By Joan (Jayadevi) Bragar

You are always invited to join in chanting the Guru Mantra. It is included in Gurudevi’s opening mantras, which begin her Ashram programs and classes.

The Guru Mantra honors Gurudevi’s Guru and all who have preceded him in our lineage. Through Guru’s Grace, with every discourse, mantra repetition and meditation, Gurudevi brings us closer to this realization within ourselves.

With this chant, we celebrate her. We revere the Guru as one who knows her own Self. Thus, she gives us the knowing of our own Self, the one Self being all. We express gratitude for being fortunate heirs of this Grace-full lineage.

This small, framed poster of the Guru Mantra presents the words in three ways: ancient Devanagari script, transliteration of the Sanskrit words into our modern-day Latin letters, and the English translation. It is adorned by a lotus graphic. A blooming lotus, rooted in mud, evokes the profound process of becoming enlightened.

This small poster comes in two sizes (8 ½ x 11 and 5 x 7) in a choice of frames. You can either hang your framed Guru Mantra on your wall or set it on a table, nicely preparing your space for July’s Guru Purnima celebration.