INVOKING THE GURU'S PRESENCE
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THE START OF EVERY NITHYANANDA YOGA CLASS/RITUAL BEGINS WITH THE OPENING PRAYER, THE SADGURU-VANDANAM: INVOKING THE GURU'S PRESENCE
CHANT
NITYANANDAM PARAMASUKHADAM KEVALAM JNANAMURTIM
DVANDVAATEETAM GAGANASADRUHAM
TATTWAMASYAADI-LAKSHYAM
EKAM NITYAM VIMALAM ACHALAM SARVADHI-SAKSHI-BHOOTAM
BHAAVAATEETAM TRIGUNA-RAHITAM SADGURUM TAM NAMAAMI
MEANING
I SURRENDER TO THAT SADGURU WHO IS ETERNAL BLISS, THE BESTOWER OF SUPREME HAPPINESS, THE ONE, WHO IS THE EMBODIMENT OF WISDOM, WHO IS BEYOND DUALITY, WHO IS OMNIPRESENT, TO WHOM THE SUPREME GOAL IS GIVING THE ENLIGHTEMENT EXPERIENCE, WHO IS ETERNAL, PURE AND UNSHAKEABLE, WHO IS THE SILENT SPECTATOR OF ALL THOUGHT PROCESSES, WHO IS BEYOND EMOTIONS AND THE WHO IS WITHOUT THE THREE QUALITIES CALLED SATTVA - PURITY, RAJAS - PASSION AND TAMAS - SLUMBER