Link to Ramaswami's previous Newslestter
NOTE: I've numbered Ramaswami's FB quotes below for ease of reference
Warm Fall Greetings.
I spent a week in Chicago teaching at my friend Suddha Weixler's Chicago Yoga Center. Nice compact lovely groups attended Core Vinyasa krama asana program and a weekend workshop of subtle body/anatomy and yoga for internal organs, bringing out two different dimensions of Sri Krishnamacharya's teachings. Thank you Suddha, Diana, Tracy, Pam and all the participants.
During September I added about 10 more videos to my YouTube channel. Different asana vinyasa sequences slide shows and chanting tutorial like the I chapter of Yoga Sutras, Pranayama mantra, patanjali prayer. I have prepared the Chanting tutorial for the II chapter of Yoga Sutras, still struggling with fitting and scrolling the text with the audio. There are now more than 40 videos in my channel. Here is my channel link
http://www.youtube.com/user/srivatsaramaswami
My computer crashed,would not restart, I tried to repair it but I had to go back to the condition in which I had bought the computer-- with a clean slate. I do not have the habit of having a back up plan. I did not have time to rewrite whatever I was working on, so decided to reproduce quotes again from my Facebook postings.
1. Pranayama Break.
.During the day's work when one gets tired and still has some more work to do, one usually takes a cup of coffee. It stimulates adrenalin, it stimulates one to go ahead and work suppressing the tiredness for the time being. What were they doing before Coffee became popular or known? To reduce tiredness, let us say,due to accumulation of Tamas, some resorted to pranayama which deep breathing helped to flush out more waste products from the system and bring in fresh oxygen or pranavayu needed for more energy and metabolism. In face the tri- sandhya routine would involve doing pranayama three times a day at dawn, noon and dusk to keep one overcome day time tiredness. Pranayama seems to work by reducing/removing tamas whereas stimulants like coffee appear to stimulate rajas and suppress tamas but not eliminate it. May be one may consider taking pranayama breaks rather than coffee breaks.
2. Krishnamacharya's far reaching Yoga
My Guru used the vinyāsas very effectively and made yoga accessible to many others who could benefit by practising yoga, like the young, the old, the sick, the handicapped, obese, the agitated, the depressed, the faithful, the non believer and many many more. It is not possible to make yoga's benefit reach everyone if yoga teachers would teach only a couple of dozen asanas or half a dozen inflexible sequences made up of many difficult āsanas and vinyāsas. He used the enormous resources of Yoga, the hundreds of vinyāsas, scores of āsanas, a variety of yoigc breathing routines/prānayāmas, traditional philosophy like the yogasutras, upanishads, the Gita, appropriate mantras and chants, religious practices to the faithful. He made yoga accessible to almost everyone in whatever condition or age one may be in. He used Vinyāsas as art form of yoga but also used them judiciously for varied individual requirements. Traditional Yoga is rich, Krishnamacharya's yoga is very rich indeed.
3. There are some great yogis who depend entirely on their personal experience in their teachings, but there are many more who study a lot and depend upon the texts and sayings of other yogis present and past to explain yoga to their students. Krishnamcharya was one rare exception who relied on both traditional studies and his exceptional practice and application. His yoga has therefore a certain authenticity which my be difficult to match
4. Missed opportunities
Life is full of opportunities--- full of missed opportunities to remove the veil of avidya about oneself...
Who said the world is real?
Quoting the Upanishads the teacher said, “Brahman is the source of everything. It is pure immutable consciousness. It is both the material (upadana) and efficient (nimitta) cause of the universe”
“Sir, Can there be one cause that is both the efficient and material cause?” asked the student
Yes take the case of of a spider. It creates its cobweb. It skillfully weaves the web and also provides the. material to create it.
Just one question, “Where did the spider come from?
I told you, “Everything comes from Brahman”
Can you give another example
Take your own case. You skillfully create all the objects and choreograph the drama in the dream. You are both the material cause and the efficient cause of the dream world.
