In more sophisticated forms, mantras are melodic phrases with spiritual interpretations such as a human longing for truth, reality, light, immortality, peace, love, knowledge, and action. Aum sound when produced creates a reverberation in the body which helps the body and mind to be calm. Īt its simplest, the word ꣽ, ॐ (Aum, Om) serves as a mantra, it is believed to be the first sound which was originated on earth. Some mantras have a syntactic structure and literal meaning, while others do not. Clockwise from upper left: Om (an ancient Vedic mantra used throughout Hinduism and also in Buddhism), the Ṇamōkāra mantra (the most important mantra in Jainism), the Vajrayana Buddhist E-VAM mantra, known as the Kalachakra "Tenfold Powerful One", Om mani padme hum (a popular Buddhist mantra) in Tianjin Temple ( Ranjana script) and (at the bottom) the Hare Krishna mantra in a modern concert setting.Ī mantra ( Pali: mantra) or mantram ( Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.
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