Om Shanti

The Meaning

Shanti means peace - but not the kind of peace that's merely the absence of noise or conflict. This is a deeper peace. The peace that exists beneath the surface of all experience. The peace that remains when everything else falls away.

In the Vedic tradition, Shanti is often chanted three times: Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. Each repetition addresses a different source of disturbance - the external world around us, the people and circumstances in our lives, and the internal world of our own thoughts and emotions.