The Chant Sutra (SGI members) for Android
Just came to know about this app and I found it very useful as it reminds you to do chanting.Just one thing that the Gongyo starts suddenly. There should be the chants before or the sound of bells should be there.Please add the bell sound before Gongyo. Thanks. Please make some changes in the total duration of Daimoku. That if we forget to stop the watch it continues. So a delete option should be there.
Contains: daily SGI message/guidance, chant timer, chant goal setting, audio (to chant within) and reminders. Only problem, aside from full page adverts, is that stop watch simply doesn't keep time when screen is off. This makes the timer and goal setting useless, since the time you chant for is not recorded correctly. Tested using v1.9 on official marshmallow on Sony z3 compact
This app is a great improvement from the SGI app I had on my Windows phone. I really like that you can put your goals on this app as well. My only complaint is the ads but I guess nowadays it seems as though the cancer that is advertising is nearly impossible to get away from no matter what you do as it spreads across every area of our lives.
I like the popup with the daily guidance and the bell sound is very soothing and puts a smile on my face. Only when the app opens up with the daily guidance the date is always a day ahead and the silent prayers haven't been updated please fix for the 5th star.
Mine has no bugs and I think it's awesome! I've been chanting 27 years now and I had no idea there was an app like this. What fortune to have this kind of technology to help my daily practice!
It is very helpful for the beginners and i would suggest this app to everyone who are introduced the practice and needs assistance. It helped me a lot . Thank you for your effort. And i hope with time there will changes in the app and the option of bell to be added too.Thanks once again.
Came across this app and really like it. It helps to time your chants thus motivating to push oneself. It's an excellent initiative and I congratulate the team on putting this together. Excellent... This is my little knowledge is kosen rufu ...
If it would let you do more then one reminder at a time would be great and my daily guidance is always one day ahead. But for the most part really like it especially the recorded gonghyo I don't feel so alone
In other apps I have tried, audio is provided at an extra charge. I appreciate being given audio in this app for free. I also like that two speeds are offered, especially since beginners have a difficult time keeping up with fast chants. The timer feature is quite helpful, as well. Thank you very much. :)
This app is awesome. You get to learn the correct pronunciation of the Sutra and feel like you are chanting with a group. I also love that you can keep track of your goals. And the daily guidance is great! Without this app I don't know if I would have learned the sutra by heart with excellent pronunciation.
This is a wonderful app. I set the reminder for gongyo and it's helping me do a consistent practice. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars was the errors that need to be corrected in the gongyo section.
You don't want to see an ad when you're just about to start or during gongyo or daimoku. Also... It takes a fee seconds for the gongyo to load and doesn't start as you touch the gongyo tab. Kinks have to be worked on.
Love the audio support, goals and gongyo and prayers. Prayer 1 needs to be removed as per revised guidelines. Also like the bell sound for reminders. This app is very useful when one is traveling. Also the daily guidance section is great! Can we have a daily Gosho quote and it's explanation too? Refer to Living the Gosho sections in Value Creation magazine
I am very happy that SGI team members are putting so much effort for us...many people can complaint but only few can understand the real meaning of this Chant Sutra..its a good app for beginners. Keep up the good work team.bless you
I listen to the chanting everyday in office. I like it a lot. Please refine the gongyo part as there is some parts not pronounce properly. Thank you
It is nt updated regularly Prayers after gongyo has been changed but here it is not.. Still effort is really appreciated.. It actually helps everyone..
Its very helpful. Thank you for such great app.We members at Puerto Rico love it! this a great gift. A treasure for those who know the value of this for new members of SGI.. Deeply Thankful! And heart felt appreciation free!
Wonderful! However, I have a question. If I am planning to buy a new phone or I have to format my phone, can I transfer the total number of hours chanted and my goals to the new phone? Or do I have to start from zero on the new phone? Is this option available in the premium edition of this app? There should be a way to save and transfer the log of already chanted/clocked hours and the Goals set, in case you lose the phone or have to format it. Please suggest. Thank you.
I have been wanting an apps for tracking my daimoku and gongyo, with recording to chant together too. This is awesome as I got 2 in 1, one stone kill two birds.
Just one thing , not able to save total number of hours chanted for particular Goal
I would like to thanks The Chant Sutra team for creating such a wonderful app! This apps will be definitely a helpful tools for the leader to encourage new friends to start practising Nam-myoho -renge-kyo. I will be using this apps to continue doing my human revolution!! ; )
At times wen am not able to concentrate or in a low life condition, I play the gongyo. Its like a music to the soul. Thank you for making this application.
Every time i chant for a goal and assign a time and start using stopwatch to monitor the progress remains on "O %" not syncronised at all.
Good App. Only thing is the daily guidance is one day ahead by date... least for where I live... Pacific Zone.
Thank you for being. Thank you for seeing. Thank you for the mystic wisdom. I am growing at my pace and I will bring a ton of happiness all around. Please contact me for further guidance and so I can help! lol
This is very helpful while travelling,, can do gongyo n help new members with the audio of daimoku.. Dear Team request to update the new format of gongyo.. Thank U.
Excessive amount of ads in full screen, despite the fact that it has an ads bar on the bottom. Very annoying.
I would be willing to support this effort if the applucation was just a hair bit more refined. At present, the gonyo section contains additional characters which don't belong, and there is a pitch shift which I personally don't care for. Leaves the feeling the application isn't quite ready for distribution in a world where bugs push clients away. Microsoft is well known for this. Fix it and you just might see people supporting it. But who wants to buy a car which doesn't run?
I like this app a lot. It plays peaceful meditative music and the daily quotes are helpful. Unfortunately it stalls and stops working often but I wont delete it because it brings me peace.
This is a great app. I will share this with all my friends and family. Thank you!
While the stop watch is on, you can't go out of the screen. All your time will fly away with that. It's a request to fix this up. Even one is out of screen on there respective phones,doing something else or checking to go for another screen/ application, the stop watch must not wile away it's calculated time till then.
I love the way how this app opens up..'bring happiness into your life' :) It really makes me happy. Thankyou :)
It's very useful but there is only one center listed under USA, and the Daily Guidance gives me tomorrow's quote, not today's. It's a useful app but I still need to go to other websites or apps to help where this one has glitches.
I uninstalled twice and still cannot play chants. The select prayers is blank. The help site is unavailable
THIS APP HAS EVERYTHING I NEED! NOW, I CAN PRACTICE CHANTING COMING AND GOING TO WORK, SCHOOL AND HOME!
There longer have the morning prayers and there are changes in the silent prayers ady. Hope that the silent prayers to be updated to the latest ones. Thanks
Thankyou so much sensei
Plz update for the latest changes done for prayers..
Helps me remember that I have things important to do.
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The prayers are outdated and need to follow the current way we pray daily for morning and evening gongyo. Also it be better if the format was in book setting of turning pages rather than it look like music lyrics. And if possible link new members to the sgi official website. Other than that cool to keep up the good work.