Mantra
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A mantra or mantram is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words that practitioners believe to have religious, magical or spiritual powers. Some mantras have
Mantras written on a rock near Namche Bazaar Nepal
Hare Krishna devotees in Amsterdam carrying a poster with the Hare Krishna Mantra
Japanese Mandala of the Mantra of Light, an important mantra of the Shingon and Kegon sects
A Japanese depiction of the Amida Triad as Seed Syllables (in Siddham Script). Visualizing deities in the form of seed mantras is a common Vajrayana meditation. In Shingon, one of the most common practices is Ajikan (阿字觀), meditating on the mantric syllable A.
Indian religions
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Indian religions, also known as Dharmic religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent. These religions, which include Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and faiths based on
From top to bottom, from left to right: the Om (Hinduism), the Dharmachakra (Buddhism), the Jain Prateek Chihna (Jainism) and the Khanda (Sikhism) are the symbols commonly used to represent the four major Indian religions.
"Priest King" of Indus Valley Civilisation
The Pashupati seal, showing a seated and possibly ithyphallic figure, surrounded by animals.
A statue of Gautama Buddha from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, 4th century CE.