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The Mantram Handbook 4 Ed

The Mantram Handbook 4 Ed
By Eknath Easwaran

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Every person has ways of dealing with life’s challenges, but these resources are often locked beneath layers of stress and anxiety. Focused repetition of a mantram, or holy name, provides a simple, effective way to regain one’s natural clarity, energy, confidence, and control. The good news is that the mantram’s power to heal, calm, and restore is available to anyone.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #57470 in Books
  • Published on: 2001-09-09
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 224 pages

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A valuable addition to one's library and spiritual practice5
This book offers clear practical advise on choosing and using a mantram (also known as a mantra), which is thought of as the Holy Name. Eknath offers appealing anecdotes and gentle humor as he presents his Eight-point Path, which includes such spiritual practices as meditation, mantram, slowing down, one-pointed attention, and putting others first. The author is Hindu but doesn't emphasize any one faith; readers of any religion or no religion can use this. Beautiful book-cover!

Power to transform5
How does a Mantram work.
That depends on how you look at it.....
If you are a religious person, you would not even question its validity ; if you are an atheist posing to be scientific, you would call it meaningless mumbo jumbo and self hypnosis; if you were a neuro scientist, you would be more careful in your explanation, since your scientific thought process would be contradicted by your observation of unexplainable neuron activity in the brain which would generally have some kind of salutary positive effect.
If you were an open minded individual like me, you would try it yourself and come to your own conclusion.
Since the conscious mind is supposed to be just 10 percent of our neural activity and the subconscious is 90 percent of the same, the Mantram which works on the subconscious; should be very very relevant for our mental health.
Thanks to Eknath Easwaran, for explaining the secrets of the 'mantram' in the most gentle,persuasive and intelligent style, which would greatly appeal to the techno-urban-intellectual-busy individual of modern times.
Truly, a life transforming book.

It's in print again!5
Eknath Easwaran was a wonderfully observant and intuitive teacher, and thankfully, his writings live on. The Mantram Handbook gives an excellent presentation of the Mantra Yoga method of calming ones mind, as well as the benefits.For those who would like to find more by this prolific spiritual author, this book and many others are available through
The Blue Mountain Center For Meditation.
I also recommend his translation of The Dhammapada(Teachings of The Buddha).