The Power of Mantra Chanting

Power and Benefits of Mantras

What is a Mantra? What is the significance and benefits of Mantra Chanting? What are the types of Mantras? How can Mantras help an Individual?

"Mananaat traayate iti mantrah"
Meaning: That which uplifts by constant repetition is a Mantra

A Mantra is a sound, syllable, word or group of words that are capable of creating spiritual, psychic and physical effects. Mantras were originally conceived in the Vedas, India’s oldest and most revered spiritual text. The word Mantra is a Sanskrit word combining the two syllables ‘man’ which means mind and ‘tra’ which means deliverance. So the word “mantra” literally implies “to free from the mind". The power of Mantras has been acknowledged since time immemorial. Mantras function by stimulating various Chakras in the Human body. There are Mantras in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. The most basic mantra in Hinduism is AUM, also known as the Pranava Mantra. It is the source of all mantras and is prefixed and suffixed to all Hindu prayers. Mantras are one of the main forms of worship leading to salvation. The aim of mantra in Hinduism is to achieve Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha and have definitive importance both at the materialistic and spiritual levels.


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