Assertion: mantra | /r/HasProperty | meaningless
Facets:
value: spiritually
type: MANNER
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: in tm
type: LOCATION
value: versus other types of meditation
type: OTHER
value: simply
type: DEGREE
value: literally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Mantras are literally meaningless, yet musically meaningful to Staal.
text: Some mantras without literal meaning are musically uplifting and spiritually meaningful.
text: In TM, the mantra, used as the vehicle to help the mind settle down, is a meaningless sound versus other types of meditation that use words, phrases, or visualizations during the meditation practice," says Pink.
text: So even if we do not understand them, mantras are no simply meaningless mumbo jumbo --
text: One school suggests mantras are mostly meaningless sound constructs, while the other holds them to be mostly meaningful linguistic instruments of mind.
text: The ancient Hindu Vedic ritualist Kautsa was one of the earliest scholars to note that mantras are meaningless; their function is phonetic and syntactic, not semantic.
text: Some people say that a mantra is intellectually meaningless but has emotive power of communication, like a bird’s song.
text: Some mantras have no literal meaning, yet are musically uplifting and spiritually meaningful.