Re: Chanting mantra throughout the day
Namaste.
Originally Posted by
Amala
Namaste,
I find it's very important to find the right rendition to emulate. It's been my experience that an inordinate number of renderings are very poorly pronounced. I don't know this for a fact, but could it be that the well-pronounced mantra supports correct breathing?
Yes. Chanting is not much different than singing, except for the purpose, of course. Both rely on proper breathing. If you don't breathe right, you don't pronounce right.
Listen to the rhythms of the mantras in these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ep4Y16cWeg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKjJPSbBZys I'm drawn to the 2nd for mantra japa (I can't understand a word except the mantra), though technically as a non-initiate I should only do nama japa. But "nine hundred million Hindus, nine hundred million opinions". I also like this one for nama japa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COmb6xO6wyo (again, can't understand a word except the nama).
Now compare to these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEQJlUqvqdw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZHzwcBCPsM
Do you ever feel light-headed when you do this? I do. I have some on CD that I sing along with when I drive, but I have to stop.... er either driving or singing. lol
I can't say "light-headed" but I've found that some chantings just don't "send me" (to use a '60s phrase ). They seem cumbersome. And I will start yawing, not out of boredom, but because of the off-rhythm breathing.
śivasya hridayam viṣṇur viṣṇoscha hridayam śivaḥ
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