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Podcast: Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants
Episode: Sat Chit Ananda Express performs Om Namah Shivaya
Description: Om Namah Shivaya, performed by the Sat Chit Ananda Express. This kirtan is part of a concert by the Sat Chit Ananda Express that took place in Horn-Bad Meinberg a few months ago.
Om Namah Shivaya is a common greeting in yoga. "Om" is Om , the all-embracing. "Namah" means more or less "greeting to" and "Shivaya" means "to Shiva". So Om Namah Shivaya means obeisance to Shiva. But what does Shiva mean?
Shiva has many different meanings. "Shiva" literally means "the loving one, the kind one." But it also means "the higher self" and "the...