MANTRA

mănˈtrə, mŭn–, in Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic words used in ritual and meditation. A mantra is believed to be the sound form of reality, having the power to bring into being the reality it represents. There are several types of mantras. Sanskrit verses used in the Vedic sacrifice are known as mantras. Bija-mantra or "seed-sounds," used mainly in Tantra, are syllables without semantic value having an occult affinity for particular deities or forces; use of such mantras usually requires initiation by a guru. Extremely common is the repetition (japa) of the name of a deity and the singing of devotional phrases (mahamantra); for those mantras initiation is not required.

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books on: Mantra  - 3886 results

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Buddhist Ethics
Book by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé; Snow Lion Publications, 1998
Subjects: Buddhism--China--Tibet, Buddhist Ethics
...Chapter IV: The Vows and Pledges of Secret Mantra 215 Root...nonetheless found only in the Way of Secret Mantra. The higher ethics of the bodhisattva...Universal Way. According to the Way of Secret Mantra, the tantric vows are crucial to the...
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The Heart Sutra Explained: Indian and Tibetan Commentaries
Book by Donald S. Lopez Jr.; State University of New York Press, 1988
...Chapter 7: The Mantra 109...An Explanation of the Heart Sutra Mantra, Illuminating the Hidden Meaning...emptiness is form." The other is the mantra that culminates Avalokitesvaras instruction...
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Explaining Mantras: Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a Natural Language in Hindu Tantra
Book by Robert A. Yelle; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Hindu Mantras, Tantras--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
...Erica Bornstein 3. EXPLAINING MANTRAS Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a...Hindu Tantra Robert A. Yelle EXPLAINING MANTRAS RITUAL, RHETORIC, AND THE DREAM OF...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yelle, Robert A. Explaining mantras: ritual, rhetoric, and the dream of a...
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Early History of the Vaisnava Faith and Movement in Bengal: From Sanskrit and Bengali Sources
Book by Sushil Kumar De; Firma K.L. Mukhopadhya, 1961
Subjects: Vaishnavism
...necessity of a spiritual guide Guru-vada , in the efficacy of Mantra or recitation of some form of the blessed name Naman , in...Srkr S n a-lilamr ta . Later on at Gaya, Caitanya received Mantra-Dik a from Isvara Puri and came back a changed man. In later...
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Re-Visioning Kamakura Buddhism
Book by Richard K. Payne; University of Hawaii, 1998
Subjects: Buddhism--Japan--History--1185-1600
...Recommending Faith in the Sand of the Mantra of Light Mark T. Unno 167...Recommending Faith in the Sand of the Mantra of Light" examines the role of the komyo shingon in medieval Japan, a tantric mantra that has its roots in Buddhist India...
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Mantra (2001), De Rodrigo Fresan, Y la Novela De la Multiplicidad De la Informacion
Journal article by Edmundo Paz Soldan; Chasqui, Vol. 32, 2003
Subjects: Autores argentinos, Fresan, Rodrigo, Mantra (Libro)
Mantra (2001), De Rodrigo Fresan, Y la Novela De la Multiplicidad...La primera mencion a la imagen fotografica en la novela Mantra (2001), del escritor argentino Rodrigo Fresan, ocurre practicamente...igual que el protagonista principal de la novela, Martin Mantra --no por casualidad hijo de dos actores mexicanos de telenovelas...
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Mystery as Mantra: Letter from Orissa
Journal article by Jayanta Mahapatra, A. K. Ramanujan, Aparna Dharwadker; World Literature Today, Vol. 68, 1994
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
Mystery as Mantra: Letter from Orissa By JAYANTA MAHAPATRA 1. Mystery has always...the enlargement of our awareness of life, when good poetry acts as a mantra, irrespective of whether one looks at it through Western or Indian eyes...
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Data-Driven Decision-Making: Is It the Mantra of the Month or Does It Have Staying Power?
Journal article by Denis P. Doyle; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 30, 2003
Subjects: Data entry, Data warehousing, Databases, Decision-making--Technique, Educators--Attitudes, Teachers, Technology--Usage
Data-driven decision-making: is it the mantra of the month or does it have staying power? by Denis P...falls trippingly off the tongue. It has become a school-reform mantra that is celebrated but widely misunderstood, and is often ignored...
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Ready for ERM: If Risk Management Is New Religion, Enterprise Risk Management Is Its Mantra
Journal article by James R. Peterson; ABA Banking Journal, Vol. 98, 2006
Subjects: Banking industry--Services, Risk management--Services
Ready for ERM: If Risk Management Is New Religion, Enterprise Risk Management Is Its Mantra. by James R. Peterson What if you could run a bank where every risk was mitigated and every loss was compensated? What...
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Civavakkiyar's 'Abecedarium Naturae.'
Journal article by Sanford B. Steever; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 114, 1994
Subjects: Mantras--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tamils--Literature
...and conspicuously sacred formulas, or mantras, appear in the texts of this vast corpus. Debates on the exact nature and purpose of mantras in religious discourse have taken place...ancient ritualist Kautsa declared that mantras are meaningless (anarthaka mantrah). Fueled...
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Shedding Her Bootstraps? in the Years of Plenty, Suze Orman's Mantra Was All about Personal Responsibility. in These Leaner Years, She's Changing Her Tune
Magazine article by Phoebe Connelly; The American Prospect, Vol. 18, December 2007
Subjects: Debt management--Economic aspects, Economic reform--Methods, Investment advisers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Orman, Suze--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Student loans--Economic aspects, Student loans--Management
