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The 41 pages that link to Mantra, each with the reason it gives.

• VajrayanaRelated: Mantras are central to many Vajrayana rituals and meditations.

• MeditationRelated: Repetition gives some meditation practices a stable attentional anchor.

• TantraRelated: Repeated or installed in ritual, mantras focus attention and embody sacred power.

• PujaRelated: Recitation gives puja a verbal form, invoking or praising the revered presence.

• MysticismRelated: Repetition can focus attention and organize practice in several mystical traditions.

• Guru YogaRelated: Recitation gives the visualization a repeated verbal focus.

• ShaktiRelated: Mantras invoke and concentrate divine power in Shakta ritual.

• BhajanRelated: Bhajans may weave repeated mantras into their lyrics and refrains.

• MandalaRelated: Mantras are often recited while entering, constructing, or contemplating a mandala.

• Deity yogaRelated: Mantra recitation accompanies visualization and represents the deity's enlightened speech.

• AbhishekaRelated: Recitation accompanies the handling and offering of ritual liquids.

• Buddhist ritualRelated: Recitation gives many Buddhist rites a repeated verbal and contemplative form.

• ChakraRelated: Some chakra systems assign seed syllables to particular centers.

• KundaliniRelated: Mantra can serve as one means of preparing for or guiding awakening.

• Buddhist tantraRelated: Mantra recitation is a widespread ritual and meditative technique in tantric practice.

• GuruRelated: A guru may teach a disciple a mantra and how to use it in practice.

• Buddhist chantingRelated: Mantras are short formulas whose repetition is a major form of Buddhist chanting.

• Kundalini yogaRelated: Repetition of mantras supplies Kundalini yoga with a vocal and attentional practice.

• Shingon BuddhismRelated: Shingon uses mantras as a means of embodying Buddhist teachings and awakening.

• PhowaRelated: Mantra recitation can steady attention and accompany phowa’s visualization.

• GuanyinRelated: Mantras invoking Guanyin turn devotion into repeated vocal practice.

• NgöndroRelated: Ngöndro uses mantra recitation, especially in Vajrasattva purification.

• Bardo ThodolRelated: Recitation forms part of the ritual and instructional setting in which the text is used.

• Religious musicRelated: Repetition can make vocal sound itself a focus of religious practice.

• Buddhist musicRelated: Mantra recitation gives many Buddhist musical traditions their recurring vocal patterns.

• VishvamitraRelated: Vishvamitra’s association with Vedic hymns connects his authority to sacred speech.

• YidamRelated: Mantra recitation commonly accompanies visualization of a yidam.

• BrahmanismRelated: Correctly spoken formulas enabled priests to conduct rites according to Vedic tradition.

• GorakhnathRelated: Nath initiation and worship use mantra as a means of discipline and transmission.

• JapamalaRelated: Each bead typically marks one repetition of the mantra.

• NeotantraRelated: Mantra belongs to inherited Tantric toolkits that modern practitioners may adapt.

• SahasranamaRelated: Individual names in a sahasranama can function as sacred utterances.