The Bhakti Thread

[mangalavara]

Namaskāra. Welcome to the bhakti thread. This is a place, one place among many, to express your bhāva toward your cherished deity or deities. You might express it through thoughts, poetry, prayers, images, or whatever is best at the moment. It doesn’t matter who you call Bhagavatī or Bhagavān in this thread. The only requirement is to express devotion.

Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ.

 

[mangalavara]

Śiva Śiva Śaṃkara
Hara Hara Mahādeva


Bhagavan, you are anantaguṇa, and you are anantaśakti. You have brahmatva, and you have īśatva. You originate the universe, you sustain the universe, you withdraw the universe, you conceal the universe, and you give all beings your grace. I am yours, Śiva, I am yours. I belong to you. Give me your grace that I may merge in you, the boundless and unoriginated ocean of bliss that is Paramātman. Give all of us your grace that we may attain this supreme happiness.


Jaya Śiva
Jaya Śiva
Jaya Śiva
Om
Jaya Śiva Śiva
Jaya Jaya Śiva
Om

 

[Vinayaka]

Aum Aum Sadashiva, Aum Aum Sadashiva
Aum Aum Parameshvara, Aum Aum Parameshvara
Sadashiva Parameshvara, Sadashiva Parameshvara
Aum Aum Aum

 

[SalixIncendium]

Nataraj, Nataraja, Jai Śiva Śankara Nataraja
Śivaraj, Śivaraja, Śambho Śankara Śivaraja

 

[JustGeorge]

Om Hanumate Namah

 

[Vinidra]

Jai Mahakali! Jai Mahalakshmi! Jai Mahasaraswati!

Jail Maa Durga!

 

[Priyadarshan]

Jai Bajrang Bali , Jai Shree Ram,
Jai Siya Ram, Jai Jai Seeta Ram.

(Shri-Ram Vandana)
Apdamaphartaram Dataram Sarva-sampadam
Lokabhiramam Shri-Ramam Bhuyo Bhuyo Namamyaham.
Ramaya, Rambhadraya, Ramchandraya Vedhase,
Raghunathaya Nathaya Sitayah-Pataye Namah.
Nilambuja-Shyamal-Komalangam
Sita-samaropit-Vambhagam
Panau Mahasayak Charuchapam
Namami Ramam Raghuvansha-natham.

(Hanumat-smaran)
Ham Hanumate Rudratmakaya Humm Fat.(Should be chanted before or after vandana, preferably 108 times)

Mangala- murati Maruta Nandan
Sakal-amangal Mula Nikandan
Pavantaneya Santan Hitkari
Hridaya virajat Awadh Bihari
Matu-pita guru Ganpati Sadar
Siva-sameta Shambhu suk Narada
Charan-bandi binvau sab kahu
Deha Ramapada neh Nibahu
Vandau Ram Lakhan Vaidehi
Je Tulasi ke param sanehi.

Jai Shri, Jai Siya Ram,
Jai Jai Seeta Ram ,
Jai Bajrang Bali.

 

[Vinayaka]

Aum Sivaya namaha, Aum Mahesvaraya namaha, Aum Shambavaya namaha ....... insert 104 more names ....... Aum Parameshvaraya namaha

 

[mangalavara]

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

 

[Vinayaka]

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
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Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

There is a point in my daily atmartha puja, (dressing of the deities) where no Sanskrit slokas are chanted, so I do bhajan as you would do free dance. I close my mind to a structure, and just let it flow, perhaps like singing in the shower, or car. It helps that there is no audience. They might just get up and leave.

 

[mangalavara]

There is a point in my daily atmartha puja, (dressing of the deities) where no Sanskrit slokas are chanted, so I do bhajan as you would do free dance. I close my mind to a structure, and just let it flow, perhaps like singing in the shower, or car. It helps that there is no audience. They might just get up and leave.

I do bhajans in the same manner. I just let the Sanskrit flow.

 

[Vinidra]

In honor of Vasant Panchami...

"Bhadra Kalyai namo nityam
Saraswatyai namo namah
Veda vedanga vedanta
Vidhya stanebhya eva cha"

(I salute you daily as Bhadrakali, as well as salute you as Saraswati, as you are the home of the Vedas, branches of the Vedas, philosophy, and knowledge.)

If my spelling or translation is wrong, I copied it from another website, so it was not intentional!

 

[mangalavara]

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Hara Hara Mahādeva
Hara Hara Mahādeva

 

[mangalavara]

The image above is from c. 1880s Bengal and in the public domain.

Bhairavi Bhairavi Bhairavi
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Jaya Mā Jaya Jaya Mā

 

[Vinayaka]

He's beckoning. 7 more sleeps.

 

[Aupmanyav]

This is a place, one place among many, to express your bhāva toward your cherished deity or deities. You might express it through thoughts, poetry, prayers, images, or whatever is best at the moment. It doesn’t matter who you call Bhagavatī or Bhagavān in this thread. The only requirement is to express devotion.

Deities, dearest friends from my theist days, so what that now I am an atheist. True friendships continue irrespective of that.
"Ramah Videhavan Dharmah" (Rama is the embodiment of dharma).

 

[Jainarayan]

oṁ śrī kṛṣṇāya namaḥ
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
oṁ namo nārāyanāya
oṁ śrī haraye namaḥ

twameva mātā ca pitā twameva
twameva bandhus ca sakhā twameva
twameva vidyā dravinam twameva
twameva sarvam mama deva deva

oṁ sarvam śrī kṛṣṇārpanamastu

ॐ hariḥ oṁ tat sat ॐ

Before playing guitar/studying music:

oṁ śuklāmbaradharam viṣṇum śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujam |
prasanna vadanaṁ dhyāyet sarva vighnopaśāntaye ||
oṁ sarasvatī namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇī |
vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā | |

 

[Vinidra]

Shiva, Shakti, and Ganesha have all been so good to me. I don't even have the words to describe it. But I love them very, very much.

 

[mangalavara]

Shiva, Shakti, and Ganesha have all been so good to me. I don't even have the words to describe it. But I love them very, very much.

I rejoice at what you have been graced with. Praṇāma.

 

[mangalavara]

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva
Śiva Śiva Śiva

Hara Hara Mahādeva
Hara Hara Mahādeva

Śiva Śiva