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Sanskrit Mantras

Mantra chants

Sanskrit mantras offer powerful holistic benefits by combining sound, breath, and intention to create balance across mind, body, and spirit. The vibrational quality of these ancient sounds can help calm the nervous system, focus the mind, and gently release emotional blockages, while also deepening one’s connection to spirit and inner awareness. Repeating mantras supports mindfulness, raises energetic frequency, and encourages a sense of grounding and protection, making them a beautiful daily spiritual practice. To support this journey,

Below are a collection of candle light 1-minute YouTube Shorts designed to help with correct pronunciation of the mantras and to guide you into a short, soothing one-minute meditation, making sacred practice accessible even in the busiest moments. Visit the Mind Over Matter page for more details of the meditation directions for these sacred chants or just simply use each Candle Light video for your 1-minute mantra sessions.

Om Shanti Om is a deeply calming Sanskrit mantra that centres the mind and invites peace on every level of being.

Om is the primordial sound of the universe, representing the source of all creation and the connection between body, mind, and spirit. Chanting Om helps align you with universal consciousness and brings awareness into the present moment.

Shanti means peace—specifically peace of mind, peace in the body, and peace in the spirit. When repeated, it gently soothes inner turbulence and promotes emotional and energetic balance.

Om at the end seals the mantra, grounding the intention of peace and anchoring it within and around you.

Holistically, Om Shanti Om is often used to calm anxiety, release stress, and restore inner harmony. Spiritually, it acts as a prayer for peace within yourself and for the world around you, making it a powerful mantra for meditation, healing work, and moments when you wish to return to stillness and centred awareness.

Photo by AMOL NAKVE

Photo by AMOL NAKVE

Here are a few well-known Sanskrit mantras, along with their meanings:

1. Om (AUM)

Meaning: The primordial sound of the universe.

Om represents unity, wholeness, and the connection between mind, body, and spirit. Chanting Om helps calm the nervous system and bring the mind into a meditative state.

2. Om Shanti Shanti Shantiḥ

Meaning: Peace in body, mind, and spirit.

This mantra is often chanted at the end of prayers or meditations to invite deep peace within oneself and into the surrounding world.

3. Om Namah Śivāya

Meaning: “I bow to the inner Self” or “I honour the divine within.”

This mantra supports inner transformation, grounding, and release of ego, encouraging balance and spiritual growth.

4. Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha

Meaning: Salutations to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles.

Chanted to clear mental, emotional, and spiritual blocks, this mantra supports new beginnings and focused intention.

5. Gayatri Mantra

Mantra:

Om Bhūr Bhuvaḥ Svaḥ

Tat Savitur Vareṇyaṃ

Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi

Dhiyo Yo Naḥ Prachodayāt

Meaning: A prayer for divine light and wisdom to illuminate the mind and guide our thoughts. It is traditionally used to enhance clarity, insight, and spiritual awareness.

6. Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu

Meaning: “May all beings everywhere be happy and free.”

A mantra of compassion and collective healing, expanding loving-kindness beyond the self.

7. So’ham

Meaning: “I am That.”

A simple breath mantra aligning inhalation (So) and exhalation (Ham), reminding us of our unity with universal consciousness.

These mantras can be chanted aloud, whispered, or repeated silently—especially during short candle-light meditations or moments of stillness—allowing their vibration to gently guide the mind into balance and presence.

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