Courtesy japa

Good japa is like flying down the highway in fourth gear. Good japa produces inspiration, realization, detachment, increased desire to serve, attraction to study scripture, and an ability to see maya's workings more clearly. And there are so many more gifts good japa delivers. Yet we deprive ourselves of these gifts when we chant "courtesy japa."

Common pitfalls

“Prajalpa-japa”: Unnecessarily talking while chanting.

“Dive-bomb japa”: Falling asleep while chanting (head nodding off).

“Radar japa”: constantly looking around.

“Machine-gun japa”: much too fast while shaking the finger.

“Jibber-japa”: it is just gibberish, no one can understand it.

“Day-dreamy japa”: not concentrating, following the wandering mind.