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Lakshmi Ashtakam by Bombay Sisters

Shiva Raksha Stotram - Pandit Jasraj (LIVE - Mahashivarathri 2014)

"Guruvastakam" is a devotional music track produced by Sounds of Isha, a group of musicians associated with the Isha Foundation. The track's intention is to evoke a sense of love and reverence towards the Guru or spiritual teacher, through the use of traditional Indian instruments and chants. The track was uploaded to SoundCloud by a fan for others to enjoy, without any commercial intent.

Guruvashtakam

गणपति अथर्व्शिर्श

The feminine has always been worshipped in Indian culture in various forms. This wonderful song by the great Tamil poet, Mahakavi Bharathiyar is in praise of the goddess and his experience of her. The song by Sounds of Isha is set to a tune as an offering to Linga Bhairavi Devi.

Linga Bhairavi is the most exuberant expression of the Divine Feminine, residing in a triangular-shaped abode at the Velliangiri Foothills. Unique in her manifestation in the form of a linga, Devi was consecrated by Sadhguru as a powerful energy form with a solidified mercury core. Representing the creative and nurturing aspects of the universe, she is the ultimate manifestation of the Mother Goddess – powerful and all-encompassing.

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Thunbam illadha nilaiye shakthi

Śrī Sūkta, also called Śrī Sūktam, is a Sanskrit devotional hymn (set of shlokas / Śloka-s) revering Śrī as Lakṣmī, the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity and fertility. Śrī Sūkta is recited, with a strict adherence to the Chandas, to invoke the goddess' blessings. The hymns are found in the Rig Vedic khilanis, which are appendices to the Ṛkveda that probably date to pre-Buddhist times.
The goddess Śrī appears in several earlier vedic hymns, and is the personification of auspicious and royal qualities. Śrī Sūkta is perhaps the first text in which the homology between Śrī and Lakṣmī is drawn, and the goddesses are further associated with the god of fire, Agni. Since the later epic period (ca 400 CE), Śrī-Lakṣmī is particularly associated with Viṣṇu as his wife or consort.
The Śrī Sūkta describes Śrī as glorious, ornamented, royal, lustrous as gold, and radiant as fire, moon and the sun. She is addressed as the bestower of fame, bounty and abundance in the form of gold, cattle, horses and food; and entreated to banish her sister alakṣmī (misfortune), who is associated with need, hunger, thirst and poverty. The hymn also associates Śrī with (agrarian) fertility and she is described as the mother of Kārdama (mud), moist, perceptible through odour, dwelling in cowdung and producing abundant harvest. 

The Śrī Sūktam assumes specific significance because of Śrī Mahālakṣmī's presence on Lord Śrī Venkaṭeśvara, at Tirumala, or Viṣṇu's chest, at the Heart. Lakṣmi is the embodiment of Love, from which devotion to God or Bhakti flows. It is through Love/Bhakti or Lakṣmī that the Ātmā or soul is able to reach God or Viṣṇu.

Śrī or Lakṣmī is also the personification of the spiritual energy within us and universe called kuṇḍalinī. Also, She embodies the Spiritual World or Vaikuṇtha; the abode of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa or Viṣṇu, not to be confused with Heaven, as The Heavenly Planets are still part of the Material Universe. Vaikuṇtha-Dham is purely spiritual, eternal and self illuminating. She is also supposed to have the Divine qualities of God and the soul. Lakshmi is God's superior spiritual feminine energy or the Param Prākṛti, which purifies, empowers and uplifts the individual. Hence, She is called the Goddess of Fortune.

The Śrī Sūkta uses the motifs of lotus (padma or kamala) and elephant (gaja) – symbols that are consistently linked with the goddess Śrī-Lakṣmī in later references. The lotus is thought to be symbolic of purity, beauty, spiritual power, life, fertility, growth or, in Tantra, the entire created universe. It is a recurring motif in Hindu (as well as Buddhist and Jain) literature and a lotus growing from Viṣṇu's navel is said to mark the beginning of a new cosmic creation. The elephants are symbolic of royalty and, in Hindu mythology, are also related with cloud and rain; they thus reinforce Śrī-Lakṣmī's stature as the goddess of abundance and fertility.

Later Hindu iconography often represents Śrī-Lakṣmī in the form of Gaja-Lakṣmī, standing on a lotus, flanked by two elephants that are shown showering her with water with their trunks. 
The Śrī Sūkta is one of the Pañca-Sūktam (5 Suktams) recited during the 3-hour long Abhiṣeka of Venkateswara, at the famed ancient Hill Shrine of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, India. The Abhiṣekam to the main deity is performed every Friday. Śrī Sūkta is also recited during the daily Arjitha Vasanthotsavam seva.

Sri Suktam

Sri Rama Raksha Stotram

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Lyrics:

Bharatam Mahabharatam 
Ganga Narmada punya teertham
Sindhu Saraswati Kaveri
jeevana kaarana moola tatvam
nadi Raashtrasya maha amritam 
Bharatam

The rivers of Bharat which have nourished us for millennia are now facing dangerous levels of depletion. On average, major rivers have depleted by about 40% since Independence. Just as they have embraced us for generations and made our lives, we need to embrace them now. 

