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Guided Meditations
by Swami Tadatmananda

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Each guided meditation session is composed of two parts: introduction and meditation.
Be sure to listen to the introduction first; it contains important instruction for the associated meditation.

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Basics of Meditation
Introduction: Restrain your mind from wandering and train it to stay focused on a mantra
Meditation: om sri ram jay ram jay jay ram

Antahkarana Shuddhi - Purification of Mind
Introduction: Free your mind from hurt, anger, and frustration
Meditation: om namah shivaya

Ganapati - Understanding Ishvara's Will
Introduction: Mature prayer invokes Ishvara's blessings without childish hope for miracles.
Meditation: gam ganapataye nama om

In the Presence of Bhagavan
Introduction: Find Bhagavan's sacred presence within yourself.
Meditation: gopijana-vallabha-caranan sharanam prapadye

Freedom from Suffering
Introduction: Discover how the problem of suffering and its solution is in your mind.
Meditation: om sri ram jay ram jay jay ram

Darshan - You are not Alone
Introduction: Discover how you are never separate from Bhagavan.
Meditation: > jay radhe jay radhe

Shanti and Silence
Introduction: > Find the true source of peace within yourself.
Meditation: > om shantih shantih shanti

Contemplation - Nididhyasana
Introduction: > Vedantic contemplation for assimilation of spiritual wisdom.
Meditation: > sat-cit-ananda svarupo `ham

The Temple Within
Introduction: > Discover Bhagavan's presence on the altar of your heart.
Meditation: > sri rama rama ram

Moment of Silence
Introduction: > Abide as pure consciousness in the absence of thoughts during the gap between mantras.
Meditation: > om namah shivaya

Relaxation vs Concentration
Introduction: > Learn to focus and concentrate your attention for the sake of attaining samadhi.
Meditation: > Om chanting with pranayama

Letting Go of Attachment
Introduction: > Learn how your contentment does not depend on external situations.
Meditation: > Mahamritunjaya mantra

Guidance of the Gurus
Introduction: > Spiritual guidance to lead us to find happiness and contentment at its true source -- within.
Meditation: > Dakshinamurti Mantra

Om chanting
Introduction: > Om is understood as a + u + m + silence. These four elements are interpreted in two different ways for contemplation.
Meditation: > om-kara recitation

Releasing Accumulated Stress
Introduction: > Learn how to use a breathing technique known as nadi shodhana pranayama to release accumulated stress.
Meditation: > nadi shodhana pranayama