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**cabonuserollyo** · 06-12-2012, 12:29 PM

BENEFITS OF CHANTING

1. Settles and calms the restless or agitated mind.
2. Mindfulness training: must be alert, nimble, and attentive to avoid mistakes.
3. Concentration training: focus the mind on the words and their meaning.
4. Wisdom training: deepening understanding of the teachings that can become direct realization.
5. Confidence (saddhå) develops through familiarity and reflection.
6. Cultivates energy (viriya), joy (pamojjha), and patience, endurance (khanti).
7. Develops friendliness (metta) towards all beings.
8. Fills the mind with skillful, beneficial thoughts so that low and impure thoughts don't enter.
9. Prepares the mind and body for meditation (bhåvåna).
10. Helps us to dedicate life to spiritual practice.
11. Familiarity with Pali, the language that preserves the Buddha's words and its exquisite terms.
12. Thai people will appreciate and love you.

Pali Chanting book ****

06-12-2012, 12:29 PM	#5
cabonuserollyo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 508 Senior Member	BENEFITS OF CHANTING 1. Settles and calms the restless or agitated mind. 2. Mindfulness training: must be alert, nimble, and attentive to avoid mistakes. 3. Concentration training: focus the mind on the words and their meaning. 4. Wisdom training: deepening understanding of the teachings that can become direct realization. 5. Confidence (saddhå) develops through familiarity and reflection. 6. Cultivates energy (viriya), joy (pamojjha), and patience, endurance (khanti). 7. Develops friendliness (metta) towards all beings. 8. Fills the mind with skillful, beneficial thoughts so that low and impure thoughts don't enter. 9. Prepares the mind and body for meditation (bhåvåna). 10. Helps us to dedicate life to spiritual practice. 11. Familiarity with Pali, the language that preserves the Buddha's words and its exquisite terms. 12. Thai people will appreciate and love you. Pali Chanting book ****
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