Dear Nina and friends,

thanks. This indicates how essential Buddha's words were even at
those time, such that the monks were already committing his teaching
to memory and rehearsing it by chanting and recitation.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
Yes, because of this rule we can conclude this. Chanting and reciting
texts.
> Does this suggest that chanting is already done during Buddha's
time?