Identify this chant for me?

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Vakkali
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Identify this chant for me?

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I was wondering if someone could identify the specific text being chanted solo at the beginning of this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPWzNfsL72U

Incidentally, where do these different styles of chant come from? How does one learn them?
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This [Maybe someone else can help you with the chanting style although the text also comes with what looks like marks for a chanting style]
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The chanting is being led by Ajahn Sucitto, who is the abbot of Chithurst monastery in the UK. It is an adapted Thai style.
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plwk wrote:This [Maybe someone else can help you with the chanting style although the text also comes with what looks like marks for a chanting style]
This is certainly the text for the beginning chant, but why does it only match partially? The youtube version begins differently.
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Yes you're right and I found another site which corresponds here

This is the other vid on it:


And the lead chanter in the beginning is Ajahn Siripanno
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And as a side curiosity, in the video I posted, why does this phrase occur at 05:12mins? Does anyone know?
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plwk wrote:And as a side curiosity, in the video I posted, why does this phrase occur at 05:12mins? Does anyone know?
Namo Omatyaraddhassa Ratanattayassa sadhukam
Homage to the Triple Gem beginning auspiciously with AUM
‘Om’ is composed of the sounds a, u and m, which in certain late-Pali verse compositions serve as mnemonics for Saṅgha, Buddha and Dhamma respectively.
Rūpehi bhikkhave arūpā santatarā.
Arūpehi nirodho santataro ti.


“Bhikkhus, the formless is more peaceful than the form realms.
Cessation is more peaceful than the formless realms.”
(Santatarasutta, Iti 73)
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Thanks again Bhante
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plwk wrote:Yes you're right and I found another site which corresponds here

This is the other vid on it:


And the lead chanter in the beginning is Ajahn Siripanno
Ajahn Siripanno calls down the devata (the beginning) but Ajahn Sumedho is leading the paritta chanting in this second clip (calls the first line of each paritta).
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