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10 entries for “mala”

Essay

Unhooking can look like devotion. It can also look like disinterest, fragmentation, or a loss of appetite with better lighting.

ketu · moksha · detachment

2 min read

Chantism

Yes. Many traditions already do. The street is an honest mala if you do not make it a performance.

chanting · questions · walking

1 min read

Chantism

Mantra is the phrase. Japa is the returning. One is a thing. The other is a verb.

mantra · japa · questions

1 min read

Soul Note

Not a reward. Not a collapse. A thing you do on purpose, like a round of beads.

rest · practice

1 min read

Chantism

A traditional round. Cosmologies attached later. You may finish any number you actually finish.

108 · mala · japa

1 min read

Chantism

A bead, a count, a Name. The fingers keep the appointment the mind would skip.

japa · mala

1 min read

Soul Note

Because time is a smear until we cut it. Ritual is a cut that means.

ritual · meaning

1 min read

Soul Note

Because the next instance is known. Known is a kind of roof.

repetition · safety

1 min read

Chantism

Beads help. They are not a membership card.

mala · 108

1 min read