[Advaita-l] Musical Singing Vedic mantras

[Subramanya Uchangi Hiriyannaiah]

There are other 59 instructions in the Panineeya Shiksha Granth how to chant
Vedic Mantrahs.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Namaste
>
> Some people are singing Vedic mantras in music like Gayatri Mantra.
> But this is not correct. Because-
>
> गीती शीघ्री शिरःकम्पी तथा लिखितपाठकः ।
> अनर्थज्ञोऽल्पकण्ठश्च षडेते पाठकाधमाः ॥
>
> those who sing Mantras in music those who chant Mantras very fast
> those who shake their head during chant those who read Mantras from a
> book those who chant not knowing meaning and those without strength in
> the voice are Adhamas in Pathakas and they will not get full benefit
> of mantras. With proper Svaras Mantras will be more pleasing to hear
> than musical singing.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
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