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Yoga nidra (Sanskrit: योग निद्रा, romanized: yoga nidrā) or yogic sleep in modern usage is a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, typically induced by a guided meditation. A state called yoga nidra is mentioned in the Upanishads and the Mahabharata, while a goddess named Yoganidrā appears in the Devīmāhātmya.
Shanti Mantras are invoked in the beginning of some topics of the Upanishads. They are believed to calm the mind and the environment of the reciter. Shanti Mantras always end with the sacred syllable om (auṃ) and three utterances of the word "shanti", which means "peace". The reason for the three utterances is regarded to be for the removal ...
[29] [30] Author George D. Chryssides writes that according to the Maharishi, "using just any mantra can be dangerous"; the mantras for "householders" and for recluses differ. According to Chryssides, many mantras – such as "Om" – commonly found in books are mantras for recluses and "can cause a person to withdraw from life". [31] [32] [33]
Jain meditation (Sanskrit: ध्यान, dhyana) has been the central practice of spirituality in Jainism along with the Three Jewels. [1] Jainism holds that emancipation can only be achieved through meditation or shukla dhyana. [2] According to Sagarmal Jain, it aims to reach and remain in a state of "pure-self awareness or knowership."
Yoga for stress relief: Spouse(s) Jan Strakaty (1930–1946; his death) ... his chanting of Sanskrit mantras around a campfire had a powerful effect on her. She later ...
Compassion meditation, a Science Daily article states, may reduce inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression and a number of medical illnesses. [ 43 ] Mettā meditation is a central practice within mindfulness-based pain management (MBPM), [ 44 ] the effectiveness of which has been supported by a range ...
According to Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, this text's central mantra, known as the Hare Krishna, or Mahā ("Great"), Mantra, was given in the 16th century to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at his initiation in Gaya (though the Sanskrit mantra is absent from his biographies). [3] This mantra, presented in two lines, contains the words Hare, Rama, and Krishna.
In the Yajurveda Sandhyā, the meaning of the mantra is: Om, even as the perspiring gets relief from the shade of the tree, as bathing removes the impurities of the body, as the ghee becomes purified by its purifying agent. (Yajurveda, Taittiriya Brahmana, 2-4-4-43) So let the Waters purify me from all sins.