Mantra Japa
Repetition of a sacred sound - a practice for the mind, the breath, and the body.
Chant
Sanskrit chanting - an introduction
Downloads
Arsha Vidya (UK) - chant and text downloads - a large, freely-available library of chants and Sanskrit texts from Swami Dayananda Saraswati's tradition. PDFs of the Upaniṣads, Bhagavad Gītā, Vedic invocations, and mp3s of many of the same chanted aloud so you can learn by listening. The single best starting point for anyone building a home pārāyaṇa / japa practice with proper source texts.
