Mantram Repetition: A “Portable Contemplative Practice” for Modern Times

Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 78-99

  Bormann, Jill E ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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