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Chanting opens the heart and makes love flow within us. -- Swami Muktananda
Devotion is a way of being, it's not something you do. It's dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart. -- Krishna Das
Devotion does not mean only Chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence. -- Pandurang Shastri Athavale
Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It's an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it's a way of being present in the moment. -- Krishna Das
All Thy works with joy surround Thee, God of glory, Lord of Love; Stars and angels sing around Thee, Center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, Flowery meadow, flashing sea, Chanting bird and flowing fountain, Call us to rejoice in Thee. -- Henry Van Dyke
I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting. -- Ray Davies
Food should be consumed while chanting your mantra inwardly. This will purify the food and the mind at the same time. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer. -- Sean Durkin
So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity. -- Duncan Sheik
Try not to have any break in chanting the mantra even for a moment. Continue repeating the mantra while engaged in any task. Chanting in the mind may not always be possible at first, so in the beginning, practice japa by moving the lips incessantly-like a fish drinking water. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
The mental disposition of the one who prepares the food is transmitted to all those who consume it. Therefore, as far as possible the mothers should do the cooking for the entire family. If it is done while chanting the mantra, the food will benefit everyone in a spiritual way. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
Chanting is the main thing in my life. -- Krishna Das
It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek is like a beautiful opera, but way better. -- Troy Polamalu
It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek... is like a beautiful opera, but way better. -- Troy Polamalu
You are a cosmic flower. Om chanting is the process of opening the psychic petals of that flower. -- Amit Ray
Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender. -- Ione Skye
Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting. -- Radhanath Swami
Spiritual process is not about chanting a mantra or closing your eyes, spiritual process is essentially about enhancing your perception. -- Jaggi Vasudev
The big political news, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he's running for governor of California, and already, people are chanting, 'Four more vowels, four more vowels. -- Craig Kilborn
Mitt Romney is a true Mormon. John Edwards and Bill Clinton are not real Mormons. It was not 'Brigham Young' they were chanting. It was 'Bring 'em young. -- Evan Sayet
Chanting is one of the most traditional and first Yoga practices. It helps to open the throat area and is a great way to learn some Sanskrit and the Yoga Sutra. -- Patanjali
This ancient practice of the Rudrabhishekam, with the chanting of mantras, has been happening since thousands of years. It creates such a deep resonance in our consciousness, because our consciousness is very ancient -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Only a humorless tyrant could want a perpetual chanting of praises that, one has no choice but to assume, would be the innate virtues and splendors furnished him by his creator, infinite regression, drowned in praise! -- Christopher Hitchens
Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities. -- Laozi
Chanting is a simple practice. When you notice you are thinking about something else during the chant, let go of the thought and come back home, to the chant, to that place where we are expressing our inner purity. -- Sharon Salzberg
Rhythm is a means of organizing sound into specific energy formulas to harmonize the mind and body. Chanting, rhythmic breathing and drumming form an ancient technology for directly synchronizing the mind/body complex, creating conditions for psychological and physical healing. -- Layne Redmond
Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? -- Nichiren
Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout, Touched by light, with heavenly warning Your transporting chords ring out. Every leaf in every nook, Every wave in every brook, Chanting with a solemn voice Minds us of our better choice. -- John Keble
Aum is the most powerful of all mantras. It is good to chant Aum seven or more times before and after each meditation. Chanting "Aum" puts you in harmony with the vibration of Eternity. "Aum" opens the gateway to the infinite highway of light. -- Frederick Lenz
All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon. -- Mickey Mantle
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In the beginning, not everyone may be able to clearly repeat every mantra in the 1000 Names. In that case, everyone can respond to the chants with just one mantra. While chanting the 1000 Names, the response may be 'Om Parashaktyai Namaha' or 'Om Sivasaktyaikya Rupinyai Namaha'. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
Chanting a mantra at the beginning of your meditation helps you clear the mind and takes you deep within the self. Chanting a mantra at the end of meditation helps you seal the meditation. It helps you bring the awareness of the meditation down into your daily life. -- Frederick Lenz
Chanting is a significant and mysterious practice. It is the highest nectar, a tonic that fully nourishes our inner being. Chanting opens the heart and makes love flow within us. It releases such intoxicating inner bliss and enthusiastic splendor, that simply through the nectar it generates, we can enter the abode of the Self. -- Swami Muktananda
Hakomi is a path taken by those who work to go beyond the half remembered hurts and failed beliefs that linger unexamined in the mind and body, hurts that act through barely conscious habits and reactions. This work is a part of that heroic labor, a cousin to sitting meditation, to singing bowls and chanting monks. -- Ron Kurtz
