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Sat Nam

 

I have a set called 'Working The Total Self'(YB, 10th july 1975) from

'Kundalini Yoga Manual - Student Manual for Instruction'.

 

Exercise 17 has a mantra 'SA RE GA MA PA DA NI SA' and another mantra

'SA NI DA PA MA GA RE SA'.

 

Does anyone have a translation for them?

 

Wahe Guru

 

Arjan Singh

 

Cape Town www.aromaspa.co.za

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Aades tise aades !

 

The simplest translation of :

'SA RE GA MA PA DA NI SA' and

'SA NI DA PA MA GA RE SA'.

 

Are :

DO RE ME FA SO LA TI DO

DO TI LA SO FA ME RE DO

 

It is the sargam or the basic octed , the basic sounds of

music . By which we match our indtruments with our sound .

If we want another meaning , it would have to be created…

could be intersting …

But nothing can be simpler than just sounds of nature in

their purity . We don’t need to attache our own created meaning to them.

 

Gaganpreet Singh

Bangalore

 

Arjan Singh ji Wrote

:

 

Sat

Nam

 

I have a set called 'Working The Total Self'(YB, 10th july 1975) from

'Kundalini Yoga Manual - Student Manual for Instruction'.

 

Exercise 17 has a mantra 'SA RE GA MA PA DA NI SA' and another mantra

'SA NI DA PA MA GA RE SA'.

 

Does anyone have a translation for them?

 

Wahe Guru

 

Arjan Singh

 

 

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Sa re ga ma pa da ni sa is the Indian raga equivalent to do re mi fa so la ti do, the ascending major scale. Sa ni da pa ma ga re sa is the descending scale.Best,Jagat Kaur

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Sat Nam. The syllables you are asking about are the Indian version of " do ray me fa so la ti do. " It is a musical scale. Yogiji never assigned any meaning to the syllables - although you can easily enough isolate " sa " " ray " " ma " which are common mantric sounds.

 

 

I hope you find this helpful.

 

Guru Fatha Singh, Toronto

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" Sa Re Ga Ma ... " As others have said this is a

musical scale used by ragis and others in India. Yogi

Bhajan taught a wonderful kriya/meditation that

utilizes the mantra " Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ne Sa Sa Ta Na

Ma Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung " as a test of and way to

expand our lung capacities. The mantra is begun very

low and ends (for me at least) in a high pitched

squeak! I will try to find the manual--it is a thin

one but with some very powerful sets and meditations.

Discussions like this point up the variety and power

of YB's teachings.

 

KartaPurkh S Khalsa

Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and

kindness. --Yogi Bhajan

http://kartapurkhkhalsa.typepad.com/

 

http://kckundaliniyoga.com

 

http://kartapurkh.smugmug.com/

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Kundalini-Yoga , KartaPurkh Khalsa <kpsk_teacher

wrote:

>

> " Sa Re Ga Ma ... " As others have said this is a

> musical scale used by ragis and others in India. Yogi

> Bhajan taught a wonderful kriya/meditation that

> utilizes the mantra " Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ne Sa Sa Ta Na

> Ma Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung " as a test of and way to

> expand our lung capacities. The mantra is begun very

> low and ends (for me at least) in a high pitched

> squeak! I will try to find the manual--it is a thin

> one but with some very powerful sets and meditations.

> Discussions like this point up the variety and power

> of YB's teachings.

>

> KartaPurkh S Khalsa

> Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and

kindness. --Yogi

Bhajan

> http://kartapurkhkhalsa.typepad.com/

>

> http://kckundaliniyoga.com

>

> http://kartapurkh.smugmug.com/

>

Does anyone have the actual notes associated with the components of the

mantra??? I'm

teaching myself how to play an Indian flute (!!!!!) and having the notes

associated with that

mantra would be wonderful. I should know them from my ear, because I listen to

endless

chanting with flute backgrounds, but I'm at a loss. Any help would be a real

blessing

 

Namaste to all the wonderful people on this net :-)))))

 

gary in tampa, florida

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