Spirit Grooves

[What follows is a short excerpt from a much longer video on Tibetan prayer beads (malas) and the mantras that are said with them. Probably not for everyone, but for those who would like to know more about using prayer beads properly, this should help.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlxo6kTYktE

As for reciting mantras, it is taught to recite them clearly, distinctly, at whatever speed you can manage. Tibetans are adept at very fast recitation, although the only benefit I can see in that is accomplishing greater numbers of recitation. Having spent many years around Tibetans at all kinds of pujas and empowerments I can say they say mantras so fast that to me it is just like the hum or drone of an engine. I often cannot tell (if I don’t already know) which mantra they are saying. And they don’t recite mantras in a monotone, but it seems the sound (often almost melodious and quite striking) rises and falls by degrees, gets almost silent and then erupts again.

Direct download: PDF-2144-TIBETAN_PRAYER_BEADS_AND_MANTRAS.pdf
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