But that is a dream, we are talking about the real world that you say was created by Brahman. I am talking about the real world, not just a dreamworld
“Who said that the world is real ?"..
5. Immutable
My thoughts (citta-vrittis) are always known (to me) due to the immutability of purusha (indwelling consciousness)--YS IV-18..
6. Hard work
One has no other go except to dig deep to find the treasure buried under the ground. Likewise one has to meditate deep to find the atman located inside one's heart—Panchadasi
7. Antidote to duhkha
“Life is full of duhkha or pain”, says Yoga Sutras (YS II-15 ) The sibling darsanas like samkhya, vedanta concur, so does Buddhism.. Are they not dismal and pessimistic philosophies? “No”, they aver that they are being just realistic. In fact, they are enthusiastic and optimistic in showing the way for permanently and surely removing all pain (duhkha).
8. Peer pressure
“Oh! You there! One has to realize the Self—It has to be known through the scriptures(sruti), it should be meditated upon (manana) and then directly experienced through yogic samadhi (nidhidhyasa)” --Atma va are drashtavyao,srotavyo, mantavyo, nidhidhyasitavah, says Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. But billions of people in this world (including India) and the trillions who lived before us never showed interest in this nor will those who would occupy the space vacated by us in future. Adi Sankara laments in his famous Bhajagovindam that most everyone is engrossed in fun and frolic during childhood , then in sex and perhaps raising a family during adulthood and in worries endless during old age and nobody seems to be engaged in spiritual pursuit. The upanishads, samkhya and yoga implore incessantly and variously everyone to remove the avidya or ignorance about one's own Self. Gaudapada the teacher of Sankara's teacher Govinda has an interesting theory about why people are generally not disposed towards the atma vidya. (See Mandukya Karika of Gaudapada Ch II-29). It is due to lack of peer influence ( if not pressure) or lack of role models. When one is young one looks around,looks at other people like family elders, teachers, friends, TV and others and decides about what would be one's goal in life. A lawyer, a financier, a rock star, a political leader, a caregiver, maybe a conman, a family person. That could become an obsession and one attempts to find comfort in that pursuit and goal. . Spirituality or atma vidya should be the goal of life according to these philosophies, but even as atma vidya is less uncertain and less cumbersome than many other worldly pursuits of life, there are very few takers and fewer peers or models to emulate. That is one reason why atma vidya appears somewhat bizarre and many including contemporary yogis are uncomfortable with it, even though it is very logical and wholesome. And the benefits are said to be immense and well, really out of the world..
9.Rishi
Rishis are better known for their immortal sayings than for their asanas.
A Rishi, by definition is one whose saying is TRUTH (Satya)
“Rishayah Satya vachasah” from Amarakosa as quoted by my Guru Sri Krishnamacharya
from my class notes with him in the 1960s
10. Dear Self
When one is alienated from dear ones like spouse, family and friends, there is a lot of pain felt. But due to avidya, according to samkhya, yoga and vedanta, each one of us is alienated from the dearest one -- which is oneself, one's own Self and that is the cause of all pain.,.
11. Purpose of life
The only goal/purpose of life is to know the real nature(Truth) of oneself (atman/brahman) through scriptures (sruti), analysis and logic (anumana) and direct realization with Yoga (yougika pratyaksha). Everything else if futile.--Based on Sankara's works..
12. Duhkha
One type of dukkha (pain) is called taapa dukha (YS II-15). There are two parts to it. One is the pain caused by not getting what one wants. The other is the pain of not being able to get rid of what one does not want. Which of these two taapa dukkhas is more painful?
13. Where to look
According to Vedanta (advaita) the atomic pure consciousness(Atman/Brahman) contains within IT, the entire Universe but the Universe appears to be without IT. Hence I, a tiny part of the Universe look within to find IT rather than without...
