Student Teacher Prayer - Recitation Practice

A call and response recitation practice for the Student Teacher Prayer. This session is designed for those who have already been introduced to this mantra. We move through the practice word by word, then line by line, building toward a full recitation together. If you'd like to go deeper into the history and meaning behind this mantra, there are live sessions available. For now, we simply practice. Come with an open mind and a comfortable seat. All are welcome.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to this mantra recitation for the student teacher prayer. This practice assumes that you've heard this before, That we've been together before in some capacity here on Insight Timer. And so this is strictly a recitation practice so that you can learn this mantra. So just have a comfortable seat. Sit up nice and tall. Bring an open mind into this practice. Have some fun as we move through. We're going to do some call and response. We'll go through line by line. And more eventually. Go through the entire mantra. And I'm just going to recite the mantra one time in its entirety, So we kind of know where we're headed. And then we'll go into a line-by-line recitation. Om Sahanao Vavatu. Saha naobunaktu. Sahaveeryam karavavahai. Tejas Sri Nauvadhi Tamastu. Mahavidhvisha Vahai Few notes. In Sanskrit, The letter V is sort of a V and a W combined. So you'll hear a little bit of. . . Wah, Wah Wah, It's like a VW. And then the letter R is a rolled R, Similar to Spanish. So ra and vah. R R R R R Just play with that, Explore that. Let that evolve over time. So let's do call and response, Line by line. Word by word to start. Om. Saha nao bhavatu. Saha Nao Vavatu Sa-ha-na-o-wa-wa-tu. Next line. Sa-ha-nau-bu-lak-tu. Sa-ha-nau-bu-nak-tu. Sa-ha-nau-bu-nak-tu Next line. Sahaviryam karavavahai. Sahavīryam karavāvahāi sahaviryaṁ karavāvahaiḥ Next line. TEJAS VINAVADHITAMAS TU TEJAS VINAVADHITAMAS TU TEJAS VINAVADHITAMAS TU Last line. MA VIDVISHA VAHAYI mā vidvīṣāvahāi mā vidvīṣāvahāi Back to the top. OM SAHA NAVAVATTHU OM SAHA NAO VAVA TU Next line. Saha-naubunaktu. Saha nao bhu-nakthu. Next line. We'll split this one in half. Saha vidyam. Saha vīryam KADABRAWAHAI! Ka-ra-wa-wa-hi! Sahavīryam karavāvahāi. Sahaviryaṁ karavābhaya Next line, We'll split this in half as well. Tejas Vihau They just rehowl. Vadhi tamas tu. Vadhi tamas tu. Tejas vrīhāva dhītamastu. Tejas prihau vadhi tamas tu. Last line, Ma vidviṣā vahāy. Ma vidvisa vahayi Okay, Let's go through the whole thing. We're just going to just keep reciting, Keep going. Join in as you can. Let's see how it goes. Om Sahana Vavatu. Saha-nau-bulaktu. Sahaveeryam karavavahai. Tejas prinau vadhi tamas tu Mahavidvisha Vahayi. Back to the top. Om Sahanau Vavatu. Sahanaubunaktu. Sahavidhyam kadavavahai. TEJAS VINAVADHITAMAS TU Ma Videsha Wahay! Now let's recite the whole thing. I'm just going to keep going. I'm going to close my eyes and recite this. A number of times we'll stop when we stop, Maybe 3 or 5 rounds. Join in as you can. From top to bottom. OM SAHA NAO VAVA TU sahanaa abunaaktoob sahaveeryam karavavahai Tejas vinau vadhi tamas tu MAHA VIDHISHA VAHAYI OM SAHA NAVAVATU sahanaa abunaaktoon sahaveeryam karavavahai. Tejasvi nau vadhi tamas tu. Mahavidveshavohai. Om Sahanao Vavatu. Sahana Obulakto. Sahavīryam karavāvahāi tejasvinau vadhitamastu MAHA VIDYASA VAHAYI Om Sahanao Vavattu. Saha, Nau, Buna, Kthu sahaveeryam kara bhavahai TEJAS VINAVADHITAMAS TU Mahavidhvisa Vahai. Om Sahanau Vavatu. Sahana Obulaktu sahaveeryam karavabuhay Tejasvi na vaditamastu. Mahavideh Shah Wohi Om Shanti Shanti Shanti shanti. Relax your breath, Relax your body, Just find some stillness. Awareness inward. Let's take a moment here, Be with yourself. If he wanted to, You could bring your hands to prayer and gently bow the head. Just honoring this moment. You can rub your palms. Generate some heat. Warmth into the palms. Go ahead and cover your eyes. Allow the warmth to nourish your eyes. Open the eyes into the palms and relax the hands. Thank you for joining. Good luck on your practice. Keep coming back. I look forward to connecting with you very soon.

Reviews

Much gratitude for this explicit teaching 🙏🏼 so new at mantra and I found this one so soothing and peaceful. Amazing Sean as always 💗looking forward to chanting with you in our next session 😍