Om Shanti

Om shanti is said three times.

The purpose is to wish for peace in the world. Only when there is peace around you, you can be peaceful. When there is a war in the world you cannot be peaceful.

The second is to wish for peace within you. If the world is peaceful but your mind is not peaceful that is also not useful. So there is a wish for peace to your mind and body.

The third is to wish for peace in your soul or atma.

So let there be peace in the world, in the mind and in the soul. Om shanti, Om shanti, Om shanti.

(Excerpt of talk given by Guruji in Trichy in Jan 2009)