14. Understanding cittavritti
Everything I experience is but a chittavritti
15. Multifacted Krishnamacharya Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya is known for his expertise in Yoga especially only one anga of Yoga which is asanas. However he had earned several diplomas and honors and he taught several of these subjects.. His titles include Veda Kesari (Lion of the Vedas), Vedanta Vageesa (Master exponent of vedanta) Samkhya Siromani (crest-jewel of Samkhya) Nyayacharya (Master teacher of Nyaya) Yogacharya (Master Teacher of Yoga) and others. I was able to study with him several of these subjects-- Samkhya (Samkhya Karika), Nyaya (Tarka Samgraha), Vedanta (Upanishads, Gita), Yoga (Yoga Sutras, Yoga Yagnyavalkya, Hatayogapradipika) and chanting of many chapters of Yajur Veda apart from hundreds of hours of hatayoga(scores of asanas and hundreds of vinyasas. Pranayama etc).
16. Excitement and Peace
Excitement is fun feeling.
Peace of mind is wholesome.
Yogi yearns for the latter...
17. Siksha Valli
It was early days. I was chanting the Taittiriya upanishad with my Guru. It was the last paragraph of the Siksha valli chapter—the commencement/convocation/samavartana address by the vedic teacher to the graduating class containing gems like, “Speak the Truth, mother is divine.. never stop studying (svadhyaya) etc.” Sri Krishnamacharya suddenly stopped and said “Ramaswami, you have studied English.... You should translate this passage into English, get it printed and distribute it free to your friends and others” I sat down and translated into my Indglish. Then I went to a printing press run by a friend of my father. Sri Padmanabha Iyer. He saw the manuscript and immediately agreed to print it, charging me only for the paper and labour. Then I gave it to a few people and one to my Guru also. He appeared happy.
Incidentally the name of the printing press was
“Patanjali & Co”
18. Insipid Pranayama?
Pranayama refreshes the body and mind. Meditation reorients the mind. With asanas the trio provide quality time with oneself. Just completed a two day workshop on pranayama and meditation at Yoga of Sausalito in California. . Taught Viloma and mantra pranayama and pranava meditation. How come people do the unexciting pranayama and meditation without complaining-- rather they seem to like it very much. There should be something very special in these very simple but profound yogic procedures—pranayama and meditation...
19. Ahimsa begins at home
I believe in Ahimsa-- nobody should harm me..
20. Dream World
The dream experience is found to be false in waking state. The waking state experiences are negated in dream. Then how come one is considered real and the other false? It is the same Maya which created the make belief world in dream that creates also the wonderous world we live in. The Maya/avidya which fools me repeatedly every time I have a dream, beguiles me in the same way while I am awake, while I am wide awake.--Based on the Karika (commentary) of Gaudapadaon Mandukya Upanishad, the Upanishad on pranava or OM.
21. During my initial years of study with my Guru he taught scores of asana subroutines and hundreds of vinyasas which I attempted to capture in my book “Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga”. Then he started emphasizing the other equally important aspects of Yoga—pranayama, mudras, inversions, meditation and chanting and then an array of yoga and related philosophies like upanishads the gita, samkhya, ny...aya and many others. He never failed to impress on us the need for a well rounded yoga sadhana and not just asanas. I understand that he even goaded his well known student teachers to make their teachings more comprehensive and not just asanas. Then only one can derive the immense benefits of this wonderfully unique system, Yoga, --its physical, physiological, and therapeutic psychological/emotional and of course the spiritual benefits. We have to appreciate that Krishnamachara's Yoga based on tradition of Patanjali, Yagnyavalkya and other great yogis and sages of the ancient times included not just asanas but many more aspects. I hope those who study Sri Krishnamacharya's yoga would surely include also the of study and practice of other important aspects of Yoga...
22. A cry in earnest
I am given a lifetime to solve this puzzle, this universal puzzle. Can I unravel it in my time?
Sincerely
Srivatsa Ramaswami
I've just come across this video of Ramaswami's Sun Salutations with mantras (also sun salutations to directions- 'Ding namaskars') posted by Yvette who I think must have been on Ramaswami's TT this year. I'm excited about this as a couple of years ago I spent forever trying to make a version of this, practicing along to the recording of the mantras Ramaswami had made as a tutorial (listen and repeat) and that were originally included with his Complete book of Vinyasa yoga. The tutorial can still be found on Ramaswami's chant page. http://vinyasakrama.com/Chants
Here's the video and thank you to Yvette (http://yvetteyoga.com) for making and posting it (as well as her other Vinyasa krama videos) and to Ramaswami of course for 'playing along'.
