I agree with Dozer that there are many things that can quiet the mind when chanted long enough with the right vibrations being created.
The Japanese Club at the local University leads a Zen chant meditation circle. Their choice, in instruction, has been to choose Arigato, which is thank you in Japanese. And it is chanted as such.
A___________________ _____end of breath
Ri__________________ ________""
Ga__________________ ________""
To__________________ _________"
The mantra I use when I am walking or working and would like to keep my mind close to something that spawns the closeness with where it came.
Om Mani Padme Hum
I have even once heard it said that Coca Cola chanted over and over would produce the same resaults......maybe it true, but I feel it would be a stretch.
Namaste'
SageTree