Scientific Analysis of Mantra-Based Meditation and its Beneficial Effects: An Overview

Dudeja, Jai Paul

doi:10.22413/ijastems/2017/v3/i6/49101

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“…Among the traditional Indian Vedic mantras the most popularly chanted mantras for the past thousands of years are Gayatri mantra and OM . Gayatri mantra has been argued to be one of the most significant hymns according to the Vedic scriptures (Dudeja, 2017). Since ancient times the chanting of the Gayatri mantra, and Yajna (Homa) has been considered as the most potent tool for the wellbeing of the individual and the society (Dwivedi, 1917 p 42).…”

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Impact of Gayatri Sadhana Camp on Stress and Well-being Parameters: A Mixed-method study.

Sharma¹

2022

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Background- Meditation has been shown to be effective in improving the mental health of individuals in several studies. The most widely practiced meditations are mindfulness and mantra meditation. Meditation using mantras is widely practiced in India and other parts of the world. But the research on the comprehensive effect of mantra sadhana including the components as explained in the traditional text has been underexplored. Therefore, this study was conducted with the objective to assess the effect of the Gayatri sadhana camp on the stress and well-being parameters of the individuals.Methods-We examined a single group pre-post study involving a total of 32 participants (18 M, 14 F; mean age = 50.44 years) who participated in a nine days residential program of Gayatri mantra meditation camp. They were assessed on the psychological scales of- 1). The scale of Positive and Negative Effects (SPANE), 2). The scale of General Well-Being (SGWB), 3). Peace of Mind Scale (POMS), and 4). Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), at the beginning of the program and after nine days of intervention. Additionally, a semi-structured interview was conducted to understand the participant's attitudes towards the program in qualitative terms. Results- There was a significant improvement in the scores of positive affect, general well-being, peace of mind, and a significant reduction in the scores of stress and negative effect of the participants all (p<0.01) at the end of the program. Conclusion- The Gayatri mantra meditation camp may be effective in reducing stress-related outcomes and in improving the general well-being of the individuals. Further studies of higher quality with suitable RCTs are needed to study this effect further.

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Impact of Gayatri Sadhana Camp on Stress and Well-being Parameters: A Mixed-method study.

Sharma¹

2022

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“…A study by Gao et al(Gao et al, 2019), has found the neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting Using multi-modal electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods and emphasized that religious chanting possibly induces distinctive psychotherapeutic effects (Gao et al, 2019). Paper by Dudeja established among many, how a practitioner of mantra meditation can achieve a diseasefree body and successfully perform the journey towards attaining bliss, self-realization and enlightenment (Dudeja 2017). The cosmic energy we always receive contains different energies coming from different celestial bodies.…”

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Numerological Study Proposing New Names for Sri Lanka and Rupees for Better Prosperity

Wanigasekera¹

2022

Am. J. Multidis. Res. Innov.

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Our country got many setbacks after it changed the name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka. In the Ceylon days we were one of the best countries of Asia. Even Singapore wants to be similar to our country. However, after the name was changed to Sri Lanka Tamil Elam war and Economic problems started in the country and it became one of the worst countries in Asia. In this paper authors tried to search that whether there was any impact on the name change to the existing prosperity of the country based on accepted numerological principles. Also, it was tried to study the possibility of a new name be applied to solve the country’s ongoing economic crisis and other related issues. A new name was proposed based on the numerology and a program was operated in an infinite loop of computer. Results were obtained by analyzing the media news on economic progress of the country. Numerology is a subjective system that can show us another level of interpretation in the matters of life. New names were made according to Chaldean Numerology and the results were analyzed the after.

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“…Among the traditional Indian Vedic mantras the most popularly chanted mantras for the past thousands of years are Gayatri mantra and OM (Acharya, 2003). Gayatri mantra has been described as one of the most significant hymns according to the Vedic scriptures (Dudeja, 2017). It is a universal prayer for wisdom and benevolence.…”

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Effect of Gayatri Mantra on Health: A Narrative Review.

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Soni²

2022

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–Practices of meditation have been beneficial for mankind since ages for maintaining good health and spiritual progress. Research on meditation has picked up pace in recent decades and many scientific studies have reported the beneficial effects of meditation on psycho-physiological and cognitive aspects. This article has reviewed the published empirical literature on Gayatri mantra, exploring its effects on mental health, cognitive functions and physiological parameters of health. The literature search was done on databases such as Scopus, Google scholar, PubMed, Web of science, EBSCO, Psycinfo, Cochrane, for published papers in English language only. This review included all randomized control trials, non-randomized control trials, self controlled study, pre-post and comparative studies in which Gayatri mantra was given as a primary intervention or in combination with one additional intervention. The data of the studies are presented by their objectives, intervention, methodology, tools used, participants and findings reported in the them, in both narrative and tabular form. The findings of the studies indicates weak to moderate evidence for the effect of gayatri mantra in improving mental health, cognitive functions, and wellbeing. In the comprehensive analysis of all the included studies, it was found that there are less number of evidences to conclude strongly about the effect of Gayatri mantra. Hence, there is a need of high quality empirical research with robust design on Gayatri mantra to study its effect further.

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Scientific Analysis of Mantra-Based Meditation and its Beneficial Effects: An Overview

Cited by 21 publications

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Impact of Gayatri Sadhana Camp on Stress and Well-being Parameters: A Mixed-method study.

Impact of Gayatri Sadhana Camp on Stress and Well-being Parameters: A Mixed-method study.

Numerological Study Proposing New Names for Sri Lanka and Rupees for Better Prosperity

Effect of Gayatri Mantra on Health: A Narrative Review.

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