AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062
Paper 1
Revise: Forms of Worship and MeditationJapa is its quiet or silent repetition. Unlike communal kirtan, japa is often a more inward, individual practice.
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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Quiet or silent repetition of a mantra, often counted using a string of beads.
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Paper 1
Revise: Forms of Worship and MeditationJapa is its quiet or silent repetition. Unlike communal kirtan, japa is often a more inward, individual practice.
Paper 3
Repeated recitation of a mantra or divine name, aloud, whispered or silently, as worship or meditation.
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Japa is the repeated recitation of a mantra, a sacred sound, word or phrase. It may be spoken aloud, whispered or repeated silently. Examples include “Om”, associated with ultimate reality, Brahman, and “Om Namah Shivaya”, directed towards Shiva.