Vedic chanting is an oral and meditative practice integrating body, voice, selfless mind, pure heart and the soul– the source of life. It is an art of reciting and listening to the Vedic chants or Vedic mantras.
In Sanskrit, a mantra implies the vibration to liberate the mind and execute a control on the human brain.
Since time immemorial, the Vedic chants, the mantras exist as vibrations in the Universe. Sages and seers of the Vedic times became aware of these vibrations during the state of self-enlightenment. In that state of trance, they actually tapped and heard the Vedic chants within. Such Vedic chants are called Shrutis, which means that which is 'heard'. Heard what? …The eternal Vedic chants within! They already existed and are simply passed from generation to generation.
Thus, the Vedas are the compilation of Vedic chants, which are beyond denominations of any religion or sect. There were no Hindus, no Muslims, no Christians, no Buddhists during the Vedic time. All addressed themselves as humans. Hence, Vedic chanting is for the entire humanity and not for any particular community.
Even today, Vedic chants exist as vibrations in this cosmos. They are sound elements rather than linguistic structures.
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