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This is a renowned spiritual teacher's guide to calming the mind with a mantram. The mantram, or mantra, is a short, powerful spiritual formula from the world's major traditions. Repetition of the mantram is a simple but highly effective spiritual practice that can be used at work and at home, fitting naturally within any faith, philosophy, or lifestyle. Examples of mantrams are Rama, Rama, used by Gandhi, or My God and My All, repeated by St. Francis of Assisi or Om Mane Padme Hum.Easwaran taught the use of the mantra for over 40 years as part of his passage meditation program. He explains how the mantra works, and gives practical guidelines for using it to focus our thoughts and access deeper resources of strength, patience and love. The mantra can help us replenish our energy, release creativity and heal old conflicts. These resonant phrases work equally well for parents with young children, colleagues at work, couples in a relationship, in illness or depression, and even at the time of death. And Easwaran shows how repetition of the mantra can open the door to a life that is increasingly meaningful and fulfilling.
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Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) was a well-respected spiritual guide, and his bestselling book Passage Meditation has sold 195,000 copies since 1978. His 26 books on spiritual living have been translated into 26 languages, and his editions of the Indian Classics have regularly been bestsellers. Easwaran was a professor of English literature and well known in India as a writer and speaker before coming to the United States in 1959 on the Fulbright exchange program. In 1961 he founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation, which carries on his work today through publications and retreats.
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A "must have" book!, Nov 3 2009
By PeaceLaw - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind (Paperback)
This is one of the *best* books I have ever read. It teaches you how to quiet your mind via the use of a mantram (a word that you repeat to yourself in your mind, such as "peace," or whatever works best for you; Easwaran carefully explains how to pick out a mantram that perfectly suits you).Easwaran is a masterful teacher and a lively storyteller. He also has a wonderful sense of humor - there are moments where I laughed out loud!
This book is created for people of any background. Parents can read it, and teach the mantram to their children.
The best thing about it is that it teaches you a practical method, that is quick and easy to apply, to get you through any situation with strength and serenity.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Best book ever read, Jan 7 2009
By P. Stumpenhaus "old yoga girl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind (Paperback)
This is a wonderful book; really explains the purpose of reciting a mantra. It talks about focusing and stilling the mind(calming the mind)As a person who has always been very hyper, driven and quick thinking, I realize what a GREAT benefit having a mantra is going to be. This book is written in such a way that it is practical and easy to understand. It takes the mystery out of mantra meditation.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Great Refresher, Mar 14 2011
By Craig Betteridge - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind (Paperback)
40 years ago on a submarine tender I laid up in my rack and read a small book on self hypnosis. Briefly, the method involved concentrating on your feet and relaxing with slow measured breaths saying to yourself "Heavy Feet" and then slowly moving up your body .... Heavy Legs .... Heavy Hips ... Heavy Stomach ... Heavy Chest ...This would go on quietly relaxing until you had worked yourself to your head and then you would concentrate on an area behind and between your eyes. After about 10 minutes of this you would be relaxed.
This what I've used for years to relax and enter a meditative state.
No real problems except my mantra over years had been well established ... HEAVY FEET.
I'd say those words at night and my day would go into slow motion.
The bad news, to some degree, was that my mantra was "Heavy Feet". So much for a spiritual mantra.
One of the rules is once you've established your mantra, keep it. Good practice but it was time for the heavy feet to get walking.
After some thought and experimentation, I decided to change my mantra. No more 'Heavy Feet'.
What I really gained from this book is that my mantra isn't just for meditation, it can be used to help quiet all of those noises in our lives. Won't tell you what my new mantra is, let's just say, you won't here me chanting "heavy feet" while stuck in traffic.
Good book.
cb
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