Mantra yoga meditation involves chanting a word or phrase until the mind and emotions are transcended and the superconscious is clearly revealed and experienced.

Since the mind wanders so much, the music of a mantra easily rescues the mind and brings it back to the object of one’s meditation.

Both the rhythm of it and the meaning of it combine to guide the mind safely back to the point of meditation — the higher consciousness or the specific spiritual focus.

Typical mantrams are...