Anusara Invocation
"The Anusara Invocation" is a sanskrit mantra, beginning with Om Namah Shivaya, which Friend states he received from Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. All Anusara Yoga classes begin with three chants of om, followed by three rounds of the Invocation, and concluding with one final om. The mantra's lyrics are:
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- "Om Namah Shivaya Gurave (Hail to Shiva, the Teacher)
- Sacchidananda-Murtaye (Whose Form is Truth, Consciousness and Bliss)
- Nishprapanchaya Shantaya (The Singular One, the Peaceful One)
- Niralambaya Tejase''(The Self-supported One, the Lustrous One)
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The same mantra is known as the "Siddha Yoga mantra", and it also occurs as a verse in the Guru Stotram used by Sivananda Saraswati's Divine Life Society.
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