Om Namah Shivaya in Bhairavi Raga
Chanting with Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
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A full recording of this namasankirtana is available in the Siddha Yoga Bookstore.
To celebrate Mahashivaratri, the shakti blessed us with perfect weather for planting. We found new homes for a dwarf cherry tree, a lot of flowers, and a lot of worms that now enjoy lovingly prepared places.
Since I have Om Namah Shivaya in the Bhairavi raga on my phone, I had this chant playing through my earbuds all day. The sense of oneness with Nature, shakti, and Gurumayi brought me to a whole new level of bliss. Truly a thousandfold magnification!
Since I have Om Namah Shivaya in the Bhairavi raga on my phone, I had this chant playing through my earbuds all day. The sense of oneness with Nature, shakti, and Gurumayi brought me to a whole new level of bliss. Truly a thousandfold magnification!
Oregon, United States
At the Siddha Yoga meditation center today, I chanted Om Namah Shivaya in the Bhairavi raga. During the whole chant, I was feeling enthusiasm and love for Lord Shiva. As the chant concluded with high energy by Gurumayi ji and the music ensemble, I felt I had become Shiva. After the chant, I was meditating deeply—I think everyone in the hall was in deep meditation. I am very grateful to Gurumayi for this Celebration Satsang to worship Lord Shiva. Koti koti pranam .
Udhana, India
This morning, I awoke to the sound of the mantra playing within my heart. I performed abhishek to Lord Shiva and adorned his form with fresh flowers. I can feel his warm embrace protecting and nourishing me. As I chant to our beloved Lord Shiva, I am filled with love and gratitude for the Siddha Yoga path. The love I feel is like waves in the ocean, touching the cloudless blue sky. With great power and tranquility, this love permeates my being and everything I see. Grace comes in many forms, but at its foundation, there is always love, love, love. Truly, we are blessed.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
This raga is excellent and very bright. When I listen to Gurumayi as I chant, I easily enter into the inner world. It seems as if I enter a state where peace resides, and my mind experiences such concentration and depth that it doesn’t want to come back. With this tune, I feel the depth of my inner Self.
Ratlam, India
As I chanted this sacred mantra with Gurumayi, immense gratitude welled up in my heart. How fortunate and blessed we are to have our beloved Guru, this sacred mantra, and the Siddha Yoga teachings!
St. Laurent, Canada
This day of Mahashivaratri began divinely: this is the version of Om Namah Shivaya that I chanted for the first time in Rome in 1989 on the day when I met Gurumayi.
This is the mantra of my initiation onto the Siddha Yoga path, and I will never forget it. It was my first love, and it’s true that you never forget your first love.
Shubh Mahashivaratri.
This is the mantra of my initiation onto the Siddha Yoga path, and I will never forget it. It was my first love, and it’s true that you never forget your first love.
Shubh Mahashivaratri.
Naples, Italy
The melody of the mantra in the Bhairavi raga is very dear to my heart. When I chant the mantra in this raga, I feel that I am sitting in the presence of my Guru, surrounded by her protection and love. At those moments nothing exists except the feeling of oneness with my Guru. It is such a lovely experience of living in grace, a way to “remain connected” to my own divinity.
Delhi, India
When I first chanted this version of the mantra Om Namah Shivaya with Gurumayi, years ago now, I felt shivers of awe, longing, and ecstasy. I sensed my greatness and knew I had met an extraordinary being.
Today when I chanted along with Gurumayi on the recording, instead of trying to go back to that time, I took the feeling of the chant inside, to experience the love in my being today.Thornbury, Australia
We chanted this namasankirtana at the local Siddha Yoga Center recently. After chanting for some time, my body became still and my focus settled on my breath. I experienced a sense of stillness within. Then as I continued to chant, I felt as though my upper body—from my head to the lower part of my back—became a lingam, a column of light.
This experience has made me realize that my heart is made of light, and that I am Shiva, I am Shiva, Shivo’ham.
