Asato Ma Sadgamaya

The mantra "Asato ma sadgamaya" is a powerful and ancient Sanskrit prayer from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, which is one of the major Upanishads, part of the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of Hinduism. This mantra is often chanted or recited to seek guidance and illumination in life and to move from ignorance to wisdom, from the unreal to the real, and from darkness to light. असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमया। मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय॥ Transliteration: Asato ma sadgamaya Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya Mṛtyor māamṛtaṃ gamaya Translation: Lead me from the unreal to the real. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from mortality to immortality.