Devotional · Guru Stotram (traditional)

Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu

~15 second read · suited to sadhana, devotion

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥

gururbrahma gururvishnuh gururdevo maheshvarah . guruh sakshat param brahma tasmai shrigurave namah ..

Meaning

The guru is Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva — creator, sustainer, transformer all at once, the very face of the supreme. To that guru we bow.

Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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