This experience has made me realize that my heart is made of light, and that I am Shiva, I am Shiva, Shivo’ham.
Noida, India
The Bhairavi raga version of the sacred mantra Om Namah Shivaya is the one that evokes for me most powerfully and eloquently my aspiration to experience God. The first time I chanted the mantra in this raga was at a Shaktipat Intensive at Shree Muktananda Ashram. I was ecstatic that day with this chant—I wished it would never end! When we finished chanting the mantra with Gurumayi, I was in a deep state that I had never before experienced.
Ever since that time, every time I hear the Om Namah Shivaya mantra in the Bhairavi raga , I find that same state of deep aspiration.
Ever since that time, every time I hear the Om Namah Shivaya mantra in the Bhairavi raga , I find that same state of deep aspiration.
Montreal, Canada
Sound waves
lovingly
carry senses
toward
inseparable Self.
lovingly
carry senses
toward
inseparable Self.
New York, United States
As I listened to and chanted Om Namah Shivaya in this raga, along with Gurumayi, I felt my worries slip away. I experienced a sense of peace and contentment filling me up.
North Carolina, United States
While chanting Om Namah Shivaya in the Bhairavi raga, images of suffering people appeared in my mind’s eye. As a remedy for the suffering I saw and the sadness it caused me, I continued to chant Om Namah Shivaya.
As I did so, I felt waves of warm compassion and sweet love overflowing in my heart. I began to breathe more deeply, and my deep breaths relaxed my whole body.
Then I experienced that I was chanting the mantra Om Namah Shivaya not just for my own upliftment but also for the benefit of others.
As I did so, I felt waves of warm compassion and sweet love overflowing in my heart. I began to breathe more deeply, and my deep breaths relaxed my whole body.
Then I experienced that I was chanting the mantra Om Namah Shivaya not just for my own upliftment but also for the benefit of others.
Unterlangenegg, Switzerland
I love meditating while listening to this chant. When I do so, I am often drawn into a deep state of stillness. In this quiet state, memories and thoughts of Gurumayi abound, and delight fills my awareness. Sometimes, after these meditations, I experience, woven throughout my day, feelings that, no matter where I am, the Guru is always with me.
Central Lakes, New Zealand
Last evening as I chanted Om Namah Shivaya, I was filled with tremendous gratitude to Shri Gurumayi for the beautiful life she has guided me through—a life filled with answered prayers, love, strength, and grace. A full life!
New York, United States
Om Namah Shivaya in the Bhairavi raga has always been able to take me deep into that place where I can feel the love of the Siddhas.
California, United States
Before I found the Siddha Yoga path, I came upon this mantra. I was drawn to chant it softly to myself to help me relax and sleep. It had such a comforting quality to it—as though it was reaching out to embrace me. I feel this was the grace of Lord Shiva compassionately leading me to the Siddha Yoga path. I am so grateful for this recording and all the wonder it evokes in me!
Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Canada
I first chanted the mantra Om Namah Shivaya in 1990, one year before I met Gurumayi. From the moment I heard the words, I knew I was home. The mantra is my safe space in the Heart of all that is. I am forever grateful for this blessing in my life. We are forever connected by this sacred mantra.
North Carolina, United States
During the several years that I offered seva at Gurudev Siddha Peeth from 2016 to 2019, I had witnessed all the celebrations of Mahashivaratri there. Today I happened to listen to the sacred mantra Om Namah Shivaya early in the morning and felt as if I were back in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. My heart was there and I was chanting the mantra in Guru Chowk. I discovered that, through chanting the mantra, I can feel connected to the Ashram even while living here at home.
Pune, India
As I chanted this sacred mantra, my heart began to pulsate with serenity, my worries began to melt away, and I entered into a state of pure contentment.
I am so grateful to Shri Gurumayi and all the siddhas for this invaluable gift of love.
I am so grateful to Shri Gurumayi and all the siddhas for this invaluable gift of love.
