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Mantras & Chanting – Practice Guidelines + Mala Beads


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Lesson Overview

In this lesson, we introduce foundational techniques for mantra practice.

Objective

Be familiar with effects and considerations related to various foundational techniques for mantra practice.

Description

Explain what Dr. David Frawley suggests the practitioner do before starting to chant and whether he recommends chanting out loud or silently. Describe what is known to be the effect of chanting quickly and chanting slowly. Note the recommended minimum time that you practice a mantra before teaching it to others. Girish teaches that sages have touted “for eons” that mantras be practiced with two qualities. Describe them. Provide considerations that might help when choosing a mantra. Define “mala” and explain what it’s used for. On a mala, there is one bead that is different from the rest. Provide the name, meaning and purpose of that bead. Explain the traditional way in which a mala is held and why the same mala is not traditionally used for all mantras.

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