...Bootstraps? in the Years of Plenty, Suze Ormans Mantra Was All about Personal Responsibility...1,000-plus ticket price to learn the mantra of the personal finance industry: You...the limits of the up-by-your-bootstraps mantra. And now, surprisingly, even Orman has...
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A Teaching Mantra
Magazine article by Jennifer Leigh Nicklas; School Arts, Vol. 106, November 2006
Subjects: Arts education--Management, Children's art--Study and teaching, Student teachers--Personal narratives
A Teaching Mantra. by Jennifer Leigh Nicklas I...but this year I developed a teaching mantra, a simple phrase that will help me keep...decision to become an art educator, and my mantra is a simple solution to keep me focused...
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Family Matters, the Grandma Mantra
Magazine article by Jeanne Mills; Psychotherapy Networker, Vol. 32, November 2008
Family Matters, the Grandma Mantra by Jeanne Mills FAMILY MATTERSBy Jeanne Mills The Grandma Mantra A guide to keeping peace in the family...parentsO job. WeOve mastered the grandparentsO mantra: "Keep your mouth closed and your purse...
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'Stifle the Mantra for Change'
Magazine article by Ramnath Subramanian; NEA Today, Vol. 17, February 1999
Subjects: Education, Educators, Information technology
Stifle the Mantra for Change by Ramnath Subramanian My elementary school classroom...consultants with their prodigious pockets. It would help if we stifled the mantra for change and instead picked something that works, then stayed the course...
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Local Government Mantra: Help Businesses, Shop Local
Magazine article by Ken Pulskamp; Public Management, Vol. 91, August 2009
Subjects: Business-government relations--Management, Economic conditions--Forecasts and trends, Local government--California, Local government--Services, Santa Clarita, California--Economic aspects
Local Government Mantra: Help Businesses, Shop Local. by Ken Pulskamp When the economy...where businesses can succeed even when times are tough. This has been a mantra in Santa Clarita during the past several years: The decisions made during...
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Mantra, EC3
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 4, 2005
Mantra, EC3. Byline: CHARLES CAMPION Its as if some novice...Ordinary Court, or simply stick to Crutched Friars where Mantra is the latest incumbent at number 37. This site was previously...before that, one named the Viceroy. When it opened in 2004, Mantra split itself in two and the downstairs dining room offered...
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How a Mantra Ate Justice
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 7, 2002
Subjects: Child Protective Services
How a mantra ate justice Byline: Paul Craig Roberts...hunt gained its opportunity from a liberal mantra that 3 out of 4 children are subjected...close relative or child-care provider. This mantra spawned federal legislation, Child Protective...
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Same Old Mantra Claims Greenpeace as Brown 'Goes Nuclear' BRITAIN/INTERNATIONAL
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 27, 2007
Subjects: Nuclear energy, Nuclear industry, Prime ministers
Same Old Mantra Claims Greenpeace as Brown Goes Nuclear BRITAIN/INTERNATIONAL. THE...energy from renewable sources, nowjust one week later we are back to the old mantra of nuclear power. "Declarations like this threaten to strangle the renewables...
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Just This Once, Mantra Is Two Games at a Time
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 8, 2009
Subjects: Professional hockey
Just This Once, Mantra Is Two Games at a Time. Byline: Dan Daly, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PITTSBURGH...playoffs. Its the best way to block out the surrounding circus. Whats that mantra of Ted Leonsis? Oh, yeah: One shift, one period, one game at a time...
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COSMOPOLITAN GIRL; Contemporary City-Girl Chic, Manhattan Is My Mecca and Style Is My Mantra; SMIRNOFF [Bar] ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 11, 2009
Subjects: Advertising--Personal narratives
...GIRL; Contemporary City-Girl Chic, Manhattan Is My Mecca and Style Is My Mantra; SMIRNOFF Bar ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE. WHATS MY STYLE? 1 Fashion, of course, is my mantra and as Im all about off-the-peg contemporary chic, youll find me with my...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mantra  - 7 results

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Mantra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MANTRA man tr , mun , in Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic words used in ritual and meditation. A mantra is believed to be the sound form of reality, having the...being the reality it represents. There are several types of mantras. Sanskrit verses used in the Vedic sacrifice are known...
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Om
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hindus and Buddhists, a mystic word or mantra . Om is regarded as the syllable of the...Reality and is sometimes called "the mother of mantras." It is often found at the beginning of prayers, mantras, and scriptures as a word of invocation...
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Tantra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TANTRA tun tr , in both Hinduism and Buddhism, esoteric tradition of ritual and yoga known for elaborate use of mantra , or symbolic speech, and mandala , or symbolic diagrams; the importance of female deities, or Shakti ; cremation-ground...
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Meditation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...visualization of a deity or inward repetition of a prayer or mantra (sacred sound). Some forms of meditation involve putting the...1960s and 70s the Indian Maharishi Mahesh Yogi popularized a mantra system known as Transcendental Meditation . Meditation is...
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Kroc, Ray
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the McDonalds Corp. Six years later he bought out the brothers. Using quality, service, cleanliness, and value as a commercial mantra, and maintaining strict uniformity of product, McDonalds grew quickly, as franchises opened throughout the country and menu...
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