Heart Sutra Chanted in Three Languages

[Jakuden]

Not sure exactly how much I am learning from the Harvard Buddhism course, but I sure have bookmarked a whole lot of interesting links from it! Here is a link to the Heart Sutra being chanted in three different languages, for anyone interested, including Tibetan throat-singing I think I may use these for my own sits sometimes, they are quite stirring.

http://themathesontrust.org/library/heart-sutra-audio

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Mp]

Awesome, thank you for the link. =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Jundo]

Not sure exactly how much I am learning from the Harvard Buddhism course, but I sure have bookmarked a whole lot of interesting links from it! Here is a link to the Heart Sutra being chanted in three different languages, for anyone interested, including Tibetan throat-singing I think I may use these for my own sits sometimes, they are quite stirring.

http://themathesontrust.org/library/heart-sutra-audio

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

I also find that the Korean Heart Sutra tends to have some jump ... here are a couple of versions (the first features statues of the 500 Arhats, each with a unique personality, said to represent the Buddha's original students) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwlpNX4FtFY

another ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYqLBkMrodg

... and, of course, one of our dance versions (Japanese) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6VyvAHOdg

Gassho, J

[Jundo]

Some more ...

Shasta Abbey / Order of Buddhist Contemplatives has always been very interested in Christianizing Soto Teachings, and express their Heart Sutra as a Gregorian Chant ...

http://www.shastaabbey.org/audio/musicGreatwisdom.mp3

and, another dance version from Gary Dyson (it is the long version, a few extra verses at the beginning and end, as they chant in Tibet) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwmmCsICoj8

and there are more R&B, heavy metal, Bollywood ...

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Kokuu]

Lovely. Thank you, Jakuden! In my time I have chanted this in English, Sino-Japanese, Sanskrit and Tibetan.

This is a lovely Sanskrit version.

Also, here at FreeBuddhistAudio as a call and response.


Kokuu
#sattoday

[Washin]

Thank you Jakuden and all for the links.
Here's another version of the Korean Heart Sutra (Kwan Um tradition) I've chanted with for a time
before, which I find nice and heart moving.

Gassho
Washin
sat today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHBYgI_x4Y

[Mp]

Love this! ... How wonderful that however sung or whether in a different language, the Heart Sutra always expresses such beauty! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Anshu Bryson]

Not so much a chant as a song; this is my favourite non-chanted Heart Sutra (in Chinese)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciYO7mWq3Og

(The opening and closing "Jie di jie di bo luo jie di bo luo seng jie di pu ti sa po he" = "Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, Bodhi svaha"...)

Gassho,
Anshu

-st-

[Jakuden]

Excellent, thanks all!! For some reason I wasn't allowed to see yours though, Anshu. Not available in my country. I'll have to look around and see if I can find it on someone else's youtube account.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Joyo]

Love this! ... How wonderful that however sung or whether in a different language, the Heart Sutra always expresses such beauty! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

Exactly! Thanks everyone, for posting.

This has been one of my favourite versions for several years now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOK8f7ZymDI

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Joyo]

Here's one more, just beautiful.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAX4nfDag0

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Kyonin]

Hi guys,

I thought it would be interesting to share a couple of nice versions of the Heart Sutra.

Here's a Chan version in Spanish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HaX7KnB90E

And here is Monja (Nun) Cohen from Brazil chanting in Portuguese (jump to 2:30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3GCzt9yTAQ

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatAndChantedToday