Chanting the Heart Sutra

[Mp]

OMG ... this is the best! =)

http://youtu.be/jbSZUx3Pf2g

Gassho
Shingen

[Joyo]

Oh my, Shingen, that brings back memories of my Mennonite roots, hilarious!!!

Gassho,
Joyo

p.s.--except for Mennonites aren't quite that lively, that's too "worldly" for them No dancing allowed!!!

[Risho]

I love Will's version of the Heart Sutra, I play that during the commute from time to time.

Gassho,

Risho

[Nameless]

Hahaha! What an awesome thread. The zazenkai videos are really fun. I do "prefer" the vintage monotone as well Shingen. A vibe of timelessness. Considered recording a music version of the Heart Sutra as well. Music will be minimalist though. Lots of nice droning synth pads, and maybe some piano.

Gassho, John

[Kyonin]

I don't know...

I totally love the traditional Heart Sutra and I am a long way until I truly learn and understand it. I guess I have years of practice ahead of me and I'm fine with that.

Still... I am a huge fan of Hatsune Miku and her Heart Sutra is awesome. Puts me in a good mood

Gassho to all humans and vocaroids in this universe,

Kyonin

[Jundo]

Hahaha! What an awesome thread. The zazenkai videos are really fun. I do "prefer" the vintage monotone as well Shingen. A vibe of timelessness. Considered recording a music version of the Heart Sutra as well. Music will be minimalist though. Lots of nice droning synth pads, and maybe some piano.

Gassho, John

Please do, and we can use it one day for our Zazenkai ceremony.

Gassho, Jundo

[Cooperix]

Coincidentally I have been watching a YouTube video of Thich Nhat Hanh on "letting go".

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Kph9R6y1E

Basically, the discussion is about attachment and "wrong view". The 5th wrong view he discusses is attachment to rules and rituals!

Watching the posted videos in this thread has kept a smile on my face! I love the creativity and wonderful sense of life and most of all a wonderful sense of humor. How flexibility within the strictures of rituals puts new life into them.
Bravo!. Thank you for this thread one and all...
Anne

[Daitetsu]

Personally, hearing the traditional chanting gets me "in the mood", it is somehow calming, helping me to "phase down".
I guess there must have been a reason for the monotony of the traditional chant - it can be a bit like shikantaza...

About rules and breaking them:
While I am not really a person who loves rituals and rules (I've always been rebellious), I see a value in them.
There is a time to keep to the rules and a time to break them.

I am a passionate photographer, and in photography there are also certain rules of composition that make up a good photo.
However, sometimes you can get stunning photos by breaking those aesthetic rules - BUT: first you must know those aesthetic rules very well in order to be able to break them in an effective way!
Not learning those rules in the first place would not help.
I guess it is a bit the same in our practice as well: First we should get accustomed well with certain rules/rituals, and only then can we consider modifying them here and there (or completely).

Don't know if anyone gets my point...

Gassho,

Daitetsu

[Jundo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gkC3P8dkbs

I just had a nice email exchange with the composer, Gary Dyson, a Tibetan Practitioner who is a student of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, the movie director. Anyway, Gary said it was okay to "use the recording in any way that is beneficial. Share, play, give away, what ever. It is for the benefit of all."

http://garyazukx.bandcamp.com/track/heart-sutra

So, I will be playing the recording this Saturday, during our Zazenkai, as our Heart Sutra Recitation. Everyone, please come dance! Dance of Emptiness!

Gassho, Jundo

[Risho]

Awesome!

[Myosha]

Hello,

Full Lotus and a headstand for Saturday??

You are the teacher. . .


Gassho,
Myosha

[Jundo]

Glow sticks and baby pacifiers ... but no drugs or twerking ...



Gassho, J

[Mp]

Glow sticks and baby pacifiers ... but no drugs or twerking ...



Gassho, J

Cool ... think I might paint my bald head with reflective paint!

Gassho
Shingen

[Ishin]

This is really fun everyone. I also find meaning and perhaps purpose in the traditional, I find it puts me in the "zone" too. Yet it is great to go out of the norm, if for no other reason, than to find the zone in everything.
Gassho
C