40 pages of Sanskrit Mantra, English Songs/Prayers, explanations, explorations and meditations. 

Mantra and prayers are like a breeze moving through the open window and touching us in the present moment

A mantra is a word and sound that is chanted not for its meaning but for its sound. Most mantras are not intended to be understood in a discursive and intellectual sense. Instead, you are asked only to go down into the sound, and the sound penetrates you. You are able to settle right to the bottom of it, because when you are listening to sound, and when you are letting sound hum through you, it is one of the most obvious manifestations of the energy of the universe.

So concentrate purely on the sound, and you will find some mantras that play in your ears are so simple that you will be able to join in with them effortlessly, and please do so quite freely.

Although we associate mantras with religion, they are not supposed to be understood, because religion is that which is past understanding.

Understanding may lead up to it, but to express religion intellectually is to try to use the intellect for something it cannot do. It is comparable to picking up the telephone and dialling W-H-A-T I-S G-O-D, and expecting to get a useful answer. Although the telephone is very useful otherwise, you cannot find out the mystery of the universe through talk — only through awareness.

You all have your own way of doing things like this, so do it your own way. This technique is a vehicle, or a support for contemplation, and I suggest you simply sit quietly, and when you feel settled pro-ceed into contemplation.