Intention
Devotion & Bhakti
Bhakti mantras are the sound of love turned toward the divine. Whether chanted to Krishna, Shiva, or Tara, they cultivate the intimacy of a personal relationship with the sacred.
Recommended mantras
Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
The great mantra — sixteen names of the divine, sung with love.
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
The twelve-syllable mantra of Krishna — a bow to the divine indwelling all beings.
Om Namah Shivaya
I bow to Shiva — the auspicious one, the pure awareness within.
Hanuman Chalisa
Forty verses in praise of Hanuman — one of the most beloved devotional texts of India.
All mantras for devotion & bhakti
Hanuman Mantra
A bow to Hanuman — devotion, courage, and unshakeable strength.
Guru Mantra
A bow to the teacher — the light that removes the darkness of ignorance.
Ram Naam Mantra
The name of Ram — the simplest and most beloved chant of devotional India.
Guru Rinpoche Mantra
The mantra of Padmasambhava — for blessings, protection, and swift ripening of practice.
Amitabha Mantra
A bow to the Buddha of infinite light and boundless compassion.
Shema Yisrael
The central Jewish declaration of faith — a sacred proclamation of God's oneness recited twice daily for over three thousand years.
Shalom Aleichem
The traditional Shabbat evening song welcoming the ministering angels of peace into the home.
La ilaha illallah
There is no god but God — the central Sufi zikr of divine unity and the heart of Islamic remembrance.
Allah Hu
God — He, the Absolute. The breath-zikr in which the name of God dissolves into pure presence.
Hasbi Rabbi Jallallah
My Lord is enough for me — a Sufi zikr of trust, surrender, and release from worry.
Ya Wadud
O Most Loving One — the Sufi zikr of divine love, tenderness, and the opening of the heart.