Chants and Services at GTMC

At GTMC, chanting plays an integral role in daily practice. Following the conclusion of each daily sitting meditation session, whether held in the morning or evening, practitioners participate in a brief chanting session known as the meditation chant. This serves to mark the transition from meditation back into daily activities and helps to reinforce mindfulness.

In addition to the meditation chant, there is a longer chanting service dedicated to repentance. This daily repentance chanting service typically lasts around 30 minutes and is held after the main morning meditation session and/or before the main evening meditation session. This repentance chanting service provides an opportunity for deeper reflection and the cultivation of compassion and self-awareness among practitioners. You can find all the chanting literatures in the "Chants & Recitations Booklet" available for download here.