Sentence examples for practice of chanting from inspiring English sources

Poch'ŏngyo, (Korean: "Universal Religion"), indigenous Korean religion, also popularly called Humch'igyo from the distinctive practice of chanting humch'i, a word said to have mystical significance.

The second great mystery is the daimoku, the "title" of the sutra; Nichiren instituted the devotional practice of chanting the phrase "Namu myōhō renge kyō" ("I devote myself to the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law").

As I started a daily practice of chanting this mantra, I felt fully alive and vibrant.

According to Mukunda Goswami, speaking in a 1982 interview with Harrison, Dylan became a regular visitor to the Los Angeles Radha Krishna temple and embraced the practice of chanting.

In contrast with the subtle shift from "hallelujah"s to Sanskrit chants on his 1970 original, Harrison used the song to engage his audience in the practice of "chanting the holy names of the Lord", or kirtan – from "Om Christ!" and Krishna, to Buddha and Allah – with varying degrees of success.

Practicing a type of chanting yogic meditation daily for eight weeks was found to lower stress levels by reducing biological mechanisms responsible for increasing the immune system's inflammation response -- and stress is known to spur inflammation.

Zwingli criticised the practice of priestly chanting and monastic choirs.

In his personal practice, Sai Baba observed worship procedures belonging to Hinduism and Islam; he shunned any kind of regular rituals but allowed the practice of namaz, chanting of Al-Fatiha, and Qur'an readings at Muslim festival times.

Vestigial rules and formalized vows are discernible, but the main thrust of these monastics was interpersonal, centring both on the relation between the individual teacher of esoteric wisdom (murshid) and his disciple (murīd) and on the practices of chanting and meditation on the secret or known names of God (dhikr) and of other ecstasy-producing methods.

In court documents, the Voiths mention a religious practice called Padayatra, which is a type of chanting with cows and carts in procession.

In a team meeting after practice on Friday, McNair, the boisterous running-backs coach, led a kind of singalong that seemed to consist mostly of chanting and gibberish.