I bought that years ago on LP (that about tells you how long ago) and it is a nice rendition and I believe the text that came with it gave both the transliteration and the translation.
tertonzeno wrote: > ---from http://www.syda.org > in S. Fallsburg, NY; the HQ of SYDA. > I just sent away this morning for a video of Swami Muktananda chanting > the Guru Gita, as well as an audio CD. > I have the small booklet in front of me. Comes in a book with larger > pages also.Comes in a larger book size also. > Transliteration starts out: > > "Om. Lord Sadasiva is the seer of the mantras of this hymn, Shri Guru > Gita" > > "Its verse patterns are diverse. The Guru, the Supreme Self, is its > deity". > > "Ham is its seed leter, sah its power, and drom its nail. The purpose > of repeating it is to win the Guru's grace". > > "The Guru, who dwells in the lotus surrounded by the divine petals ham > and sahy, which reside in all beings and are the cause of the world, > manifested the world in his own way and of his own free will. Meditate > on the Guru, who revealt That, who is the expressionof teh shambhava > state (Shivahood), who illumines like the flame of a lamp, who is > eternal and all-pervasie, and who is a visible form of all letters". > > "I repeat the Guru Gita to realize the four goals of life (dharma, > righteousness; artha, wealth; kama, pleasure; moksha, libration). > > "Suta said: On the beautiful summit of Mount Kailasa, Parvati, having > bowed with reverence to Lord Shiva, who is the master of uniting one > with devotion, asked: > > "The Goddess said: Om. Salutations, O God, O lord of gods, O higher > than the highest, O teacher of the universe, O benevolent one, O great > God initiate me into the nowledge of the Guru". > > "O Lord, by which path can an embodied Soul become one with Brahman > (absolute reality)? Have compassion on me, O Lord! I bow to your feet. > > [then, the rest of the Guru Gita is Shiva's reply]...which amounts to > devotion to the Guru and repeating the Guru Gita. > > In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Can someone recommend a good version of the Guru Gita? >> >> > > > >