NOTE: I've numbered Ramaswami's FB quotes below for ease of reference
I spent a week in Chicago teaching at my friend Suddha Weixler's Chicago Yoga Center. Nice compact lovely groups attended Core Vinyasa krama asana program and a weekend workshop of subtle body/anatomy and yoga for internal organs, bringing out two different dimensions of Sri Krishnamacharya's teachings. Thank you Suddha, Diana, Tracy, Pam and all the participants.
During September I added about 10 more videos to my YouTube channel. Different asana vinyasa sequences slide shows and chanting tutorial like the I chapter of Yoga Sutras, Pranayama mantra, patanjali prayer. I have prepared the Chanting tutorial for the II chapter of Yoga Sutras, still struggling with fitting and scrolling the text with the audio. There are now more than 40 videos in my channel. Here is my channel link
http://www.youtube.com/user/srivatsaramaswami
My computer crashed,would not restart, I tried to repair it but I had to go back to the condition in which I had bought the computer-- with a clean slate. I do not have the habit of having a back up plan. I did not have time to rewrite whatever I was working on, so decided to reproduce quotes again from my Facebook postings.
1. Pranayama Break.
.During the day's work when one gets tired and still has some more work to do, one usually takes a cup of coffee. It stimulates adrenalin, it stimulates one to go ahead and work suppressing the tiredness for the time being. What were they doing before Coffee became popular or known? To reduce tiredness, let us say,due to accumulation of Tamas, some resorted to pranayama which deep breathing helped to flush out more waste products from the system and bring in fresh oxygen or pranavayu needed for more energy and metabolism. In face the tri- sandhya routine would involve doing pranayama three times a day at dawn, noon and dusk to keep one overcome day time tiredness. Pranayama seems to work by reducing/removing tamas whereas stimulants like coffee appear to stimulate rajas and suppress tamas but not eliminate it. May be one may consider taking pranayama breaks rather than coffee breaks.
2. Krishnamacharya's far reaching Yoga
My Guru used the vinyāsas very effectively and made yoga accessible to many others who could benefit by practising yoga, like the young, the old, the sick, the handicapped, obese, the agitated, the depressed, the faithful, the non believer and many many more. It is not possible to make yoga's benefit reach everyone if yoga teachers would teach only a couple of dozen asanas or half a dozen inflexible sequences made up of many difficult āsanas and vinyāsas. He used the enormous resources of Yoga, the hundreds of vinyāsas, scores of āsanas, a variety of yoigc breathing routines/prānayāmas, traditional philosophy like the yogasutras, upanishads, the Gita, appropriate mantras and chants, religious practices to the faithful. He made yoga accessible to almost everyone in whatever condition or age one may be in. He used Vinyāsas as art form of yoga but also used them judiciously for varied individual requirements. Traditional Yoga is rich, Krishnamacharya's yoga is very rich indeed.
3. There are some great yogis who depend entirely on their personal experience in their teachings, but there are many more who study a lot and depend upon the texts and sayings of other yogis present and past to explain yoga to their students. Krishnamcharya was one rare exception who relied on both traditional studies and his exceptional practice and application. His yoga has therefore a certain authenticity which my be difficult to match
4. Missed opportunities
Life is full of opportunities--- full of missed opportunities to remove the veil of avidya about oneself...
Who said the world is real?
Quoting the Upanishads the teacher said, “Brahman is the source of everything. It is pure immutable consciousness. It is both the material (upadana) and efficient (nimitta) cause of the universe”
“Sir, Can there be one cause that is both the efficient and material cause?” asked the student
Yes take the case of of a spider. It creates its cobweb. It skillfully weaves the web and also provides the. material to create it.
