Mantra

The Sanskrit word mantra names a sacred verbal formula or invocation used to unveil or attain mystic potentialities. The repetition of a mantra is japa.

Public examples on this site include:

  • Om Gam Ganapati Namah—a mantra of Ganapati
  • Om Namah Shivaya—a mantra of Shiva
  • Om Mani Padma Hum—a common Buddhist mantra

Within the International Nath Order mantra is zonule work, part of daily sadhana. The formula is this page. The counting, the mala, and the guru bead are on Japa. A mantra given at initiation is not published here. Shabar formulas used in group work are sounded as the Chakra Raja sounds them; they are not a second Sanskrit. This page names the class. It is not a hymnal and not a grade.

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