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Hello!<br><br>I'm new to this club and fairly new

to the ashtanga practice. I've been practicing yoga

solidly for a year and about a month ago I began

incorporating ashtanga into my practice.<br><br>My question is,

can anyone tell me the words to the chant that is

usually done before the beginning of an ashtanga class?

The only name I recognize is "Pantanjali."<br><br>Any

help would be much appreciated! <br><br>Namaste!

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In English below. I've got a 1.5 meg MP3 file

with it on. Im happy to email it to anyone who wants

it. Umm . . .i guess I must have found it on the net

but where who knows? Im sure some more enterprising

net denizen will post the hindi which I have but is

locked in a jpeg and I haven't got time to transcribe.

however again ive got the whole thing locked up ina word

doc (pC) if anyone wants it

(68kB)<br><br>BEGINS<br><br>I bow to the two lotus feet of the (plurality of)

Gurus which awaken insight into<br> the happiness of

pure Being, which are the refuge, the jungle

physician, which eliminate the delusion caused by the

poisonous herb of Samsara (conditioned existence).

<br><br>I prostrate before the sage Patanjali who has

thousands of radiant, white heads (as the divine serpent,

Ananta) and who has, as far as his arms, assumed the form

of a man holding a conch shell (divine sound), a

wheel (discus of light or infinite time) and a sword

(discrimination). <br><br>om

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oh blimey, ive missed me yoga class cause i was

too busy pottering around the computer so its time

for a bit of karma yoga!<br><br>vande gurunam

caranaravinde<br>sandarista svatmasukhava bodhe<br>nihsreyase

jangalikayamane<br>samsara halahala mohasantyai<br><br>abahu

purusakaram<br>sankhacakrasi dharinam<br>sahasra sirasam svetam<br>pranamami

patanjalim<br>om<br><br>hooray!

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There is an mp3 audio file of this very chant at

Richard Freeman's site

(<a href=http://www.yogaworkshop.com/philosophy_chant_phil_vande.htm

target=new>http://www.yogaworkshop.com/philosophy_chant_phil_vande.htm</a>)<br><\

br>That _should_ get you there, I hope ;)<br><br>It has

the sanskrit and english translations as well.<br>I

think it's worth a listen.<br><br>Lilly

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tried to post this site for the chant earlier but

screwed it up somehow, it's a pretty neat site for other

things too. the section on the chant shows what the

proper tonal inflection should be, though it seems that

each teacher has their own way of doing

it.<br><a href=http://www.ghita.com.au/crippled/chant.html

target=new>http://www.ghita.com.au/crippled/chant.html</a>

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Hi Namaste,<br><br>I am a new member also and

only been practising for about a year, and loving it.

Was Hatha but now Ashtanga, so sorry I cannot help

you with your question.<br>Love and

Light<br>Sunflowergirl

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