What you will discover in this recording: 

Sanskrit: “the perfected or refined language”. The origin of Sanskrit.

What makes something a mantra?

Is it a magic spell? - The difference between a mantra that is alive or dead.

Mantras as a vehicle of transmission - why understanding the meaning is not important and can even get in the way.

How mantra is not a prayer - overlaying western religious ideas over yogic practice.

Why Tantric women were allowed to practice mantra while it was discouraged in Vedantic society.

Mantra for manifestation