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Interesting to hear another take on the English chanting. I've been trying to memorize the Japanese phonetic pronunciation lately. Oddly, I think that a non-understanding chant can be more body-mind melding than one in a native language, where we may get too wrapped up in the words themselves.
Cheers,
Matt
Thanks,
Kaishin (開心, Open Heart)
Please take this layman's words with a grain of salt.
Interesting to hear another take on the English chanting. I've been trying to memorize the Japanese phonetic pronunciation lately. Oddly, I think that a non-understanding chant can be more body-mind melding than one in a native language, where we may get too wrapped up in the words themselves.
Cheers,
Matt
I agree, but inversely, I find the English chanting can take away the "mystique," that sometimes makes one think they are "Zennier/ Yogi-er than thou." I find that, at least, it is important to understand what one is chanting about...
But at the same time, I guess all sound is just vibration anyway, connected to a thought...
...or no-thought
OM
求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
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