Rod Hemsell's essay on mantric traditions explores the phenomenology of the mantra drawing on Vedantic and Buddhistic traditons, as developed in Japanese Tantric Buddhism by the sage Kukai and relates this traditional understanding to the theory and use of the mantra by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, particularly as exemplified by Savitri. He also extenbds his reflections on mantra into contemporary postmodern thinking.   more »

Meditation seems to energize the sleep-deprived. It seems to help with concentration. It even seems to bolster the very structure of the brain as we age. Neuroscientists presenting their latest research at a convention of 34,000 colleagues last week had so much praise for meditation that it was starting to sound like a mantra. ...   more »

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