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    The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra - The Life-Giving Prayer

    enMarch 16, 2011
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    About this Episode

    The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is regarded as a healing mantra. It is addressed to [god] and considered as one of the most potent Sanskrit Mantras.  Along with the Gayatri mantra it holds the highest place among the many mantras used for contemplation and meditation

    The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
    Om trayambakam yajaamahe
    sugandhim pushtivardhanam
    Urvaarukamiva bandhanaan
     mrityor muksheeya maamritaat.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamrityunjaya_Mantra

    Meaning/Translation
    We meditate on the [god] which nourishes and increases the sweet fullness of life. Like a cucumber from its stem may we be separated ("liberated"), not from immortality but from death.

    For more information on the vast system of yoga: http://www.myyoga.org.uk/

     

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