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One should therefore take care to discard outright a plastic rosary.
Other Instructions for the Chanting of the Navakara (a) Perfect concentration is a must in chanting.
(b) The place for sitting and rosary should be fixed. (c) The seat should be just at one place.
(d) Chanting should be on just one Navakara.
(e) When counting the Mantras, the left hand shall not touch the rosary.
(f) One should utter thrice the names of Shri Shankheshvar Parshvanath Prabhu, Shri Mahavira Prabhu, the head of the Jain order and Shri Gautam Swami, the abode of all Jains.
(g) One should face just one direction.
(h) Navakara shall be chanted with pure clothes on. (i) The number of chantings shall be kept fixed.
(i) At the time of chanting, the body shall be kept steady. (k) No yawning shall take place during the course of chanting.
(1) Keep the eyes closed or on the Navakara board. (m) Mouth shall not be kept wide open.
(n) Lips shall not flutter while chanting. Time for Chanting
6 a.m.
12 a.m.
6 p.m.
It is stated to be the best from 4 a.m. to sunrise; middling for an hour before sunrise and common upto 10 a.m.
