A mantra is a sound, syllable, word or group of words that are considered capable of

"creating transformation" .

Mantras can be interpreted to be effective as vibration, or more simply as sound, which may include verbal repetition, in the form of chanting, or internal mental repetition.

To Charles & Hitomi

Japan, April & May, 2009

M A N T R A

Just by repeating the name,  

that which can not be understood

     Will be understood  

just by repeating the name

that which can not be seen   

   Will be seen

Mantra is sound, and sound is reverberating

in everything in this universe.

When water flows, the gurgling sound it makes

is mantra. When wind blows through the trees,

the  rustling sound it produces is mantra. 

When we walk on the earth, our footsteps produce sound, and that too is mantra. Within  human beings  there is a self-born, indestructible sound which repeats itself constantly, along with our breathing and this sound is also a mantra.

The mute consonants represent the earth, the sibilants the sky, the vowels heaven.

The mute consonants represent fire,

the sibilants air, the vowels the sun.

The mute consonants represent the eye,

 the sibilants the ear, the vowels the mind.

सर्वेषां स्वस्ति भवतु । सर्वेषां

 शान्तिर्भवतु । सर्वेषां पूर्नं भवतु

 । सर्वेषां मड्गलं भवतु ॥

 Sarveśām Svastir Bhavatu

 Sarveśām Sāntir Bhavatu

Sarveśām Pūrnam Bhavatu

 Sarveśām Mangalam Bhavatu

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare

オンマニハンドメイウン          Om mani padme hum           ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པ་དྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་