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New to Meditation? Discover the Easiest Method in 10 Minutes

Among all spiritual meditation methods, mantra meditation stands out as both the simplest and most sublime.

So, what is mantra meditation, why is it so sublime and what are its variations?

Let’s dive in.

What is Mantra Meditation?

Let’s break down the term:

“Mantra” is a sacred sound vibration originating from the Spiritual realm. While there are many mantras, those directly connected to the Names of God, like “Gopala Govinda Rama,” are considered Supreme Mantras.

“Meditation” is the practice of concentrating one’s mind and consciousness on a specific object or entity.

So, Mantra Meditation means focusing your mind on the spiritual sound vibration or the Holy Names of God.

Why it is the Most Sublime Method of Meditation?

The goal of all meditation methods is self-realization & make spiritual progress. But most of the known meditation methods require resources or conditions that are very challenging for an individual. So, many can’t even begin or sustain their meditation practice.

Mantra meditation simplifies this since you just need to chant and hear the Holy Names of God. And by following this simple process you will be gradually connected to the spiritual realm.

By focusing on the Transcendental Sound (Mantras), you make direct contact with the Supreme Soul.

3 Engaging Processes of Mantra Meditation

A. Yoga Breathing With Mantra – It involves combining breath meditation with Transcendental Sound.

As you practice, you focus on your breath with each inhale and exhale while chanting the mantra – Gauranga*. Mentally repeat the mantra during each inhale, and chant it out loud with each exhale.
(* refers to Lord Gauranga- an incarnation of Supreme Person or God)

Want to give this a try?

Explore more about Yoga Breathing in this page!

B. Japa Yoga – Also known as Japa meditation, is a form of mantra meditation that involves the repetitive chanting of mantras while using a string of beads. This is normally practiced alone in a less crowded space.

A person chants the mantra (names of God), repeatedly while trying to maintain a focused and mindful state. While chanting the mantra they roll their fingers on each bead.

Learn more about Japa Meditation.

C. Kirtan – Singing or chanting the Transcendental Sound individually or in a group, is also a great way of mantra meditation. We can even use musical instruments.

In fact this method is highly recommended for this age in the ancient vedic scriptures.

Curious about Kirtan? Watch this video of Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa to learn more.


No matter which method you choose, the goal is to connect with the Supreme Soul by chanting the Holy Names. This connection allows you to experience inner peace and spiritual happiness.

So, which method are you excited to try? Please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments—I’d love to hear which method resonates with you!

Thank you for giving your precious time.

Learn more about mantra meditation.

Where Did I Come From? 

Where have I come from? If I trace my time in this world back through the years, it might seem that I came from a cramped womb, via the process of birth. I was squeezed out into blinding light and cold, into an abrupt change in environment.  But was this really the beginning of my existence in this world?  

Vedic literature tells me that I am an eternal living being and that I have repeatedly undergone the experience of birth. 

As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.  

Bhagavad-Gita 2:13

This may be the only body I recall having but previously I was in another body. When that body died, I left it and passed into this new body which grew in my mother’s womb. 

Above, a man is changing garments, and below the soul is changing bodies.
[Image Courtesy: Asitis.com]

I can remember the different stages of my body as it grew, my small child’s body, my boyhood body, my teenager body, and so on. And now I am in an old man’s body! I, the soul, have passed through these different bodies. My body has changed, but I still feel that I am the same person I have always been. 

This is because I am the eternal person within the body, not the ever changing and temporary body itself. I have been here all along, watching the changing of the body. Death is just another change of body. 

For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.

Bhagavad-Gita 2:20  

I am an eternal spiritual being, and I do not need a material body. In fact, I do not belong in the material world at all. I came from an eternal spiritual world, the real home of the eternal living beings, where there is no birth and death. 

Please watch this 10+ min video discourse from Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa about the evidence of the unchanging self to know more.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PAQMTpm-wvE%3Flist%3DPL16gS2IDwahb9GfuIBtkoe_RgELhe08R7

I have been here in the material universe so long that it is impossible to trace out the exact history of my entry.  But I don’t have to stay here. I may have amnesia and no longer know my eternal home. I may have forgotten who I really am. But these memories are not lost, they are just buried, covered by the illusion that I am this material body. 

Above, a devotee is engaged in various devotional activities for the Deities (authorized incarnations of the Lord, who comes in this form to accept our service). Below, a sankhya-yogi engages in the analytical study of matter and spirit. After some time, he realizes the Lord (the forms of Radha and Krsna include all other forms of the Lord) within his heart, and then he engages in devotional service.
[Image Courtesy: Asitis.com]

I am an eternal spiritual being, and I will never be happy within the temporary material world of birth and death. My amnesia can be cured by the process of Bhakti Yoga. This is the easiest and most powerful of all yoga practices. By Bhakti Yoga alone, I can return to my original position in the spiritual world. 

That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. Being so situated, even at the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God.  

Bhagavad-Gita 2:72  

Thank you for reading!

Source: –

https://www.youtube.com/thescienceofidentity

https://sif.yoga/

https://www.spiritualityhealth.com/authors/science-of-identity-foundation

About Author: 

Sahadeva das is an initiated disciple of Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa who comes in a long line of bona fide yoga spiritual masters. Sahadeva das considers it his great fortune in life to have heard and learned from a self-realized soul and is humbly attempting to pass on what he has received.