This chant has been created to instill a sense of pride in our rivers and to bring awareness so that we can act on this imminent need.

Translation:

Bharat - the great land
The land with the pure waters of Ganga, Narmada,
Sindhu, Saraswati and Kaveri
where water is seen as that element which is the basis and the source of all life. 
Rivers are the lifelines of this nation - Bharat

Meaning:

The great land of Bharat is formed by the pure waters of mighty rivers like Ganga, Narmada, Sindhu, Saraswati and Kaveri, to name a few. Rivers define this nation; we have not seen the rivers as just water bodies, we have seen them as life-giving gods or goddesses; they are the fundamental building blocks of life.

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Rally for Rivers is a nationwide campaign to create awareness about the dire state of our rivers. Only with people's support can the government on the state and central levels be able to implement a policy to save our rivers. Sadhguru himself will be driving over 7000 km, across 16 states with over 20 events in major cities. 

Join the cause now and pledge to save our rivers by giving a missed call to 80009 80009. 

“This is not a protest. This is not an agitation. This is a campaign to raise awareness that our rivers are depleting. Everyone who consumes water must Rally for Rivers.” -Sadhguru

Nadi Stuti - Rally for Rivers chant

Listen to Sadhguru​ sing "Shiv kailasho ke wasi" with Mohit Chauhan​! A duet that cannot be missed! This was a few nights ago in front of the iconic Adiyogi at the Isha Yoga Center​ on the occasion of the Sapta Rishi Arati.  

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Sadhguru & Mohit Chauhan - Shiv Kailasho Ke Wasi

A Rendition of Subramaniya Bharatiyar's Song by Sounds of Isha, enjoy this melodious description of Devi on the occasion of #Navaratri.

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Lyrics and Meaning: 

காலமாம் வனத்திலண்டக் கோலமா மரத்தின்மீது
காளிசக்தி யென்றபெயர் கொண்டு - ரீங்
காரமிட் டுலவுமொரு வண்டு

In the vast forest of time, on a big tree which is the cosmos, a buzzing bee called Kaali Shakti is seated.

காலும்விழி நீலவன்ன மூல அத்து வாக்களெனும்
கால்களா றுடையதெனக் கண்டு - மறை
காணுமுனி வோருரைத்தார் பண்டு.

Her eyes are like fire, her legs are blue in color - thus the sages of the past who learnt the Vedas describe her.

மேலுமாகிக் கீழுமாகி வேறுள திசையுமாகி
விண்ணுமண்ணு மானசக்தி வெள்ளம் - இந்த
விந்தையெல்லா மாங்கது செய் கள்ளம் - பழ
வேதமா யதன்முனுள்ள நாதமாய் விளங்குமிந்த
வீரசக்தி வெள்ளம்விழும் பள்ளம் - ஆக
வேண்டும் நித்த மென்றனேழை யுள்ளம்.

She depicts all directions, sky and the earth, she is the basis of the Vedas, she is the flood of energy - let every heart wish to receive this energy.

அன்புவடி வாகிநிற்பள் துன்பெலா மவளிழைப்பள்
ஆக்கநீக்கம் யாவுமவள் செய்கை - இதை
ஆர்ந்துணர்ந்த வர்களுக்குண் டுய்கை - அவள்

One who is aware that she is the form of love, she creates everything, and she destroys everything, attains to the Ultimate.

ஆதியா யநாதியா யகண்டவறி வாவளுன்றன்
அறிவுமவள் மேனியிலோர் சைகை - அவள்
ஆனந்தத்தி னெல்லை யற்ற பொய்கை.

She is the beginning, she is also the beginning - less. She is knowledge, she is the cascade of endless joy.

எண்ணியேஓம் சக்தியெனும் புண்ணிய முனிவர் நித்தம்
எய்துவார்மெய்ஞ் ஞானமெனுந் தீயை - எரித்து
எற்றுவாரிந் நானெனும் பொய்ப் பேயை.

She is the one who destroys the demon of self-identity. The sages who meditated on her have attained ultimate knowledge. 

ஆதியாஞ் சிவனுமவன் சோதியான சக்தியுந்தான்
அங்குமிங்கு மெங்குமுள வாகும் - ஒன்றே
யாகினா லுலகனைத்தும் சாகும் - அவை
யன்றியோர் பொருளுமில்லை, அன்றியொன்று மில்லையிதை
ஆய்ந்திடில் துயரமெல்லாம் போகும் - இந்த
அறிவுதான் பரமஞான மாகும்.  

Shiva and Shakti together are the basis of everything here - without them nothing can exist. There is no misery for whoever realizes this. This is the ultimate knowledge.

நீதியா மரசுசெய்வர் நிதிகள்பல கோடிதுய்ப்பர்
நீண்டகாலம் வாழ்வர்தரை மீது - எந்த
நெறியுமெய்து வர்நினைத்த போது - அந்த  
நித்தமுத்த சுத்தபுத்த சத்தபெருங் காளிபத
நீழலடைந் தார்க்கில்லையோர் தீது - என்று
நேர்மைவேதம் சொல்லும் வழி யீது.

The Vedas say that misfortune will not befall those who take care of people, live prosperously, and bow down to Kali’s feet.

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