Six Week Chanting Workshop
Tuesday April 29th – June 3
In this class you will learn to chant in both Pali & English using the Abhayagiri chant book (same one PFoD uses). You’ll build confidence while learning to chant as done in monasteries and retreat centers (affiliated and/or hosting monastics of our Ajahn Chah lineage) through-out the Western world. The emphasis will be on group chanting and the unique joys and challenges this presents. Beginners and established chanters all welcomed
Chanting instructor: Charla Chamberlain assisted by Jessica Swanson
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Understand how chanting is used as part of a personal practice
- Reading chanting in English and Pali
- How to chant together in unison
- Basic Pali pronunciation and phonetics
- How to read intervals and pitch changing
- Practice Chanting using recordings to follow along
- Learn the most common chants used during center classes, gatherings, and monastic visits
- Confidence to volunteer to lead chanting during classes, gatherings, monastic visits
TOPICS BY WEEK
Week 1: Chanting technique; Reading the English chants
Week 2: Reading & Chanting in English
Week 3: Reading & Chanting in English
Week 4: Introduction to Reading Pali phonetics & Pali chants
Week 5: Reading & Chanting in Pali
Week 6: Reading & Chanting in Pali & English
English Chants: Taking 3 refuges and precepts, Metta Sutta, Mangala Sutta, Sharing of Blessings.
Pali Chants: Morning Chanting, Divine Abidings, Evening Chanting
COURSE MATERIALS:
Abhayagiri Chant Book
MP3’s from the Abhayagiri Audio Download