Guru Mantra

"Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru devo Maheshwara, Guru sakshat, param Brahma, tasmai shri guravay namah"

Guru Mantra - The Teacher is Everywhere - The Teacher is Universal

Our creation is that guru (Brahma-the force of creation);

the duration of our lives is that guru (Vishnu-the force of preservation);

our trials, tribulations, illnesses, calamities and the death of the body is that guru (devo Maheshwara-the force of destruction or transformation).

There is a guru nearby (Guru Sakshat) and a guru that is beyond the beyond (param Brahma).

I make my offering (tasmai) to the beautiful (shri) remover of my darkness, my ignorance; (Guru) it is to you I bow and lay down my life (namah).

from Iyengar Yoga Pula Nataša