Mantras: how long do you say the vowel/word?

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Namaste,

 

As silly as it sounds, I have very limited experience with mantras. I often end

up saying lengthy prayers instead of reciting mantras. However, I been getting

more and more interested in them lately, as well as been getting more interested

in the details of their properties, functions, and so forth. Very recently, I

was listening to some recited mantras, and I wondered something:

 

1) Do you hold certain vowels or words for longer than others, usually?

 

2) Can some mantras be said " faster " than others?

 

3) How do you determine how long or short you say a mantra line or word in the

mantra?

 

 

I was curious about this for quite a while, listening to some of the mantras

just provoked me to ask this. I am getting more and more curious about how they

work, at least in more detail.

 

 

Thank you for your time and attention!

 

 

Jai Ma!

 

Sincerely,

Christina