What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘Mantra’? A sound or a word or a set of words repeated to help you experience deep meditation. Some mantras are given to a meditator when their teacher or meditation expert initiates them. Mantras have their meaning and an occasion for chanting them. It is difficult for us to understand their meaning. So instead of being stuck in their meaning, it is better to sit in mantra meditation. It is said that mantras should be pronounced carefully to the highest degree of correctness to reap their benefits. Doing mantra meditation means when experts chant the mantras, you can meditate and relax. It has a profound effect. Perhaps the simple mantra that comes to your mind may be ‘Om’ which can being deep relaxation to your mind. You might have noticed that mantras are chanted in a rhythm. These rhythms create a sound frequency that benefits us in a certain way. Devotees who use the Japa mala for reciting the mantras share that they reach a meditative state of mind after a few rounds. Overall, the mantra lends a helping hand to get immersed in the reservoir of energy within us. Mantra chanting has been practiced in our society for ages, although it varies in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism. It is believed that mantras were created in Vedic Sanskrit. According to scientists, mantras have neuro-linguistic effects. Know more about mantras in the reads selected for you here.
