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**violalmina** · 06-08-2010, 04:34 AM

Distinguish between 'chanting' and 'reciting'.

"Bhikkhus, there are five dangers of reciting the Dhamma with a musical intonation. What five?

"Oneself gets attached to the sound, others get attached to the sound, householders are annoyed saying, 'Just as we sing, these sons of the Sakyan sing', the concentration of those who do not like the sound is destroyed, and later generations copy it.

"These, monks, are the five dangers of reciting the Dhamma with a musical intonation."

Note that poetry is not condemned in this fashion, and the canon is replete with verses. Bhikkhu Bodhi mentions in the introduction to the Vangisasamyutta that "the bhikkhu Vangisa was declared by the Buddha the foremost disciple of those gifted with inspirational speech (patibhanavantanam, at AN I 24,21). This title accrued to him on account of his skill in composing spontaneous verse."

06-08-2010, 04:34 AM	#5
violalmina Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 365 Senior Member	Distinguish between 'chanting' and 'reciting'. "Bhikkhus, there are five dangers of reciting the Dhamma with a musical intonation. What five? "Oneself gets attached to the sound, others get attached to the sound, householders are annoyed saying, 'Just as we sing, these sons of the Sakyan sing', the concentration of those who do not like the sound is destroyed, and later generations copy it. "These, monks, are the five dangers of reciting the Dhamma with a musical intonation." Note that poetry is not condemned in this fashion, and the canon is replete with verses. Bhikkhu Bodhi mentions in the introduction to the Vangisasamyutta that "the bhikkhu Vangisa was declared by the Buddha the foremost disciple of those gifted with inspirational speech (patibhanavantanam, at AN I 24,21). This title accrued to him on account of his skill in composing spontaneous verse."
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