krishna
    Krishna Krishna, Haré Haré


    Om Sri Ram, jai Ram, jai jai Ram


    Om namah Shivaya


    Om Bhavani

    (A mantram in honor of the Divine Mother)




    Jewish


    Barukh attah Adonai


    Ribono shel olam

    (“Lord of the universe”)






    Muslim


    Allah


    Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

    (“In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate”)



    RESOURCE
    Eknath Easwaran

    Thought for the Day

    Sign up for a free daily email message. Start your day with inspirational quotations accompanied by Easwaran’s wise and practical commentaries.

    RETREAT

    Learn Passage Meditation

    The BMCM offers retreats on passage meditation for beginners, experienced meditators, young adults, and those over 65 or facing life-threatening illness. For more information follow the link – or call us at 800.475.2369 or 707.878.2369.

    VIDEO
    Eknath Easwaran

    View video clips

    DVD 30: “Meditation is good for long vision. Whatever the consequences of certain acts, we can put on steel-rimmed spectacles and see those consequences.”

    BOOK
    Eknath Easwaran

    Passage
    Meditation

    Bring the deep wisdom of the heart into daily life by meditating on spiritual passages that embody your highest ideals.

    ARTICLE
    Eknath Easwaran

    Invitation to a Journey

    "The need to return to the source of our being is nothing less than an evolutionary imperative – the drive to realize our full human potential."

    BOOK
    Eknath Easwaran

    Upanishads

    More copies sold in the past six months than all other English translations combined.

    Email us your comments and requests for information  | Blue Mountain Center of Meditation, PO Box 256, Tomales, CA 94971 USA
    Telephone: 800.475.2369 or 707.878.2369 | Facsimile: 707.878.2375 | © 1997–2008 by The Blue Mountain Center of Meditation

    Creative Commons License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.


    Blue Mountain Center of Meditaton, PO Box 256, Tomales, CA 94971 USA   Telephone: 800.475.2369   Facsimile: 707.878.2375
    © 1997–2008 by The Blue Mountain Center of Meditation