The benefit of chanting more each day on beads: you know there will always be another chance. What you did so far this morning may not have been very good, but there will be another opportunity. And even if none of your sessions are particularly good, they will add up. You are bound to have a few good moments out of so much chanting. But if you finish after sixteen, then there is no more chance, and tomorrow you will also probably chant poorly . . . so it goes with no room for improvement.
(_Begging for the Nectar of the Holy Name_)
JAPA POEM
I cite the benefit
of chanting more than sixteen
rounds. Chanting beyond
the minimum gives you
a better chance to do
some good japa.
Chanting only the
minimum gives you
less chance for improvement.