Understanding Mantras MLBD Publishing House The Churning Starts 1588 10

The Churning Starts 1588 10

The central purpose of history

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Before his death

The work and teachings of Swami Vishnudevananda continue through the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre

Understanding Mantras MLBD Publishing House The Churning Starts 1588 10Understanding Mantras explores the origin, nature, function, and significance of mantras within the bounds of the Hindu tradition. It analyses the use of mantras in the Vedic age in the great theistic movements of Saivism and Vaisnavism, and in Tantra. A brief introduction by Alper outlines the major controversies in Western scholarship concerning the nature of mantras and gives an insightful and suggestive paradigm for resolving the issues. The