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mani padme hu
, ‘om jewel in the lotus hu
’.
Mantras are only endowed with transformative power if given in initiation (
d
k
a
) from the mouth of a
guru
. It is not so much correct pronunciation, but rather the power with which the mantra is endowed that gives it transforming capability.
, ‘om jewel in the lotus hu’.Mantras are only endowed with transformative power if given in initiation (
d
ka) from the mouth of a
guru
. It is not so much correct pronunciation, but rather the power with which the mantra is endowed that gives it transforming capability.
Mantray
na
na(Skt., ‘path of mantra’). A term used synonymously with
Vajray
na
or
Tantric
Buddhism, but which perhaps misleadingly suggests that incantation is the fundamental Tantric practice; in fact, practices of body (
yoga
) and practices of mind (
visualization
) are equally as important as practices of speech (
mantra
), although in some early forms of Vajray
na, mantra may well have been the dominant practice.
Vajray
naor
Tantric
Buddhism, but which perhaps misleadingly suggests that incantation is the fundamental Tantric practice; in fact, practices of body (
yoga
) and practices of mind (
visualization
) are equally as important as practices of speech (
mantra
), although in some early forms of Vajray
na, mantra may well have been the dominant practice.Mantra Yoga
.
.
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