Expert Recommended Mantras

Swami Sivananda Radha

The [following] mantras are mantras of the heart, used as short formulas to bring about single-pointedness of mind for the purpose of achieving Self-Realization… There are other examples of mantras you may wish to chant for other purposes. – Swami Sivananda Radha, Mantras: Words of Power  2011 p 63  link

1. Aum / Om
2. Krishna Invocation
3. Om Krishna Guru
4. Radhe Govinda
5. Om Tara
6. Ave Maria
7. Hari Om
8. Om Namah Shivaya
9. Om Sri Rama Jaya Rama
10. Namo Amitabha & Om Namo Bhagavate

Eknath Easwaran

If no one mantram appeals to you more than any other, I would recommend Rama, Rama, one of the oldest, simplest, and most powerful of mantrams. – Eknath Easwaran, The Mantram Handbook 2008 p 29

1. Jesus or Om Yesu Christu
2. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
3. Hail Mary
4. Rama, Rama, Rama
5. Krishna
6. Hare Rama Hare Krishna
7. Om Namah Shivaya
8. Namu Admidabutsu
9. Om Mani Padme Hum
10. Barukh Attah Adonai
11. Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim
12. Allah
13. Aum / Om