St. Laurent, Canada
Once a week, my husband and I have been meditating with the mantra Om Namah Shivaya playing in the background. As we became steadfast in this practice, we became aware of the precious gifts this mantra holds. We began to experience its sacred vibrations resonating in our hearts and minds.
Bedford Gardens, South Africa
I first listened to and then sang the mantra. I felt the mantra resounding in my heart. With each repetition, my mind calmed down a little more.
At the end of the chant, I felt lightness of heart and clarity of mind; the mantra had transformed my state. I had experienced its power.
I am deeply grateful to Gurumayi for giving me the mantra.
At the end of the chant, I felt lightness of heart and clarity of mind; the mantra had transformed my state. I had experienced its power.
I am deeply grateful to Gurumayi for giving me the mantra.
Fort-de-France, Martinique
This powerful raga is so deep, intense, and beautiful. I feel that it is cleansing and healing me, and it makes me feel strong. While chanting, I had a vision of myself sitting in Baba’s Samadhi Shrine in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. What great blessings!
Parana, Argentina
With the first sound of Gurumayi chanting the mantra I felt a sense of opening in my chest and tingling in my body. Soon I felt very expanded. Living in this expanded experience all the time is something I want to be able to do.
Maryland, USA
I am looking forward to celebrating Mahashivaratri by chanting Om Namah Shivaya in the Bhairavi raga. It is a special raga for me because as I chant the deep sounds, I so quickly connect to and experience my own Self.
Madrid, Spain
How great it is that wherever we are and whenever time permits, we, members of this dear community, can sit eagerly together enjoying these purifying and uplifting sounds!
Thank you infinitely for this beautiful audio that we can listen to in a loop without having to restart it manually!
Thank you infinitely for this beautiful audio that we can listen to in a loop without having to restart it manually!
Algiers, Algeria
The first time I chanted the mantra Om Namah Shivaya it was in the Bhairavi raga, a number of years ago. So this raga is very meaningful for me.
As I recall this experience: I was alone, in a meditation posture, listening to a CD recording of this Om Namah Shivaya chant. I was immediately drawn inside where a mysterious, profound, powerful atmosphere enveloped my entire being. Even though I was sitting, I felt that I was kneeling in a great temple, in the presence of a sense of the sacred so deep and so strong.
As I recall this experience now, I can feel that it is like the hand of my beloved Gurumayi leading me deep inside to honor the presence of the Guru there.
As I recall this experience: I was alone, in a meditation posture, listening to a CD recording of this Om Namah Shivaya chant. I was immediately drawn inside where a mysterious, profound, powerful atmosphere enveloped my entire being. Even though I was sitting, I felt that I was kneeling in a great temple, in the presence of a sense of the sacred so deep and so strong.
As I recall this experience now, I can feel that it is like the hand of my beloved Gurumayi leading me deep inside to honor the presence of the Guru there.
Macerata, Italy
As I chanted the mantra with Gurumayi in this beautiful recording, my mind became very clear and still. It felt as if the mantra had gently bathed my mind, cleansing it so that its inner light could shine forth with greater purity and clarity.
Burnaby, Canada
For a long time I have been interested in learning about the effects that a particular raga has on our experience of a chant. After listening to the chant, I closed my eyes and began to feel the mantra and started chanting it. I felt the vibrations inside me and became aware of the feelings evoked by chanting the mantra in the Bhairavi raga. I had a direct experience of the effect of a raga.
Delhi, India
Chanting in this raga brings me into a deep sense of peace and silence. It gives me the awareness to see all situations as they are, without judging or reacting in a way that causes stress or frustration.
Iowa, USA
I chanted Om Namah Shivaya with this audio clip, and I could see how my body very gently relaxed and my mind went into a state of absolute stillness. By just chanting the mantra for five minutes and listening to my beloved Guru, I was able to enter into a profound meditation.
Thank you for these divine gifts!
Thank you for these divine gifts!
Veracruz, Mexico