RICKY TRAN, BBA, E-RYT 500, YU-QP4, YACEP, CBA
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Student/Teacher peace invocation

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Ricky leading at Kripalu in 2011

shantipath - shanti mantra - peace chant

Shanti Mantras are invoked in the beginning of some topics. They are supposed to calm the mind of the reciter and environment around him/her. Reciting them is also believed to be removing any obstacles for the task being started.

This mantra highlights the nature of the teacher-student relationship that produces ideal results for the student. The transference of mental, spiritual and intellectual energies from the teacher to the student can be achieved through a mutually nourishing relationship which is based on (mutual) respect, joy (of giving and receiving), and absence of malice or negative thoughts.

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Learn to chant by listening and chanting along. Use transliteration to follow along. The file below includes a solo chant, followed by call and response.
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Sanskrit:
ॐ सह नाववतु ।
सह नौ भुनक्तु ।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Transliteration:
Om Saha Naa-vavatu |
Saha Nau Bhunaktu |
Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai |
Tejasvi Naavadhiitamastuu Maa Vidvishaavahai |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Translation:
AUM, may we be protected together,
May we be nourished together,
May we work together with vigor and enthusiasm,
May we become luminous by our studies and not give rise to hostility or enmity.
AUM, peace, peace, peace.


Another translation:

Let us together (-saha) be protected (-na vavatu) and let us together be nourished (-bhunaktu).
Let us together join our mental forces in strength (-veeryam) for the benefit of humanity (-karvaa vahai).
Let our efforts at learning be luminous (-tejasvi) and filled with joy, and endowed with the force of purpose (-vadhita mastu).
Let us never (-maa) be poisoned (-vishaa) with the seeds of hatred for anyone. Let there be peace and serenity (-shaantih).
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To whom I lend loving credit.

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Srivatsa Ramaswami, one-on-one student of T Krishnamacharya for 33 years. He is the teacher whom I have learned the most about yoga. He's taught me Krishnamacharya's Vinyasa Krama (asana, vinyasa, pranayama), direct translation of ancient texts, e.g. Yoga Sutra, Bhagavad Gita, Samkhya Karika, just to name a few. I have learned a tremendous amount of Sanskrit through this master's blessings.
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Original Ashtanga Yogis David Swenson, David Williams, (Ricky Tran) and Danny Paradise @Ashtanga Mela 2010. These first generation Ashtangis showed me by example how one can continue to practice yoga for the rest of your life.
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The Amazing Kumar Pallana, actor, performer, comedian, yogi, taught me that no matter the age of the student, everyone must be taught to laugh and breathe.
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Sri Dharma Mitra, circa 2009 taught me about ahimsa and devotion. The master reminds us that the goal of yoga is Self-Realization. He is as his name implies, a friend to all.
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Inspired by Bryan Kest Power Yoga, through Suze Curtis, my first yoga teacher. Learn to be comfortable when uncomfortable. Listen. Respond vs. React.
“Before you've practiced, the theory is useless. After you've practiced, the theory is obvious.” David Williams

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