Quotes About Chanting

Music offered up a fourth wonder of life, transporting people to new dimensions of symbolic meaning in experiences at concerts, listening quietly to a piece of music, chanting in a religious ceremony, or simply singing with others.

I therefore hope you will pray about your problems in front of the Gohonzon. When we take our problems to the Gohonzon and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, courage wells forth and hope begins to shine in our hearts. "Faith for overcoming obstacles" is the same as "prayer for overcoming obstacles" and "chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for overcoming obstacles.

Fire and water and smoke and incense and chanting and bells and butter and blood: this was a language whose syllables were translated into physical terms; a language of the elements. It was a language that he hoped might speak to him one day.

The beating of the drums, which had seemed so monotonous, now took on the sound of a heartbeat, a deep, steady, reassuring throb that seemed to beat up through the soles of his shoes. The chanting went up above the beat, below it, swirled around it, now joyous, now mournful, sometimes a little teasing, maybe even a little mischievous. He couldn't tell where

Abbots and priors and monks, oh my.

They had such a profound effect on those who sang and heard them that the ancient chants became known as "the beautiful mystery.

Greek for 'breath.' The monks who first wrote down the chants believed that the deeper we breathe the more we draw God into ourselves. And there's no deeper breath than when we're singing. Have you ever noticed that the deeper you breathe, the calmer you get?" the monk asked.

One of the best things about road-tripping with monks is that monks are used to repeating chants over and over and over, so they really don't mind songs like 'Ninety-nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall' or 'The Song That Never Ends.

him dumfounded as he chanted the Gregorian

Orthodox chanting is non-emotional, it's very monotone.

Simawoo," Cassiopeia chanted absently as she drew. "Simawoo, Simawoo, Simahwooooooo

A soplidos le sacaba la fondera los ojos al fuego, sin dejar de repetir entre dientes: «Fuego y luego, luego y fuego». A

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Chanting is the sadhana of consciousness offered to the timeless Self, and the mantra serves as a reminder of this nondual truth.

When a number of people recite a sutra in one accord, they are told to recite it with their ears. It is good to recite the sutra in such a way that the voices of those sitting next to us enter our ears, and, passing through them, come out of our mouths by becoming our own voices. After the lecture, the testimonial teaching of the past Zen Master related to the temple or the lecturer, or Shiku Seigan Mon77 are recited by all present.

I get up at sunrise. I'm a Buddhist, so I chant in the morning. My wife and I sit and have coffee together, but then it's list-making time. I have carpentry projects. We have roads we keep in repair. It's not back-breaking, but it's certainly aerobic and mildly strenuous.

Their chanting and singing had been persistent and inventive. He'd never known there were so many songs about freedom, and what had happened to Slvasta's balls.