Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Hare Krishna and All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obeisances. Are there any guidelines as to how fast one should chant? Talking with one temple president, he said one should chant one round in 6 minutes - anything faster means that i am definately mis-pronouncing some of the syllables (incidentally, i have tested this on myself with recordings and so far it holds true!). However, today i read one of the non-ISKCON Gaudiya sites recommending that with some practice, one can chant 64 rounds in 4-5 hours!!! is this "too fast"? thanks! Haribol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 anything you cant hear properly is too fast /images/graemlins/smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 can you please elaborate on that prabhu..what does it mean to hear properly? Haribol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 maybe i ment if the mind is wandering, we wont hear the names very well. Probably there is a wide range, as far as the "speed" of the chanting, that a person can do for best results in being able to hear attentively what he is chanting. Too fast and we may not be hearing very well, just trying to get our set number of rounds done. Too slow and maybe that becomes to easy for the mind to wander off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 I mean no disrespect but why are you even worried about how fast you can chant ? It is gods time so just chant how you feel comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 For those just starting out chanting the Holy Name slow is better. But once you advance in chanting the Holy Name and you can feel genuine bliss from the Holy Name then faster is better. The Holy Names are filled with inconceivable blisss. It it just our hard hearts that are blocking it. Faster you chant the more bliss you feel. The gopis were cursing Brahma for their eyelids which blocked their vision of Krsna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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