augmented illusions

Frits Staal maintains, that the chanting of the mantrams from the vedas is very much like bird song. When I studied Sanskrit, at university, I learned the chanting technique, although, of course my accenting and pronunciation are rubbish. Once surrendered to the chanting, it does become empty of meaning, and the sound becomes a sound in which all of nature resonates. This fragment is taken from the Rg Veda and is chanted by brahmins from South India, a part of the subcontinent, where recitation traditions have survived intact up to this day.

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