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What the mantra does for sound, the yantra does for sight. It is a graphic representation, pictorial or geometrical, full of philosophic significance about the vanity of earthly existence. In shape, it is either square or circular (when it is renamed mandala). It is used first to fix the mind and then to pass beyond it.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 5 : Visualizations, Symbols > # 91