UNIVERSAL PRAYER

Sarveśām Svastir Bhavatu

Sarveśām Sāntir Bhavatu

Sarveśām Poornam Bhavatu

Sarveśām Mangalam Bhavatu

May good befall all,

May there be peace for all

May all be fit for perfection,

May all experience that which is auspicious.

 Sarve bhavantu sukhina

 Sarve santu nirāmayaha

 Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu

 Mā kaścit duḥkha bhāgbhavet

Om, May all be happy. May all be healthy.

May we all experience what is good and let no one suffer.

 Vishnu mantras

Some famous Vaishnava mantras are:

"Om Namo Narayanaya"

"Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya"

"Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram"

"Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare"

"Om Sri Krishnaya Govindaya Gopijana Vallabhaya Namaha"

        Shanti mantras

Aum.. Aum.. Aum..

Sahana vavatu sahanou bhunaktu

Sahaveeryam karavavahai

Tejasvinavadhitamastu

Mavid visha vahai hi

Aum Shanthi.. Shanthi.. Shanthihi.

Let the Studies that we together undertake be effulgent;

Let there be no Animosity amongst us;

OM... Peace, Peace, Peace.

(Recited before the commencement of one's education)

– Black[krishna] Yajurveda Taittiriya Upanishad 2.2.2

 Lead me from ignorance to truth

असतोमा सद्गमय। तमसोमा ज्योतिर् गमया।

मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय॥

Asato mā sad gamaya

Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya

Mṛtyormā amṛtam gamaya

Aum śānti śānti śāntiḥ (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28)

From ignorance, lead me to truth;

From darkness, lead me to light;

From death, lead me to immortality

Aum peace, peace, peace

 Gayatri

        Gayatri Mantra

                 The Gayatri mantra is considered one of the most universal of all Hindu mantras, invoking the universal Brahman as the principle of knowledge and the illumination of the primordial Sun.

Aum Bhūr Bhuva Svaha

(Aum) Tat Savitur Varenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi

Dhiyo Yo Nahah Prachodayāt, (Aum|