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teachings. The pupil is asked to meditate continually on
this aspect of God. Regular repetition of the mantra (japa)
clarifies thought, and with steady practice will ultimately
lead to God-realization . . . a power-laden syllable or
series of syllables that manifests certain cosmic forces
and aspects . . . Buddhist schools . . . mantra is defined
as a means of protecting the mind. In the transformation
of “body, speech, and mind” that is brought about by
spiritual practice, mantra is associated with speech, and
its task is the sublimation of the vibrations.” (The Encyclopedia
of Eastern Philosophy and Religion, p. 220)
Mantras, oftentimes, are used as talismans of protection
and are often referred to as sacred sounds. Many people
incorrectly think or imagine that the purpose of mantras,
called the divine sounds, is to focus the mind and relax the
body, which is supposed to lead to “realization.”
COnTEMplATiOn: HOW COUlD RElAXATiOn
OR fOCUSinG THE MinD, WHiCH REQUiRES An
“i” TO fOCUS OR A fOCUSER, HAvE AnYTHinG
TO DO WiTH finDinG OUT WHO YOU ARE,
OR i AM THAT—YOU ARE nOT; WHEn An “i”
OR fOCUSER iS STill iMAGininG iT iS DOinG iT?
THE vEil Of THE COnCEpT Of YAnTRAS 2
“Yantra is a “support instrument,” a mystic diagram
used as a symbol of the divine as well as of it powers
2 See The Way of the Human: Volume III (Chapter III: The Collective
Unconscious and the Archetypical Dimension) for a deeper explanation
of the formation and concept of light.