Mantra

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isti sodashkam namnam kalikalmasanasanam annatah parataropayah sarvavedesu drisyate sodasakalavritasya jivasyavaranaviasanam tatah prakasate param-brahma meghapaye raviasmimandaliveti
 
As we see, first comes Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare and then, hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare.Mantra (from Sanskrit Man mind and Tra control) is a religious syllable or poem usually in Sanskrit. Mantras originated in Hinduism, but are also used in Buddhism and Jainism.
 
The mantra is a mystical and ritual formula recited or chanted repeatedly by the faithful of certain Buddhist and Hindu streams. The term is a Sanskrit word that means 'control of the mind'. The mantra is repeated in order to aid concentration during meditation. The author presents some mantras such as 'Namo Amito' (glory to Buddha), 'Om Sri Shanaishwaraya Swaha' (Om and salutations to Saturn, the planet of the teachings), among others.

 

The mantra is a mystical and ritual formula recited or chanted repeatedly by the faithful of certain Buddhist and Hindu streams. The term is a Sanskrit word that means 'control of the mind'. The mantra is repeated in order to aid concentration during meditation. The author presents some mantras such as 'Namo Amito' (glory to Buddha), 'Om Sri Shanaishwaraya Swaha' (Om and salutations to Saturn, the planet of the teachings), among others.


Some common mantras:

 

Maha Mantra

The transcendental vibration established by the singing of the Maha Mantra allows the gradual purification of material bodies, from the densest to the most subtle, and restores consciousness to its original state of sat cit ananda - eternity, knowledge, and bliss.

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