Mantras and Mandalas

by Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon

Mantras are sacred sounds and mandalas are sacred pictures employed for specific spiritual purposes such as occult forms of meditation, en­lightenment, and contact or union with various gods and deities. The se of mantras and mandalas is most frequently associated with traditional Hinduism and Buddhism. Many mantras and some mandalas are held to have originated as a supernatural revelation from the gods or spirits with which they are associated.