Originally Posted by
c.smith
Hari Om!
My query is multifaceted at best, but am wondering why a mala must be covered whilst doing japa. I understand that keeping beads in a bag help to keep them clean, etc but I personally prefer to chant without the covering. Is this inauspicious or forbidden in some way? Do the scriptures give and guidance here?
Part of my difficulty lies in the fact that the beads get tangled up in a bag while chanting and this makes meditation near impossible.
Of note, a pandit told me that beads are covered because japa is between the seeker and god. I agree but had never thought of japa coming from a place of ego. The only place aside from my own home that I would do japa would be in the mandir in the same manner of having beads uncovered until hearing this. Now I don't chant in mandir with beads due to the reasons listed above. I would however like to spend more time in the temple taking darshan of the gods and doing japa at the same time. The beads have always been a great meditative tool.
Thank you in advance for what may seem like a trivial query but is important to me.
Om
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