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Mantra in Sanskrit means hymn, prayer, invocation, formula for magic, secret, charm, lines of prayer to a divinity. It is something that creates loving devotion to God. The mantra uttered and the divinity called upon are identical. Hence the reverence for it and the importance of its being correctly spoken, and the danger of its being misused for selfish purpose. It should not be spoken, but sung.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 6 : Mantrams, Affirmations > # 54