Universal
Shanti mantra — threefold peace
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
Simple reading
Om shaan-tih shaan-tih shaan-tih
Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ
About this mantra
The peace invocation that closes Vedic recitation and every Upanishadic reading: Om, then the word śānti three times.
Meaning
Om, peace, peace, peace. The three utterances are aimed, not repeated for weight: at what rises from within (adhyatmika), what comes through other beings (adhibhautika), and what descends beyond anyone's control (adhidaivika). Naming all three sources, the chant admits how undefended a life is, and answers each door with the same word.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
Whole mantra
This mantra is a single line. Learn it whole, then add it to your review deck so it comes back for a check.
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Closes prayers, readings, and gatherings; recited in conflict's aftermath, at partings, and nightly before sleep, so the day ends at peace on all three fronts.
Word by word
- शान्तिः (१)śāntiḥ
- ādhyātmika: peace from within oneself
- शान्तिः (२)śāntiḥ
- ādhibhautika: peace from other beings
- शान्तिः (३)śāntiḥ
- ādhidaivika: peace from nature and the divine
Source: Upaniṣadic śānti-pāṭha tradition