~~ Sometimes translated as a chant, it is the repeating of phrases or words to help one concentrate and achieve focus.
~~ A sacred verbal formula repeated in prayer, meditation or incantation, such as an invocation to God or a syllable or portion of scripture containing mystical potentialities.
~~ A sacred mystic syllable, word or verse used in meditation and japa to quiet the mind, balance the inner bodies and attain other desired aims.
~~ A series of syllables, considered sacred (and sometimes magical), used in meditation and rituals.
~~ Repetition of a letter, word or group of words.
~~ A sacred phoneme or words used for the effects of its vibrational properties.
~~ A commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra" (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns. |