Hair is often metaphorically regarded as human being’s illusion. Therefore, it is also called “weeds of ignorance” and having a shaved head, symbolically, represents getting rid of those illusions. It is believed that to achieve the level of true understanding and enlightenment, we should keep our body and mind clean. That’s why we often see Buddhist monks having a shaved head. Even history suggests that Siddhartha Gautam Buddha had cut his hair...Read More
Mantra is a sacred utterance of a syllable, word or verse, which is considered to have possessed a mystical as well as spiritual efficacy. These words or syllables are generally used in Hinduism and Buddhism and are either spoken aloud or merely spoken internally in one’s inner thoughts by either continuously repeating them or sounded just once. Generally, most of these Mantras do not have any apparent verbal meaning but they are believed to have...Read More
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