--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <
ypong001@...> wrote:

> Dear Nina and friends,

thanks, Nina. Does this suggest that chanting is already done
during Buddha's time?

metta,
Yong Peng

Aloha Mai Kakou Folks - Sorry for jumping into this in medias
res. I'm brand new to this listserv :-)

On this topic, wouldn't the fact that 1) the suttas were composed
in metrical form (which unfortunately is lost in translation and 2)
the suttas were -in the beginning- not "read" but orally
transmitted by bhanakas indicate that the Dharma was - to some
extent -"chanted" or "sung" ?

I'm sure this point was brought up in a previous post - and
perhaps dismissed. My apologies if this is a rehash.

Mahalo and malama,
Rodney