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Japa, the Glossary

Japa (जप) is the meditative repetition of a mantra or a divine name.^[1]

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Hindu prayer and meditation
Mantras

Aitareya Brahmana

The Aitareya Brahmana (ऐतरेय ब्राह्मण) is the Brahmana of the Shakala Shakha of the Rigveda, an ancient Indian collection of sacred hymns.

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Japa (or japam) means repeating or remembering a mantra (or mantram), and ajapa-japa (or ajapajapam) means constant awareness of the mantra, or of what it represents. Japa and ajapa japa are Hindu prayer and meditation.

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Bhakti

Bhakti (भक्ति; Pali: bhatti) is a term common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love. Japa and Bhakti are meditation.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chaplet (prayer)

A chaplet is a form of Christian prayer which uses prayer beads, and which is similar to but distinct from the Rosary.

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Dhikr

(ذِكْر) is a form of Islamic worship in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly recited for the purpose of remembering God. Japa and Dhikr are language and mysticism.

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Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.

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Gayatri Mantra

The Gāyatrī Mantra, also known as the Sāvitrī Mantra, is a sacred mantra from the Ṛig Veda (Mandala 3.62.10), dedicated to the Vedic deity Gayatri.

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Guru

Guru (गुरु; IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.

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Hare Krishna (mantra)

The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the ("Great Mantra"), is a 16-word Vaishnava mantra mentioned in the Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad. Japa and Hare Krishna (mantra) are meditation.

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Hesychasm

Hesychasm is a contemplative monastic tradition in the Eastern Christian traditions of the Eastern Catholic Churches and Eastern Orthodox Church in which stillness (hēsychia) is sought through uninterrupted Jesus prayer.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Initiation

Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.

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Jaap Sahib

Jaap Sahib (or Japu Sahib; ਜਾਪੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ, pronunciation) is the morning prayer of the Sikhs.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Japamala

A japamala,, or simply mala (माला;, meaning 'garland') is a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Japa and japamala are meditation.

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Japji Sahib

Japji Sahib (ਜਪੁਜੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ, pronunciation) is the Sikh thesis, that appears at the beginning of the Guru Granth Sahib – the scripture of the Sikhs.

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Jesus Prayer

The Jesus Prayer, also known as The Prayer, is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism: It is often repeated continually as a part of personal ascetic practice, its use being an integral part of the eremitic tradition of prayer known as hesychasm. Japa and Jesus Prayer are language and mysticism.

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Journal of Psychology and Christianity

The Journal of Psychology and Christianity is a peer-reviewed academic journal that is "designed to provide scholarly interchange among Christian professionals in the psychological and pastoral professions." Topics covered include clinical issues, research, theoretical concerns, book reviews, and special theme areas.

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Magic (supernatural)

Magic is an ancient practice rooted in rituals, spiritual divinations, and/or cultural lineage—with an intention to invoke, manipulate, or otherwise manifest supernatural forces, beings, or entities in the natural world.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (lit), also known as the Rudra Mantra or Tryambakam Mantra, is a verse (ṛc) of the Rigveda (RV 7.59.12).

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Mantra

A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indic language like Sanskrit) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers. Japa and mantra are mantras and meditation.

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Mantram Handbook

The Mantram Handbook describes methods of using a mantram — sometimes called a Holy Name — in daily living. Japa and mantram Handbook are mantras and meditation.

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Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

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Meditative postures

Meditative postures or meditation seats are the body positions or asanas, usually sitting but also sometimes standing or reclining, used to facilitate meditation. Japa and Meditative postures are meditation.

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Moksha

Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.

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Namasamkirtana

The namasamkirtana, also rendered namajapa is the Hindu practice of congregational chanting of the names and other sacred expressions associated with a given deity. Japa and namasamkirtana are meditation.

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Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō

Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (南無妙法蓮華経) are Japanese words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism.

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Narayana

Narayana is one of the forms and epithets of Vishnu.

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Nianfo

The Nianfo, alternatively in Japanese as,, or in niệm Phật, is a Buddhist practice central to the tradition of Pure Land Buddhism, though not exclusive to it. Japa and Nianfo are language and mysticism.

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Nirvana

Nirvana (निर्वाण nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo. Routledge) is a concept in Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism), the extinguishing of the passions which is the ultimate state of soteriological release and the liberation from duḥkha ('suffering') and saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and rebirth.

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Occult

The occult (from occultus) is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism.

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Om

Om (or Aum) (translit-std, ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a symbol representing a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and an invocation in Hinduism.

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Om mani padme hum

(ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.

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Om Namah Shivaya

Om Namah Shivaya (Devanagari: ॐ नमः शिवाय.; IAST: Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya) is one of the most popular Hindu mantras and the most important mantra in Shaivism.

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Patanjali

Patanjali (पतञ्जलि) also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra, was a Hindu author, mystic and philosopher.

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Pranava yoga

Pranava yoga is meditation on the sacred mantra Om, as outlined in the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Japa and Pranava yoga are meditation.

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Prayer

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.

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Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School (translit;; Tịnh độ tông; also known as Amidism) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land.

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Ramanama

The ramanama is the Hindu practice of ritually chanting the name of the deity Rama, an avatar of Vishnu.

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Reincarnation

Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.

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Religion

Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.

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Rigveda

The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).

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Rosary

The Rosary (rosarium, in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary (as distinct from other forms of rosary such as the Franciscan Crown, Bridgettine Rosary, Rosary of the Holy Wounds, etc.), refers to a set of prayers used primarily in the Catholic Church, and to the physical string of knots or beads used to count the component prayers.

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Shatapatha Brahmana

The Shatapatha Brahmana (lit,, abbreviated to 'SB') is a commentary on the Śukla Yajurveda.

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Sikhism

Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.

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Sufism

Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.

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Swaminarayan Mantra

The Swaminarayan mantra, "Swaminarayan," is a mantra used by the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.

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Tara (Buddhism)

Tara (तारा,; སྒྲོལ་མ), Ārya Tārā (Noble Tara), also known as Jetsün Dölma (Tibetan: rje btsun sgrol ma, meaning: "Venerable Mother of Liberation"), is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japa

Also known as Japa Yoga, Japa meditation, Japam, .

, Swaminarayan Mantra, Tara (Buddhism), Tibetan Buddhism, Vishnu, Yajurveda, 108 (number).

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Mantras

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