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Expert Recommended Mantras

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Yoga Techniques and Fitness

Overview

In this lesson, we summarize the key mantras recommended by Swami Sivananda Radha, Eknath Easwaran, Thomas Ashley-Farrand, Alanna Kaivalya and Yelena Moroz Alpert.

Objective

Become familiar with a curated selection of mantras recommended by respected teachers, including their traditional context and use as tools for single-pointed focus and Self-Realization.

What You'll Get

A focused collection of mantras drawn from the recommendations of teachers like Swami Sivananda Radha, presented with enough context to actually use them. You'll find Om, Krishna Invocation, Om Namah Shivaya, and others — each with background on its origin and purpose. This isn't a catalog; it's a practical reference for practitioners who want to bring mantra into their meditation and daily life, and for teachers who want to share these tools with students authentically and responsibly.

Swami Sivananda Radha

The [following] mantras are mantras of the heart, used as short formulas to bring about single-pointedness of mind for the purpose of achieving Self-Realization… There are other examples of mantras you may wish to chant for other purposes. – Swami Sivananda Radha, Mantras: Words of Power 2011 p 63 link

Aum / Om
Krishna Invocation
Om Krishna Guru
Radhe Govinda
Om Tara
Ave Maria
Hari Om
Om Namah Shivaya
Om Sri Rama Jaya Rama
Namo Amitabha & Om Namo Bhagavate

Eknath Easwaran

If no one mantram appeals to you more than any other, I would recommend Rama, Rama, one of the oldest, simplest, and most powerful of mantrams. – Eknath Easwaran, The Mantram Handbook 2008 p 29

Jesus or Om Yesu Christu
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
Hail Mary
Rama, Rama, Rama
Krishna
Hare Rama Hare Krishna
Om Namah Shivaya
Namu Admidabutsu
Om Mani Padme Hum
Barukh Attah Adonai
Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim
Allah
Aum / Om

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