This is the time to speak and sing the Praise and the Glory of God, which brings the merit of millions of cleansing and purifying baths. The tongue which chants these Praises is worthy there is no charity equal to this.
Quotes about chants (16 Quotes)
In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
Referring to the supporters' chants of one more year, ... If there is a referendum there would be no doubt but I have to make the decision and stand up for it. Dennis is 36. He has again shown his class tonight but you cannot base a season on his contribution. We will sit down and talk.
The silent organ loudest chants The master's requiem.
This body is so very beautiful, it chants the Name of the Lord, and it is adorned with the Name of the Lord.
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.
To invoke the Buddha's name you have to understand the dharma of invoking. If it's not present in your mind, your mouth chants an empty name. As long as you're troubled by the three poisons or by thoughts of yourself, your deluded mind will keep you form seeing the Buddha and you'll only waste your effort. Chanting and invoking are worlds apart. Chanting is done with the mouth. Invoking is done with the mind. And because invoking comes from the mind, it's called the door to awareness. Chanting is centered in the mouth and appears as sound. If you cling to appearances while searching for meaning, you won't find a thing....
As the crowd burst into chants of U.S.A., U.S.A., ... to helping people rebuild their lives, rebuild their communities ... and then to helping Kosovo and all the countries of the region build a brighter, more prosperous future based on respect for the human rights of all people.
It's what we stress at camp, and we give them the tools chants, cheers, basic stunts and safety techniques to be effective (cheerleaders). Cheerleading is very athletic, there's no doubt about that, but the main purpose remains the same, to generate spirit, lead the crowd.
We'd go to games, and there were fans wearing T-shirts that said 'transfer' on them, and they'd start in with all kinds of chants. I thought it was kind of funny. It was rough at first getting all of the transfers on the same page, but we just stayed focused and took care of business.
I wanted to do that again but, when I went to look for chants, I didn't want to do it in the exact same way.
When he was walking through the crowd, they started doing soccer chants for him,
The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse. The African pulse. It's all the way back from . . . the old slave chants and up through the blues, the jazz, and up through rock. And it's all got the African pulse.
From the start of the game I had to put up with the chants and celebrating the goal the way I did helped me get rid of some of the anger.
Whence Comes This Rush of Wings Whence comes this rush of wings afar, Following straight the Nol star Birds from the woods in wondrous flight, Bethlehem seek this Holy Night. 'Tell us, ye birds, why come ye here, Into this stable, poor and drear' 'Hast'ning we seek the new-loom King, And all our sweetest music bring.' Hark how the greenfinch bears his part, Philomel, too, with tender heart, Chants from her leafy dark retreat, Re, mi, fa, sol, in accents sweet. Angels and shepherds, birds of the sky, Come where the Son of God cloth lie Christ on earth with man cloth dwell, Join in the shout, 'Nol, Nol'
I think on recordings of 'deep voice' chants, listeners can hear some truly unbelievable things. In these chants, it sounds like three people but it's just one person with an amazing amount of talent and devotion.