About Meditation Las Vegas

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016, 12:15-1:15 p.m. (lunchtime) Midtown, Manhattan, New York

Admission FREE

Experience the peace and power of chanting ancient and modern mantras

At times outer distractions such as noises, or our own mental chatter can make it difficult to enter into meditation.  Meditation mantras – spiritually resonant words or phrases –  can be a very effective tool to calm the mind and quickly enter into a meditative state.

During the program, you will be introduced to classic mantras – such as “Aum” and “Shanti”.  You will also receive instruction on how to chant and pronounce each mantra, and will be invited to join in the soulful sounds yourself.

Sri Chinmoy, on mantras:

Mantra is a Sanskrit word. In Indian philosophy, spirituality and the inner life, mantras play a considerable role. A mantra is a syllable divinely surcharged with power.

The repetition of a mantra is a process for going deep within or accelerating one’s spiritual progress. It can be a syllable, a word, a few words or a sentence.

A Sanskrit word or syllable has a special significance and creative power. When we chant AUM, what actually happens is that we bring down Peace and Light from above and create a universal harmony within and without us. When we repeat AUM, both our inner and our outer beings become inspired and surcharged with divine Light and aspiration. AUM has no equal. AUM has infinite Power. Just by repeating AUM, we can realise God.

The Gayatri Mantra is the most hallowed mantra of the Vedas. It is the mother of all the mantras. Mantra means incantation. A mantra can be a one-syllable word or a few words, a sentence or a few sentences. The Gayatri Mantra can offer to the sincere seeker the Light of the Infinite, the Delight of the Eternal, and the Life of the Immortal.

-Sri Chinmoy

Meditation Mantras is part of the taking place in New York City in the month of March, sponsored by the .

For more information, please call (212) 380-8153.