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Mantra and Japa

The Mantra
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ॐ आनन्दमातिय चैतोन्यमातिय सत्योमातिय परमा े
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ॐ तोतो सतो ज्योोतितोररति�न्द
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ॐ सत्यो ज्ञाान ज्योोतितोररति�न्द
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तोत्सति�तो�र रूप ज्योोतितो परस्य धीीमाति� ৷
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यन्नः सत्योन दीीपयतो ॥
Bengali Writings
The Word has power
The word is a sound expressive of the idea. In the supra-
physical plane when an idea has to be realised, one can by re-
peating the word-expression of it, produce vibrations which
prepare the mind for the realisation of the idea. That is the
principle of the Mantra and of japa. One repeats the name of
the Divine and the vibrations created in the consciousness pre-
pare the realisation of the Divine. It is the same idea that is
expressed in the Bible, "God said, Let there be Light, and there
was Light." It is creation by the Word.
The Word has power—even the ordinary written word has
a power. If it is an inspired word it has still more power. What
kind of power or power for what depends on the nature of the
inspiration and the theme and the part of the being it touches.
If it is the Word itself, — as in certain utterances of the great

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