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'''What is japa?'''
*Though the soul is free from cause and effect, joy and sorrow, it is caught up with the turbulent activity of the mind. The purpose of mantra japa is to check and focus the disturbed mind upon a single point and is linked to a single thought. Mantra is a vedic hymngle point and is linked to a single thought. Mantra is a vedic hymnor misical verse, the repetition of which is japa or a prayer. This has to be done with sincerity, love and devotion, which develops the relationship between man and his maker. When restricted to between one and twenty-four syllables it becomes a seed mantra, the key word which unlocks his soul. The illumined guru, who has earned the grace of god, initiates and gives the key word to his deserving sisya, which unlocks the latter's soul. This is the seed for the sisya to study himself and to get himself initiated into all aspects of [[yoga]].
*The mind takes the form of its thoughts and is shaped so that good toughts make a good mind and evil toughts a bad one. Japa is used to disengage the mind from idle talk, jealous ideas and tale-bearing, so that the mind turns towards toughts about the soul and god. It is the focusing of a wondering agitated mind upon a single tought, act or feeling.
