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The Thana Sutta looks at how to cultivate skillful action that leads us away from suffering.
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Mantra: Tool for Thinking
The Sanskrit word mantra combines the root man (“to think”) with the suffix tra (“instrument” or “tool”). Therefore, mantra means literally “tool for thinking.” Since earliest Buddhist times, the repetition of sacred phrases has been used…
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