Chanted by Swami Sivananda Radha

Learn about the meaning of mantras and how to harness their power.

Mantra is a combination of sacred syllables that forms a nucleus of spiritual energy. In Sanskrit, man means “to think” and tra comes from trai, meaning “to protect or free from the bondage of samsara or the phenomenal world.” Therefore mantra means “the thought that liberates and protects.”

In this companion recording to her book Mantras: Words of Power, Swami Sivananda Radha explains the meaning of various traditional mantras, gives detailed instruction and demonstrates how they are to be chanted.

Presented on this recording are explanations and demonstrations of several different mantras:

1. 1. The Krishna Invocation – explanation (5:54)
   2. The Krishna Invocation – demonstration (5:31)
   3. Om Namah Sivaya – explanation (9:57)
   4. Om Namah Sivaya – demonstration (3:26)
   5. Radhe Govinda – explanation (4:21)
   6. Radhe Govinda – demonstration (3:26)
   7. Sri Ram Jai Ram – explanation (1:54)
   8. Sri Ram Jai Ram – demonstration (1:33)
   9. Hari Om – explanation (3:03)
   10. Hari Om – demonstration (1:45)
   11. Mantra practice and concentration (13:40)
   12. Om Krishna Guru – explanation (8:34)
   13. Om Krishna Guru – demonstration (2:12)
   14. Christian prayer and mantra (1:02)
   15. Jesus Christ mantra (1:47)