The Anusara Invocation   Om Namah Shivaya Gurave Saccidananda Murtaye Nisprapancaya Shantaya Niralambaya Tejase  Om   General English translation: The below translation is from my Anusara yoga teacher, Denise Benitez.  Her words are chosen to reflect a general sentiment of the actual Sanskrit words and  rhyme together for singing. I open my heart to the power of Grace That lives in us as goodness  That never is absent and radiates peace  And lights the way to transformation  Om __________________________________ Below I include two  more literal translations; the second one comes directly from the Anusara Yoga Teacher Training Manual  by John Friend: I bow to the presence of God within Our true and highest teacher That lives in and around us as Being, consciousness and bliss.  It is ever-present and radiates peace  Lighting the way to transformation.  Om _______________________________________________ Om Namah Shivaya Gurave I offer myself to the Light, the Auspicious Lord, who is the True Teacher within and without, Saccidananda Murtaye Who assumes the forms of Reality, Consciousness, and Bliss, Nisprapancaya Shantaya Who is never absent and is full of peace, Niralambaya Tejase Independent in His existence, He is the vital essence of illumination. Om