The article goes on to elaborate that this way of chanting sutra has the functions of incantation, commandment and keeping one away from sin.

论文还指出，称名念佛起到了咒术、“摄心为戒”、“罪灭心净”的功用。

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For the last time of chanting the Sutra, all of us kept knees down wishing to draw a perfect ending, except a few older practitioners.

最后一部经除了几个个别年老的师兄，其他人全部跪诵，看来大家也都发心了，想有一个圆满的结束。

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I kept kneeling down for the whole morning when chanting the Sutra except that I rested for a minute during the first Sutra.

除了第一部经有休息一分钟，然后上午的经全是跪诵，一动不动地跪完了。

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