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Podcast: Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants
Episode: Asato Ma with Lalita Furrer
Description: Lalita sings the mantra Asato Ma Sat Gamaya on a Saturday evening Satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany.
"Asato Ma Sat Gamaya" is a mantra from the Upanishad, it is a mantra that comes from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 1.3.28, it is a mantra, which therefore also belongs to the Shanti Mantras, thus to the mantras of peace, and it is also a prayer, where we ask to experience the highest. "Asato Ma Sat Gamaya" means: "Guide me and lead us from Asat, from untruth, to Sat, to truth."
Here is the text to sing along:
Asato Ma Sat Gamaya
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