Just one question, “Where did the spider come from?
I told you, “Everything comes from Brahman”
Can you give another example
Take your own case. You skillfully create all the objects and choreograph the drama in the dream. You are both the material cause and the efficient cause of the dream world.
But that is a dream, we are talking about the real world that you say was created by Brahman. I am talking about the real world, not just a dreamworld
“Who said that the world is real ?"..
5. Immutable
My thoughts (citta-vrittis) are always known (to me) due to the immutability of purusha (indwelling consciousness)--YS IV-18..
6. Hard work
One has no other go except to dig deep to find the treasure buried under the ground. Likewise one has to meditate deep to find the atman located inside one's heart—Panchadasi
7. Antidote to duhkha
“Life is full of duhkha or pain”, says Yoga Sutras (YS II-15 ) The sibling darsanas like samkhya, vedanta concur, so does Buddhism.. Are they not dismal and pessimistic philosophies? “No”, they aver that they are being just realistic. In fact, they are enthusiastic and optimistic in showing the way for permanently and surely removing all pain (duhkha).
8. Peer pressure
“Oh! You there! One has to realize the Self—It has to be known through the scriptures(sruti), it should be meditated upon (manana) and then directly experienced through yogic samadhi (nidhidhyasa)” --Atma va are drashtavyao,srotavyo, mantavyo, nidhidhyasitavah, says Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. But billions of people in this world (including India) and the trillions who lived before us never showed interest in this nor will those who would occupy the space vacated by us in future. Adi Sankara laments in his famous Bhajagovindam that most everyone is engrossed in fun and frolic during childhood , then in sex and perhaps raising a family during adulthood and in worries endless during old age and nobody seems to be engaged in spiritual pursuit. The upanishads, samkhya and yoga implore incessantly and variously everyone to remove the avidya or ignorance about one's own Self. Gaudapada the teacher of Sankara's teacher Govinda has an interesting theory about why people are generally not disposed towards the atma vidya. (See Mandukya Karika of Gaudapada Ch II-29). It is due to lack of peer influence ( if not pressure) or lack of role models. When one is young one looks around,looks at other people like family elders, teachers, friends, TV and others and decides about what would be one's goal in life. A lawyer, a financier, a rock star, a political leader, a caregiver, maybe a conman, a family person. That could become an obsession and one attempts to find comfort in that pursuit and goal. . Spirituality or atma vidya should be the goal of life according to these philosophies, but even as atma vidya is less uncertain and less cumbersome than many other worldly pursuits of life, there are very few takers and fewer peers or models to emulate. That is one reason why atma vidya appears somewhat bizarre and many including contemporary yogis are uncomfortable with it, even though it is very logical and wholesome. And the benefits are said to be immense and well, really out of the world..
9.Rishi
Rishis are better known for their immortal sayings than for their asanas.
A Rishi, by definition is one whose saying is TRUTH (Satya)
“Rishayah Satya vachasah” from Amarakosa as quoted by my Guru Sri Krishnamacharya
from my class notes with him in the 1960s
10. Dear Self
When one is alienated from dear ones like spouse, family and friends, there is a lot of pain felt. But due to avidya, according to samkhya, yoga and vedanta, each one of us is alienated from the dearest one -- which is oneself, one's own Self and that is the cause of all pain.,.
11. Purpose of life
The only goal/purpose of life is to know the real nature(Truth) of oneself (atman/brahman) through scriptures (sruti), analysis and logic (anumana) and direct realization with Yoga (yougika pratyaksha). Everything else if futile.--Based on Sankara's works..
12. Duhkha
One type of dukkha (pain) is called taapa dukha (YS II-15). There are two parts to it. One is the pain caused by not getting what one wants. The other is the pain of not being able to get rid of what one does not want. Which of these two taapa dukkhas is more painful?
13. Where to look
According to Vedanta (advaita) the atomic pure consciousness(Atman/Brahman) contains within IT, the entire Universe but the Universe appears to be without IT. Hence I, a tiny part of the Universe look within to find IT rather than without...
