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Transandantal meditasyon, <anchor>mantra</anchor> olarak adlandırılan kelimelerin art arda pek çok kez tekrarlanması ile yapılan bir meditasyon tekniğidir. Düzenli olarak yapıldığı takdirde daha farklı bir zihin boyutuna ulaşmanın kolaylaştığına inanılır.
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**mantra**, in [Hinduism](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hinduism) and [Buddhism](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism), a sacred utterance (syllable, word, or verse) that is considered to possess mystical or spiritual [efficacy](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficacy). Various [mantras](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mantras) are either spoken aloud or merely sounded internally in one’s thoughts, and they are either repeated continuously for some time or just sounded once. Most mantras are without any apparent verbal meaning, but they are [thought](https://www.britannica.com/topic/thought) to have a profound underlying significance and are in effect distillations of spiritual wisdom. Thus, repetition of or [meditation](https://www.britannica.com/topic/meditation-mental-exercise) on a particular [mantra](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mantra) can induce a trancelike state in the participant and can lead him to a higher level of spiritual awareness. Besides bringing spiritual enlightenment, different kinds of mantras are used to work other psychic or spiritual purposes, such as protecting oneself from evil psychic powers. One of the most powerful and widely used mantras in Hinduism is the sacred [syllable](https://www.britannica.com/topic/syllable) _om_. The principal mantra in Buddhism is _om maṇi padme hūṃ_.

Mantras continue to be an important feature of Hindu religious rites and domestic ceremonies. Initiation into many Hindu sects involves the whispering of a secret mantra into the ear of the initiate by the [guru](https://www.britannica.com/topic/guru-Hinduism) (spiritual teacher). Indeed, mantras are thought to be truly [efficacious](https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/efficacious) only when they are received verbally from one’s guru or other spiritual preceptor.