tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765828911606444835.post5072559142040771999..comments2023-12-09T06:39:58.020+01:00Comments on DUTCHISTAN: Hare Krishna event at Amsterdamtunahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788783775838183748noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765828911606444835.post-64434075890057530852011-03-19T02:37:01.883+01:002011-03-19T02:37:01.883+01:00Chanting with beads. This is a form of meditation ...Chanting with beads. This is a form of meditation that does help to alter the conscienceness and tries to supply a close focus of the mind.<br />However, I think that ones belief should be accessible without self hypgnosis.mugwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957018326786217503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765828911606444835.post-8862374796235540962008-11-03T21:03:00.000+01:002008-11-03T21:03:00.000+01:00Hey Nat!! Thanks a lot for the details!The explana...Hey Nat!! Thanks a lot for the details!<BR/><BR/>The explanations you give (eg. forefinger represents ego.. etc) reminds me sufism, a branch of Islam. It also has rituels which has similar nice explanations.<BR/><BR/>And, it was also surprising for me to see that chanting with beads is practiced by other religions too.. (It is also common in Islam to chant God's names with beads). It always makes me happy to see common points between different religions..<BR/><BR/>Thanks once for details. I have realized I have missed the melody of Hare Krishna singing in the temple; and I have just turned on the recording from temple: how relaxing!tunahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788783775838183748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765828911606444835.post-52664263673631842672008-11-03T20:46:00.000+01:002008-11-03T20:46:00.000+01:00Hare krishna! Was reading your entry about the tem...Hare krishna! Was reading your entry about the temple here in Amsterdam. I like your experience that you had. <BR/><BR/>The chanting with beads is called japa-mantra. The beads that we chant total 108, with 1 larger bead called 'header bead' which we do not pass as this represents krshna. You chant a total round of 108 in one direction between thumb and middle finger (the forefinger hangs out the front of the bag and represents the ego), then you go back the other direction. You count the rounds. An initiated devotee will count 16 rounds a day. When you start chanting you begin with a lower number - like 2 rounds - which you stick to each and every day and then gradually increase this number to 16 - and beyond! It takes about 2 hours to do 16 rounds.<BR/><BR/>The beads are kept in this bag to keep them clean as they represent Krshna and by chanting they become charged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com