14. Understanding cittavritti
Everything I experience is but a chittavritti
15. Multifacted Krishnamacharya Yoga
Sri Krishnamacharya is known for his expertise in Yoga especially only one anga of Yoga which is asanas. However he had earned several diplomas and honors and he taught several of these subjects.. His titles include Veda Kesari (Lion of the Vedas), Vedanta Vageesa (Master exponent of vedanta) Samkhya Siromani (crest-jewel of Samkhya) Nyayacharya (Master teacher of Nyaya) Yogacharya (Master Teacher of Yoga) and others. I was able to study with him several of these subjects-- Samkhya (Samkhya Karika), Nyaya (Tarka Samgraha), Vedanta (Upanishads, Gita), Yoga (Yoga Sutras, Yoga Yagnyavalkya, Hatayogapradipika) and chanting of many chapters of Yajur Veda apart from hundreds of hours of hatayoga(scores of asanas and hundreds of vinyasas. Pranayama etc).
16. Excitement and Peace
Excitement is fun feeling.
Peace of mind is wholesome.
Yogi yearns for the latter...
17. Siksha Valli
It was early days. I was chanting the Taittiriya upanishad with my Guru. It was the last paragraph of the Siksha valli chapter—the commencement/convocation/samavartana address by the vedic teacher to the graduating class containing gems like, “Speak the Truth, mother is divine.. never stop studying (svadhyaya) etc.” Sri Krishnamacharya suddenly stopped and said “Ramaswami, you have studied English.... You should translate this passage into English, get it printed and distribute it free to your friends and others” I sat down and translated into my Indglish. Then I went to a printing press run by a friend of my father. Sri Padmanabha Iyer. He saw the manuscript and immediately agreed to print it, charging me only for the paper and labour. Then I gave it to a few people and one to my Guru also. He appeared happy.
Incidentally the name of the printing press was
“Patanjali & Co”
18. Insipid Pranayama?
Pranayama refreshes the body and mind. Meditation reorients the mind. With asanas the trio provide quality time with oneself. Just completed a two day workshop on pranayama and meditation at Yoga of Sausalito in California. . Taught Viloma and mantra pranayama and pranava meditation. How come people do the unexciting pranayama and meditation without complaining-- rather they seem to like it very much. There should be something very special in these very simple but profound yogic procedures—pranayama and meditation...
19. Ahimsa begins at home
I believe in Ahimsa-- nobody should harm me..
20. Dream World
The dream experience is found to be false in waking state. The waking state experiences are negated in dream. Then how come one is considered real and the other false? It is the same Maya which created the make belief world in dream that creates also the wonderous world we live in. The Maya/avidya which fools me repeatedly every time I have a dream, beguiles me in the same way while I am awake, while I am wide awake.--Based on the Karika (commentary) of Gaudapadaon Mandukya Upanishad, the Upanishad on pranava or OM.
21. During my initial years of study with my Guru he taught scores of asana subroutines and hundreds of vinyasas which I attempted to capture in my book “Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga”. Then he started emphasizing the other equally important aspects of Yoga—pranayama, mudras, inversions, meditation and chanting and then an array of yoga and related philosophies like upanishads the gita, samkhya, ny...aya and many others. He never failed to impress on us the need for a well rounded yoga sadhana and not just asanas. I understand that he even goaded his well known student teachers to make their teachings more comprehensive and not just asanas. Then only one can derive the immense benefits of this wonderfully unique system, Yoga, --its physical, physiological, and therapeutic psychological/emotional and of course the spiritual benefits. We have to appreciate that Krishnamachara's Yoga based on tradition of Patanjali, Yagnyavalkya and other great yogis and sages of the ancient times included not just asanas but many more aspects. I hope those who study Sri Krishnamacharya's yoga would surely include also the of study and practice of other important aspects of Yoga...
22. A cry in earnest
I am given a lifetime to solve this puzzle, this universal puzzle. Can I unravel it in my time?
