Mantras: Words of Power

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Summary: Mantras Words of Power
Review: Easy to read and inspiring . A detailed practical guide for chanting mantras to help people with their development. The benefits of mantra chanting are physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Examples of those benefits are illustrated in personal stories told by the author and her students. A connection is made between mantra and hatha yoga - if a mantra is chanted during a hatha yoga pose one can penetrate the deeper levels of the pose and experience its mystical meaning.

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Summary: Befriending Mantra
Review: Mantra is "a precise combination of sacred syllables" that can help you to concentrate, control and express your emotions, and refine them into true feelings such as consideration, love and devotion. Ultimately, mantra chanting will lead to Self-realization.

This book is written by Swami Radha, a highly respected female spiritual leader, who knows the subject intimately from her personal experience. She gives clear and detailed instructions on how to use mantra in your daily life. It is a beautiful book filled wth images, musical notations, poetry and prayer. Included are personal accounts of people who have incorporated this practice into their lives. Also included are inspired words on the guru-disciple relationship from Swami Radha's guru, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India.

If you are interested in mantra and its practical application then this is the book to get. You won't be misled.

Also available are CD's with Swami Radha chanting specific individual mantras such as Hari Om and Om Namah Sivaya. I've used mantra for 18 years, and as far as I'm concerned it's the best friend a person could have!

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Summary: Explains how the Mantra works, is simple to understand.
Review: Sivananda Radha has explained the way the mantra works and has gone into the intricacies of this difficult spiritual discipline in a simple and clearcut way. Her list of mantra goes beyond individual religions and includes buddhist, christian and Hindu mantra that are easy to learn.

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Summary: A MUST read for any one who seeks to know the Mantra.
Review: Swami Radha has brought the ancient wisdom tought to her by her Guru from Rishikish and made this wisdom accessible to the western mind. She shows us how it works within the context of the western experience and she is constantly encouraging us to know from our own explorations of the Mantra. She is indeed a very powerful and enlightened writer who by example shows us the power of speech and the power of the ancient chants.

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Summary: Great book on practicing mantras, but ...
Review: This is a great book with thorough instructins on working with mantras. The only issue I had relates to gurus, which these books suggests one should have - though for those who really feel that they must have one, there are at least some decent admonishions in choosing one wisely. Just because one poses as a guru, doesn't necessarily make him neither an enlightened individual, nor someone who has your best interests at heart - so do watch out. I also think it best that one should follow one's inner wisdom and inner guidance.

The focus of this book is more on the details related to the practice, rather than the diveristy of mantras. Several mantras are provided, together with interesting stories relating to the experiences of the author and others who have used them.