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Transendental Meditation is practiced for fifteen to twenty minutes twice daily while sitting with the eyes closed. In essence, the TM technique comprises the silent mental repetition of a simple sound known as a mantra. The goal of this meditation, according to practitioners, is called pure consciousness (in Sanskrit: turiya or samadhi). The TM organization emphasizes in its teaching that the procedure for using the mantra is very important, and can only be learned from a trained teacher of TM.