These prayers and mantra music are our humble offering of healing in the COVID-19 pandemic. All the gratitude and creative credits go to the contributing artists.
Korean Chanting
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The monks in Korea have been engaging in these rituals for hundreds of years.
Tongdosa Monastery’s morning and evening services are unique from anywhere else. A significant portion of it is outdoors on the ancient drum and bell tower. The impressive daily ceremony starts at 4:00 am in the winter, and 3:30 am during other seasons.
The chanting in the Wooden Amitabha playlist are by monks from other Jogye Order monasteries. One of the monks is Yeong-In Sunim.
Sino-Tibetan Tradition
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Venerable Shi Dayuan of the Sixth Patriarch Monastery led the chanting of the Great Compassion Mantra.Born in Hunan Province in 1971, Venerable Master Dayuan is an eminent Buddhist monk of the younger generation.The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (DRBA) offers the Surangama Mantra, Surangama Heart Mantra, and the Holy Name of Medicine Buddha.
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Qiaoyi Guo is the singer and songwriter for Homage to Buddha. Dharma name, Yuan Rui, Ms. Guo graduated from Guangzhou Xinghai Music Academy in 1999, and connected with Larung Gar Buddhist Academy through chanting in 2007. She has been dedicating herself to Buddhist music since then. According to Ms. Guo, the instant she started singing Buddhist music was the instant when she found her original self. From then on, she knew that she was born to sing for the Buddha.
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Originally from Beijing, J. Cecilia Wu (AKA: Wu Xiao Ci) is a scholar, composer, audio engineer, vocalist, and multimedia artist. Cecilia earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Fashion Design and Engineering in 2000. Upon winning the MTV Asian Beat Band Compitetion with her band, Universal Music identified her talent and signed her as a music producer and songwriter in Hong Kong.
Cambodian Vocal
Guided Meditation
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Some of the tracks in Cambodian Vocal are from Stirring and Stilling. Trent Walker, a scholar of Southeast Asian Buddhism, developed them based on six years of research into Cambodian Dharma songs as both a student and performer of smot. His English translations of sixteen Dharma songs are presented here for the first time.The last two tracks are collaborations of Trent Walker and Professor Jiayue Wu of the University of Colorado Denver.
The Guided meditations are by Rebecca Nie, Seon Master of the Jogye Order and founder of M.V. Seon.
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You may download all the tracks and listen to them locally as well as on the site. More Buddhist chants, mantras, and other music can be found on Buddha Net and the Internet Archive.