Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

This is a Vaishnava mantra of greeting: a bow to Bhagavan as Vasudeva. It lives in living practice — ashtakshara's neighbour, a longer Name, a devotion with a house and a history. CapSage will describe the gesture. It will not appoint itself a priest.

The action

Twelve syllables, often counted. People use it as japa, as a way to begin a day, as a Name that is not a slogan. The theology is specific: Krishna, Vishnu, the indwelling. If that is not your house, do not borrow the furniture to decorate a different room.

A bow is not a brand. It is a spine deciding to lower.

How this house will speak

If this Name is already yours, return to the people who gave it to you. If it is not, the Why we chant series will still meet you. Similar action, different theology. We will not blend them into a smoothie called energy.