FORMS OF MANTRA

• Bhajan - Spiritual Song.
• Kirtan - Repetition of God's Name in Song.
• Prayer - Prayer is a way of communing with God.
• Healing Mantra - the vibration of the Healing Mantra exerts healing influence.
• Guru mantra - The Guru Mantra represents the essence of prayer, and anchors us in God, the Atma and the Supreme Self. It is the first initiation given by the Master to the disciple on the spiritual path.
• The Bija Mantra - Bija mantra represents the essence of the Guru Mantra. It is the vibration and the "call" of the soul. Its effects develop more readily in deep meditation. As it works at the astral level it guides and influences the course of our destiny.
• The mantra is internalized in five stages:
  • Likhita - through writing
  • Vaikhari - through speaking
  • Upamshu - through whispering
  • Manasa - through thinking
  • Ajapa - through uninterrupted inner repetition