Entry #24

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Aromatherapy and prayer.

Most nights I'm up late at night praying. Seriously. Everyday I chant the Hare Krishna mantra on a mala of 108 beads. I chant the length of the mala 16 times per day. So to sum that up I chant one mantra 108 X 16. This basically means I spend about two hours everyday chanting, but to me its two hours praying. The mantra that I chant is basically the names of God, and can be translated as "Oh Lord, Oh energy of the Lord, please us me and engage me in your service." This practice is called Japa. When I chant with a crowd at my temple that's called Kirtan, but when I chant by myself on beads, that's this Japa.

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