The mantra-yoga consists of repeating the name of God, or even the AUM; thousands of times to yield nothing.+

Sage Sankara says: ~ “For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

When Sage Sankara says: ~ “Vedas and mantras will not help you to get rid of the ignorance, then why you are indulging in what is not required to acquire Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana.

Sage Sankara: ~ VC 62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.

63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing oneself of the splendor of the entire surrounding region, one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.

65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

66. Therefore, the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.

The mantra-yoga consists of repeating the name of God, or even the AUM; thousands of times to yield nothing. It can appeal only to the ignorant, to those who cannot think deeper. It is a mere religious fable.

The real exercise is to think of the meaning of the name or the AUM and then only you get something.

Mantras can do nothing. If they really had any power, why did the Godmen and yogis use their power to stop the wars violence, and terrorism, that are going on in the name of protecting the name of religion and God?

All the magical power of mantras is a religious fable because religion is based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking or the world) Visions and Samadhi are illusions from the standpoint of the Soul, the Self.

That is why Sage Sankara: ~VC- 63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self,’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar