Linda and all : Counting beyond 108

[Guest guest]

Linda wrote :

How in the world does one keep track of counting 100,000 times a

mantra?

 

Dear Linda ,

Sometimes, like during Shivaratri, we do 10,000 or more "Om Namah

Shivaya" .

We have a little counter that keeps track upto 99999 and click it

once for every mala that we complete.

 

Sometimes when Swamiji takes a smaller sankalpa , like doing 1000

times a mantra, he puts a flower to mark the completion of each mala.

 

Hope this helps

JAi Maa

Nanda

[Guest guest]

--- Nanda <chandimaakijai wrote:

> We have a little counter that keeps track upto 99999

> and click it

> once for every mala that we complete.

>

> Sometimes when Swamiji takes a smaller sankalpa ,

> like doing 1000

> times a mantra, he puts a flower to mark the

> completion of each mala.

 

I have a clicker counter that I use sometimes to count

mala rounds. This seems to work well.

 

Jai Maa!

 

--Aravind

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

One can use marbles or dried beans. Like if you want to do 1000

repetitions a day, take ten beans and then drop a bean into a small

cup on your shrine table after every mala. (Also note that each mala

counts 100. the extra eight are like insurance!) So, after all ten

are in the cup, you've done 1000 repetitions. If the objective is to

do 4000 or 5000 repetitions, just start over after the ten. One might

need to have a second set of counting items, and drop one in another

cup for every ten in the first cup. All this is to keep from losing

count, which can be a drag after sitting for a few hours worth of

mantra.Nanda <chandimaakijai > wrote:

Linda wrote :How in the world does one keep track of counting 100,000

times a mantra? Dear Linda ,Sometimes, like during Shivaratri, we do

10,000 or more "Om Namah Shivaya" . We have a little counter that

keeps track upto 99999 and click it once for every mala that we

complete.Sometimes when Swamiji takes a smaller sankalpa , like doing

1000 times a mantra, he puts a flower to mark the completion of each

mala.Hope this helpsJAi MaaNanda