Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Posted February 22, 2001 Hello!<br><br>I'm new to this club and fairly new to the ashtanga practice. I've been practicing yoga solidly for a year and about a month ago I began incorporating ashtanga into my practice.<br><br>My question is, can anyone tell me the words to the chant that is usually done before the beginning of an ashtanga class? The only name I recognize is "Pantanjali."<br><br>Any help would be much appreciated! <br><br>Namaste! Quote
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Posted February 22, 2001 In English below. I've got a 1.5 meg MP3 file with it on. Im happy to email it to anyone who wants it. Umm . . .i guess I must have found it on the net but where who knows? Im sure some more enterprising net denizen will post the hindi which I have but is locked in a jpeg and I haven't got time to transcribe. however again ive got the whole thing locked up ina word doc (pC) if anyone wants it (68kB)<br><br>BEGINS<br><br>I bow to the two lotus feet of the (plurality of) Gurus which awaken insight into<br> the happiness of pure Being, which are the refuge, the jungle physician, which eliminate the delusion caused by the poisonous herb of Samsara (conditioned existence). <br><br>I prostrate before the sage Patanjali who has thousands of radiant, white heads (as the divine serpent, Ananta) and who has, as far as his arms, assumed the form of a man holding a conch shell (divine sound), a wheel (discus of light or infinite time) and a sword (discrimination). <br><br>om Quote
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Posted February 22, 2001 oh blimey, ive missed me yoga class cause i was too busy pottering around the computer so its time for a bit of karma yoga!<br><br>vande gurunam caranaravinde<br>sandarista svatmasukhava bodhe<br>nihsreyase jangalikayamane<br>samsara halahala mohasantyai<br><br>abahu purusakaram<br>sankhacakrasi dharinam<br>sahasra sirasam svetam<br>pranamami patanjalim<br>om<br><br>hooray! Quote
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Posted February 22, 2001 There is an mp3 audio file of this very chant at Richard Freeman's site (<a href=http://www.yogaworkshop.com/philosophy_chant_phil_vande.htm target=new>http://www.yogaworkshop.com/philosophy_chant_phil_vande.htm</a>)<br><\ br>That _should_ get you there, I hope <br><br>It has the sanskrit and english translations as well.<br>I think it's worth a listen.<br><br>Lilly Quote
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Posted February 22, 2001 This site offers a really good translation of the chant, as well as a recording you can play so as to hear just how it's pronounced (though no 2 teachers, I've noticed, chant it in exactly the same way).<br><br><a href=http://www.yogaworkshop.com/ target=new>http://www.yogaworkshop.com/</a> Quote
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Posted February 22, 2001 Wow! Thanks to all who have responded to my question Its so nice to know the words, I won't just be mumbling along now! Quote
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Posted February 22, 2001 tried to post this site for the chant earlier but screwed it up somehow, it's a pretty neat site for other things too. the section on the chant shows what the proper tonal inflection should be, though it seems that each teacher has their own way of doing it.<br><a href=http://www.ghita.com.au/crippled/chant.html target=new>http://www.ghita.com.au/crippled/chant.html</a> Quote
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Posted February 23, 2001 Hi Namaste,<br><br>I am a new member also and only been practising for about a year, and loving it. Was Hatha but now Ashtanga, so sorry I cannot help you with your question.<br>Love and Light<br>Sunflowergirl Quote
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