Children, set aside at least half an hour in the morning and in the evening for spiritual practices. After bathing in the morning, a family should sit together and worship. Archana may be performed by chanting the 108 or 1000 Names of Devi or our chosen deity. We can also chant our mantra, meditate or sing hymns at this time. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality. Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo -- Nichiren
Orthodox chanting is non-emotional; it's very monotone. -- Troy Polamalu
You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel. -- Benjamin Netanyahu
I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. -- Leonard Cohen
The big political news, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he's running for governor of California, and already, people are chanting, 'Four more vowels, four more vowels.' -- Craig Kilborn
Mitt Romney is a true Mormon. John Edwards and Bill Clinton are not real Mormons. It was not 'Brigham Young' they were chanting. It was 'Bring 'em young.' -- Evan Sayet
I find the practice of yoga very spiritual and taking the time to just be and to reflect through meditation and chanting helps me to connect to a higher energy. -- Miranda Kerr
Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting. -- Bobby Hatfield
In Kolkata is a temple where the deity worshipped is Amitabh Bachchan. The daily aarti is performed to the chanting of the Amitabh Chaleesa. And people still ask, 'Could our mythological heroes be based on actual people who once lived?' -- Ashwin Sanghi
I used to hunt as a child but gave up the chase in my 'Ho Ho Ho Chi-Minh, we shall fight and we shall win' chanting and marching days - by which time I had come to share Oscar Wilde's feelings about 'the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.' -- Jonathan Dimbleby
When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey. -- Ray Davies
Orthodox chanting is non-emotional, it's very monotone, -- Troy Polamalu
Group chanting and prayer is very powerful. It can bring important changes. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
It's a great feeling to have the stadium rocking and chanting my name. -- CC Sabathia
She was worshiping under the blue sky, to the jubilant chanting of the birds. -- Jean Webster
I want to hear the chanting Around a heathen fire Of a strange black race. -- Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Eva. Every day I've climbed up the belfry chanting a lucky chant at one syllable per beat, "To-day-to-day-let-her-be-here-to-day-to-day. -- David Mitchell
Better than chanting a thousand words in a dead language is one soothing word spoken in the vernacular. -- Gautama Buddha
Extraordinary scenes there at the end. I think some of the crowd chanting 'Italy! Italy!' were actually Irish. -- Tom McGurk
Doom hits the same frequencies that polytonic Buddhist chanting does, which is very hypnotic and makes time relative when listening. -- Mike Scheidt
I see no women out here, and you're chanting about a male organ, now tell me who's the fruit booty? -- John Layfield
One will develop ruchi (liking) for chanting of the holy names, when one has compassion for each and every living being. -- Lokanatha Swami
Laughter is more sacred than prayer, dancing more spiritual than chanting mantras, loving existence more cosmic than going to a church. -- Rajneesh
Welcome to Israel, where chanting "Death to Arabs" is democracy, running over children is equality, and firing on funerals is peace. -- Remi Kanazi
There is something f-king unbelievable about seeing all of the fans go crazy and chanting 'Ozzy!' I would pay to see them.. -- Ozzy Osbourne
T was a brilliant feeling to make my debut and to hear the crowd chanting my name. It made me play much better. -- Theo Walcott
Loving the Om (AUM) is loving yourself, your own Self. Om chanting is a creative art, not just mechanical repetition of a word. -- Amit Ray
Speak up, stand up, and keep correcting the false perceptions. Stay true to your heart's views and keep chanting for peace and justice. -- Suzy Kassem
A truly English protest march would see us all chanting: 'What do we want? GRADUAL CHANGE! When do we want it? IN DUE COURSE! -- Kate Fox
The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse, And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her wat'ry hearse. -- Phineas Fletcher
Along the avenue of cypresses, All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices Of linen, go the chanting choristers, The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . . -- D. H. Lawrence
The young intellectuals are all chanting, "Revolution, Revolution," but I say the revolution will have to start in our homes, by achieving equal rights for women. -- Qiu Jin
They were chanting my name, but I don't know why. My name is on the back of my uniform. So, it's nice to know they can read. -- Lance Berkman
...you meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you've been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: 'Write this down' -- Carlos Santana
No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact his critical and self-conscious personality. -- Aldous Huxley
But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity. -- Khalil Gibran
This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual. -- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace. -- Taylor Dane
The chanting went on, the musicians giving in to the rhythm of their own being, finding healing in touching that rhythm, and healing in chanting about death, the only real god they knew. -- Karl Marlantes
Make use of all free time at the office and elsewhere for chanting your mantra or reading spiritual books. Avoid indulging in unnecessary gossip and try to talk about spiritual subjects with others. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
The echo of the gunshots lingered; it was soon drowned by the chanting of the mob, and I didn't believe what I was hearing. They were chanting, 'We want peace. We want peace.' -- Jarreth J. Merz
Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal. -- Radhanath Swami

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