Pali English Recitation book
If you would like to find out more about the true meaning and purpose behind chanting, please read Ven Ariyadhamika Bhikkhu’s introduction to the SBS Pāli-English Recitation book found here.
There are many useful information and teachings contained for beginners to advance Buddhist practitioners.
There’s a chapter where Bhante listed the purpose and benefits of Dhamma recitation, from the historical background, up to what and how to recite.
To summarize, memorization of the Dhamma and group recitation fulfill a variety of different purposes and benefits, ranging all the way from the mundane aspects such as the ability to recite in unison, the fostering of communal harmony, all the way to the attainment of final liberation.
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