In
practice of ‘japa’ the seeker continuously and consciously repeats the name of
one’s Ista-devta like Rama, Krishna, Jesus, Allah O Akbar and so on. The
principle behind the practice of japa is that by continuous and conscious
repetition of a word or words the mind become single-pointed.
Mind
is a stream of continuous thoughts. If there are so many thoughts in mind than
it called as agitated mind and when thoughts reduced to very minimum, state of
single-pointedness is attained. So, with
‘japa’ one is trying to give a single thought to one’s mind.
In
‘japa’ one chants God’s name or concentrates on the qualities of God. So, when
one chant the Lord’s name the Lord’s divine form and qualities will come to the
mind and the mind naturally gets filled with devotion and purity because the
psychological dictum is : ‘as we think, so we become.
Thus japa becomes and
effective technique to purify one’s mind as well as to lasting concentration.
The spiritual practice of japa is accorded a very high position in all
religions because it bestows the twofold results of chita-ekagrata and
chitta-suddhi. 
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