A mantra is a divine word or sentence that is chanted in a particular way to achieve Dharma (righteousness), Artha (wealth), Kama (desires) or Mokhsa (liberation). A mantra can make impossible things possible. A simple sadhaka (spiritual practitioner) can become a great saint with the power of mantra. A mantra can change an unfavorable situation into a favorable one.
When mantras are chanted, they emanate powerful vibrations in the cosmos and influences cosmic forces. Depending on the objective of mantras, appropriate faculty of cosmic forces is invoked and thus the required situation or circumstances gets created.


- Shri Ramesh Jain

When I chant a mantra during meditation I experience some kind of current flow all over my body. It gives me bliss and my meditation goes well. I keep chanting this mantra even when I am driving, cooking or working. In the night whenever I wake up I find my mantra chanting going on without my knowledge. It gives me lot of peace and avoids getting unnecessary negative thoughts. My mind has become more focused and relaxed with the power of mantra.

Q: How do we know which mantra to chant? Should the mantra be chanted loudly or mentally?

A: There are several common mantras which anybody can chant such as OM, OM NAMAH SHIVAY, OM VASUDEVAYA NAMAH, OM GANESHAYA NAMAH, OM HAMSA SOHAM etc. You can also take a mantra from your Guru or refer scriptures. You have to be careful only when you need a mantra for fulfilling any specific desires of material nature.

Mantra can be chanted loudly if you are in a place where others do not mind or it does not unnecessarily attract others attention. Mental chanting of mantra has more power than chanting it loudly through mouth. While chanting mantra you must feel its divine meaning and concentrate on its vibratory effect. Every mantra which is chanted should give you joy and take you to a state of meditation. It should be slow and rhythmic chanting. The more you chant mantra the more powerful it becomes hence keep chanting it whenever and wherever it is possible. You need not restrict mantra chanting to a particular time and place.