Ome, Asatom, Asatom, Sadgamaya,

Tamasoma, Jotyrgamaya,

Mreatyurma, Amritam Gamaya.

Om, shanty, shanty, shanty.

Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real.

Lead us from darkness unto light.

Lead us from death to immortality.

Ome, peace, peace, peace.

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning, and welcome back.

You should say welcome back to me also.

That's an insider joke for those of you know.

I am spending one year like a study leave at Harvard University.

So that's why the welcome back for me too.

I was in the church at the Harvard Yard and University Yard there.

And so after the end of the service, we always say,

peace unto you, and the congregation says back,

and also to you, also be upon you.

The subject today is something very close to my heart,

in fact the hearts of many people who

practice Vedanta. It is a part of our daily routine. The first thing I do, and many Vedantins

do, when you wake up in the morning, is chant this text which we're going to talk about this morning.

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