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MANTRAS AND THE TANTRIC THEORY OF SOUND. (PART 1)
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Mantras are not conventional signs.
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Mantras are symbols of certain material and spiritual objects with which they have an essential connection.
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Mantras are made up of phonemes. The set of phonemes and their corresponding letters of the Sanskrit alphabet represent the Divine energy (shakti). Individual phonemes / letters represent different types and manifestations of this energy.
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Kshemaraja writes, quoting from the treatise ṭantrasadbhāva: “O dear, all mantras are made of letters. These letters are the form of shakti. This shakti should be known as the matrika (mātṝikā). The matrix should be known as the very form of Shiva ”.
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The consonants represent the energies of the Absolute Consciousness, and the vowels represent the energies that form the universe.
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