Sincerely
Srivatsa Ramaswami
***************
An earlier post of Ramaswami's FB quotes
http://grimmly2007.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/may-2012-newsletter-from-srivatsa.html
I've added the previous post of Ramaswami's facebook 'quotes' to this one, bringing them together into a single pdf of 60+ fb updates,available from my googledocs below
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7JXC_g3qGlWbEc5MFJWbEZCLTg/edit?usp=sharing
I've added the previous post of Ramaswami's facebook 'quotes' to this one, bringing them together into a single pdf of 60+ fb updates,available from my googledocs below
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7JXC_g3qGlWbEc5MFJWbEZCLTg/edit?usp=sharing
************
An extra treat.I've just come across this video of Ramaswami's Sun Salutations with mantras (also sun salutations to directions- 'Ding namaskars') posted by Yvette who I think must have been on Ramaswami's TT this year. I'm excited about this as a couple of years ago I spent forever trying to make a version of this, practicing along to the recording of the mantras Ramaswami had made as a tutorial (listen and repeat) and that were originally included with his Complete book of Vinyasa yoga. The tutorial can still be found on Ramaswami's chant page. http://vinyasakrama.com/Chants
Here's the video and thank you to Yvette (http://yvetteyoga.com) for making and posting it (as well as her other Vinyasa krama videos) and to Ramaswami of course for 'playing along'.
Yvette, this is great, just seen that you've included the chants and translations
Sun Salutation with Mantra (samantraka-suryanamaskara)
Om Hram. Uddannadya mitramahah.
(You, the One rising now and daily, are the great friend, salutations to the great friend.)
Om Hrim. Arohannuttaram divam. Ravaye namah.
(Climbing, the great one, up the sky. Oh the fast mover, salutation to you.
Om Hrum. Hrudrogam mama surya. Suryaya namah.
(My heart ailment, O the divine guide. My salutations to the divine Surya.
Om Hraim. Harimanancha nasaya. Bhanave namah.
(And the green patches (on my skin due to heart ailment) you destroy. Salutations to you, the provider of light into the world.
Om Hraum. Sukeshu mey harimanam. Khagaya namah.
(Salutations to Thee, the mover in space.
Om Hrah. Ropanakasu dadhmasi. pushne namah.
(And give to the herbs used for healing paste. Salutations to thee the great Nourisher.
Om Hram. Atho Haaridraveshu mey. Hiranyagarbhaaya namah.
(To the green trees. My salutations are to the Golden creator (womb))
Om Hrim. Harimanannidaddhmasi. Marchaye namah.
(Deposit the green patches. Salutations to the radiant one.
Om Hrum. Udagadayamadityah. Adityaya namah.
(This Sun rising in the sky. Salutations to Aditya.
(tutorial)
Then
Salutation To Directions
(Ding-Namaskara)
Om! namh prachyai diseyascha devata yetasyam prativasanti yetabhyasch namah!
(Om. I bow to the east and the guardian angels that permeate it.)
Om! namh dakshinayai diseyascha devata yetasyam prativasanti yetabhyasch namah!
(Om. I bow to the south and the guardian angels that permeate it.)
Om! namh prateechyai diseyascha devata yetasyam prativasanti yetabhyasch namah!
(Om. I bow to the west and the guardian angels that permeate it.)
Om! nama udeechyai diseyascha devata yetasyam prativasanti yetabhyasch namah!
(Om. I bow to the north and the guardian angels that permeate it.)
Om! namh urdwayai diseyascha devata yetasyam prativasanti yetabhyasch namah!
(Om. I bow to the upward diection and the guardian angels that permeate it.)
Om! Namo adharayai diseyascha devata yetasyam prativasanti yetabhyasch namah!
(Om. I bow to the downward diection and the guardian angels that permeate it.)
Om! namo avantharayai diseyascha devata yetasyam prativasanti yetabhyasch namah!
(Om. I bow to the intermediate direction and the guardian angels that permeate it.)
And a link to my own post on Ramaswami presentation of the Sun salutation mantras, which includes the practice along video as well as screenshots accompanying each mantra
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