Truth and Beauty: The Journey of Mantras

This session is a participatory, hands-on seminar in the use of mantras for self-discovery and self-fulfillment. The session discusses such questions as how to recognize a mantra, different methods of chanting, the use of mantric poetry in daily affirmations, and the importance of learning by heart to assimilate the divinity of spiritual texts. This session also discusses such topics as the history and development of mantras in ancient India, and the tradition of mantras as a tool for God-Realization. The audience is invited to take a deep dive into English mantras, especially as embodied in the vast writings of Sri Chinmoy, as well as other contemporary and classical poets and seers. The session includes group chanting and audience response to these ancient and modern utterances.