{"id":10060,"date":"2023-12-26T19:51:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/uncategorized\/hip-glossary-mantra-2\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:51:06","slug":"hip-glossary-mantra-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/hip-glossary\/hip-glossary-mantra-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Glossary: Mantra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mantra:<\/p>\n<div><strong>mantra <\/strong>Sanskrit: <em>mantra<\/em>&nbsp; Chant used primarily to aid concentration, to reach enlightenment. The most well-known Buddhist mantra being <em>Om mani padme hum.<br \/><\/em><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>The Sanskrit word <em><span class=\"IAST Unicode\">mantra-<\/span><\/em> consists of the root <em>man-<\/em> &quot;to think&quot; (also in <em>manas<\/em> &quot;mind&quot;) and the suffix <em>-tra<\/em> meaning, tool, hence a literal translation would be &quot;instrument of thought&quot;. Mantras are interpreted to be effective as sound (vibration), to the effect that great emphasis is put on correct pronunciation (resulting in an early development of a science of phonetics in India). They are intended to deliver the mind from illusion and material inclinations. Chanting is the process of repeating a mantra.<\/p>\n<p>source:wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mantra: mantra Sanskrit: mantra&nbsp; Chant used primarily to aid concentration, to reach enlightenment. The most well-known Buddhist mantra being Om mani padme hum. The Sanskrit word mantra- consists of the root man- &quot;to think&quot; (also in manas &quot;mind&quot;) and the suffix -tra meaning, tool, hence a literal translation would be &quot;instrument of thought&quot;. Mantras are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hip-glossary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}