To Kanda about EMS (was where/when do you chant) has become #s

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Kanda wrote:

>> ...A mala is normally 108 repetitions ( 100 is an accepted rounding

off, covers >> errors of mispronounced mantra, skipped bead and plain

estacy dropping of >> the mala ) so 6,000 repetitions = 60 malas x

100.

Dear Kanda ~ thank you for your very kind words, and also for the idea

of marking a mala bead if you had to stop someplace along the way. I

actually do know how many repetitions constitute a mala ... and I

have found myself, with the 9 Planets Mantras, sometimes getting my

hrims and shrims and strims mixed up. When I find myself doing that,

I go backwards on the mala to a place where I think I might have

started using the wrong word. Yet I still can't imagine doing 60

malas ... something to strive for. I also very much liked your quote

about laughter. I need to laugh more and worry less. Jai Maa , Jai

Swamiji ~ Linda