{"id":37722,"date":"2021-02-12T02:37:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T07:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=37722"},"modified":"2022-02-12T02:37:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T07:37:26","slug":"the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-nine-japa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-nine-japa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nectar of Devotion &#8211; CHAPTER NINE &#8211; JAPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JAPA<br \/>\nChanting a mantra or hymn softly and slowly is called japa, and chanting the same mantra loudly is called k\u012brtana. For example, uttering the mah\u0101-mantra<br \/>\n(Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a,<br \/>\nK\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Hare Hare \/<br \/>\nHare R\u0101ma, Hare R\u0101ma,<br \/>\nR\u0101ma R\u0101ma, Hare Hare)<br \/>\nvery softly, only for one\u2019s own hearing, is called japa. Chanting the same mantra loudly for being heard by all others is called k\u012brtana. The mah\u0101-mantra can be used for japa and k\u012brtana also. When japa is practiced it is for the personal benefit of the chanter, but when k\u012brtana is performed it is for the benefit of all others who may hear.<br \/>\nIn the Padma Pur\u0101\u1e47a there is a statement:<br \/>\n\u201cFor any person who is chanting the holy name either softly or loudly, the paths to liberation and even heavenly happiness are at once open.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAPA Chanting a mantra or hymn softly and slowly is called japa, and chanting the same mantra loudly is called k\u012brtana. For example, uttering the mah\u0101-mantra (Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Hare Hare \/ Hare &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-nectar-of-devotion-chapter-nine-japa\/\" aria-label=\"The Nectar of Devotion &#8211; CHAPTER NINE &#8211; JAPA\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 06:11:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}