Gauri sings the mantra Shri Ram Jaya Ram, number 202 in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet. Listen to this mantra, sung by Gauri. Here is the full text in simplified transcription:

Shri Ram Jaya Ram,
Jaya Jaya Ram Om
Shri Ram Jaya Ram,
Jaya Jaya Ram
Jaya Sita Ram Jay(a) Jaya Hanuman
Sadgurudev(a) Shivananda Bhagavan

In this kirtan Rama is especially worshipped, so it is a Rama kirtan. Rama is worshipped as Ram, and Ram is on the one hand the abbreviation of Rama, as it is also in Hindi, but Ram is also the bija mantra of Rama, bija, the seed mantra. Rama is Shri, Shri means “auspicious” and “respect”. When Shri is in front of a name, it is always an expression of respect and at the same time of closeness. “Shri Ram. Oh Rama, I feel close to you and I worship you. Jaya Ram.

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Aditi sings the mantra Tumi Bhaja Re Mana, number 208 in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan booklet. Listen to this mantra, sung by Aditi. Here is the full text in simplified transcription:

Tumi Bhaja Re Mana,
Tumi Japa Re Mana
Om Shri Ram Jaya Ram,
Japa Re Mana

“Tumi Bhaja Re Mana” is a kirtan that is very popular at Yoga Vidya, also in different melodies. In the melody that was first available at Yoga Vidya, it is a dynamic kirtan, a march-like kirtan, an advancing kirtan, a kirtan that gives confidence, that gives enthusiasm. In another variation, it is a longing kirtan that goes straight to the heart and expresses the longing of the soul to really feel God.

Maha Mantra chanted by Ramadasa at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. Here is the text to sing along:

Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare /
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare //

If you are interested in seminars with music, you can find here seminars on mantra and music. For more kirtan and Mantra vocal recordings click here. For more information on Yoga, meditation and Ayurveda can be found on the internet pages of Yoga Vidya.