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**obHQNsY2** · 07-24-2012, 07:20 PM

Thanks JadeRabbit for the the link. Very interesting word, feel the chant. But why do you start chanting? Do you mind sharing?

Hi again,

My decision to start chanting came from the decision to follow one particular tradition and dedicate myself to that. It wasn't the motivator to start, but chanting is an integral part of the Thai Forest tradition.

I went to a local monastary (Cittaviveka) in West Sussex and enjoyed listening to the chanting in the evenings. Without understanding or really knowing what they meant, it was enough just to absorb the lovely words and atmosphere. It felt like coming home.

As my faith in the triple gem (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha) increased, I thought I would like to form some sort of commitment to this tradtion by formally going for refuge, part of which is chanting a request to the fourfold Sangha (monks, nuns, laymen, & laywomen)

Link to the Refuges and Precepts ->

http://www.buddhanet.net/cmdsg/path6.htm

By acting in this way, one 'officially' becomes a Buddhist as a lay person. I now do the morning and evening chanting in Pali and English before I meditate.

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obHQNsY2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 484 Senior Member	Thanks JadeRabbit for the the link. Very interesting word, feel the chant. But why do you start chanting? Do you mind sharing? Hi again, My decision to start chanting came from the decision to follow one particular tradition and dedicate myself to that. It wasn't the motivator to start, but chanting is an integral part of the Thai Forest tradition. I went to a local monastary (Cittaviveka) in West Sussex and enjoyed listening to the chanting in the evenings. Without understanding or really knowing what they meant, it was enough just to absorb the lovely words and atmosphere. It felt like coming home. As my faith in the triple gem (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha) increased, I thought I would like to form some sort of commitment to this tradtion by formally going for refuge, part of which is chanting a request to the fourfold Sangha (monks, nuns, laymen, & laywomen) Link to the Refuges and Precepts -> http://www.buddhanet.net/cmdsg/path6.htm By acting in this way, one 'officially' becomes a Buddhist as a lay person. I now do the morning and evening chanting in Pali and English before I meditate.
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