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Three short salutations to the Guru and to Om, a guru mantra, and the dhyana sloka used to meditate on Guruji, as posted on his blog.
Written by Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji), as stated on the post. Post title: "Guru Stotra". Dated 5 November 2016. The original also has a photo of Guruji, which is not copied here. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com.
Written by Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati:
“Salutations to the Guru who has made it possible to realise Him by whom all this world, animate and inanimate, movable and immovable, is pervaded.”
“Salutations to Omkara, which gives whatever one desires and also liberation to those who meditate always on Omkara that is united with the Bindu.”
“Salutations to the Guru who is established in Knowledge and Power, who is adorned with the garland of Knowledge and who grants both worldly prosperity and liberation.”
New Mantra from Guruji: "Om Hreem Amritanandnathaya Namaha"
Dhyana Sloka of Guruji:
maṁtrākṣaramayīṁ caṁdraśekhara dayāḻa
guṇasvarūpiṇīm bījapūrṇa ṣoḍaśa nityāmṛta nartinīm |
sarva janasammohinīṁ sakala vidyālaṁkāriṇīm
sahajānaṁda śāṁbhavīṁ śaṁkara guru mūrtinīm ||
ekāgra cidvilāsinīṁ dakṣiṇāmūrti rūpiṇīm
sarva sammohana sukha vāk pradāyinīm |
bhagavatīṁ avyāja karuṇākaṭākṣīm
pūrṇabīja rūpa ṣoḍaśanivāsinīṁ annapūrṇamṛteśvarīm
"Guru Stotra", as posted on Guruji's blog on 5 November 2016. The text is kept as in the original, including the spelling of the mantra and the transliteration.
The three salutations read like English versions of well known Guru Gita verses. People often say lines like these before japa or puja, to remember that the teaching comes through the Guru.
The second salutation is about Om joined with the bindu, the point. In Sri Vidya the bindu is the centre of the Sri Chakra, so this line links the Guru prayer to yantra worship.
The dhyana sloka is a verse to hold in the mind while picturing the Guru. Guruji attained mahasamadhi in October 2015, and this post came a year later. For a mantra to use in your own practice, ask a living teacher such as Guru Amma Annapurnamba.
A stotra is a hymn of praise. This guru stotra salutes the Guru and Omkara in three short verses.
The post gives it as Om Hreem Amritanandnathaya Namaha, under the heading "New Mantra from Guruji".
A dhyana sloka is a verse you recite while picturing a deity or guru in meditation. The post gives Guruji's dhyana sloka in Sanskrit, written in Roman letters.
It is Om joined with the dot, the bindu. The verse says meditating on it always gives what one desires and also liberation.
The blog post says "Written by Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati". It was posted on 5 November 2016.
Read the original: "Guru Stotra" on Guruji's blog.
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