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Notes on Sanskrit, chanting, Yoga philosophy and music — written for practitioners rather than for specialists.
The tradition does not merely recommend that a reciter understand what is being chanted. It lists ignorance of the meaning among the faults of recitation — and it does so for a reason that is practical, not moral.
Read the postNot the ability to impress a room with terminology. Something much more useful: the ability to notice when a translation has quietly decided something on your behalf.
Read the postBeginners hear the tambura as background. The moment it stops being background is the moment the training actually starts.
Read the postA question about a chant, a sūtra, a word, a rāga — send it, and it may well become the next post.