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  • Jakuden
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    • Jun 2015
    • 6141
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    Heart Sutra Chanted in Three Languages

    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.
    Heart Sutra (Audio) - The Matheson Trust
    http://themathesontrust.org/library/heart-sutra-audio
    Part of the Matheson Trust Sacred Audio Collection The Heart Sutra is often cited as the best known and most popular of all Buddhist scriptures. Its Sanskrit name Prajñaparamita Hridaya literally translates as “Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom.” It is most frequently chanted in the Chan (Zen), Shingon and Tibetan Mahayana Buddhist schools.


    Gassho,
    Jakuden
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    • Mp
      #2
      Awesome, thank you for the link. =)

      Gassho
      Shingen

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        • Jundo
          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
          • Apr 2006
          • 41114
          #3
          Originally posted by 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.
          Heart Sutra (Audio) - The Matheson Trust
          http://themathesontrust.org/library/heart-sutra-audio
          Part of the Matheson Trust Sacred Audio Collection The Heart Sutra is often cited as the best known and most popular of all Buddhist scriptures. Its Sanskrit name Prajñaparamita Hridaya literally translates as “Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom.” It is most frequently chanted in the Chan (Zen), Shingon and Tibetan Mahayana Buddhist schools.


          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 ...

          heart sutra chanting by korean monks
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYqLBkMrodg
          The Bodhisattva Avalokita, while moving in the deep course of Perfect Understanding, shed light on the five shandhas and found them equally empty. After th...


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

          般若心経RAP / AMIDA
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6VyvAHOdg
          EVISBEATS『AMIDA』2008.12.12 CDアルバム発売


          Gassho, J
          Last edited by Jundo; 05-16-2016, 03:37 AM.
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            • Jundo
              Treeleaf Founder and Priest
              • Apr 2006
              • 41114
              #4
              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) ...

              Dharma Dance Music - The Heart Sutra [HD]
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwmmCsICoj8
              This is a track from the Dharma Dance Album by Gary Azukx Dyson. You can download the album and donate to Khyentse Foundation at http://garyazukx.bandcamp.co...


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

              Gassho, J

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                • Kokuu
                  Dharma Transmitted Priest
                  • Nov 2012
                  • 6975
                  #5
                  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
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                    • Washin
                      Senior Priest-in-Training
                      • Dec 2014
                      • 3840
                      #6
                      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

                      The Heart Sutra Buddhist Chanting (English)
                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHBYgI_x4Y
                      The Heart Sutra Buddhist Chanting (English)The text of the chant can be found here: http://www.kwanumzen.org/2011/heart-sutra-in-english/
                      Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
                      Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
                      ----
                      I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
                      and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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                        • Mp
                          #7
                          Love this! ... How wonderful that however sung or whether in a different language, the Heart Sutra always expresses such beauty! =)

                          Gassho
                          Shingen

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                            • Anshu Bryson
                              Member
                              • Aug 2014
                              • 566
                              #8
                              Not so much a chant as a song; this is my favourite non-chanted Heart Sutra (in Chinese)...

                              Buddhist Chant - Heart Sutra (Mandarin) by Imee Ooi
                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciYO7mWq3Og
                              Heart Sutra (Mandarin) http://www.immmusic.com/product/eng/1002.htmPinyinjie di jie di bo luo jie di bo luo seng jie di pu ti sa po he (3x)guan zi zai pu sa ...


                              (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

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                                • Jakuden
                                  Member
                                  • Jun 2015
                                  • 6141
                                  #9
                                  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

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                                    • Joyo
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Shingen
                                      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...

                                      Heart Sutra (Prajna Paramitha Hridaya Sutra) - lyrics Sanskrit and English
                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOK8f7ZymDI
                                      heart, sutra, prajna-paramita, hridaya, sutram, 般若心経, buddhist, chanting


                                      Gassho,
                                      Joyo
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                                        • Joyo
                                          #11
                                          Here's one more, just beautiful.....

                                          Essence of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra 般若波罗蜜多心经-佛母心咒
                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouAX4nfDag0
                                          般若波罗蜜多心经-佛母心咒 (Short + Extended version)Essence of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra (Re-upload)THE HEART OF PARANA PARAMITA SUTRA (Translation to English of t...


                                          Gassho,
                                          Joyo
                                          sat today

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                                            • Kyonin
                                              Dharma Transmitted Priest
                                              • Oct 2010
                                              • 6752
                                              #12
                                              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:

                                              Recitación del Sutra del Corazón - en español
                                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HaX7KnB90E
                                              Sūtra de la Esencia de Prajñā-pāramitāCuando el Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara cultivaba la profunda Prajñā-pāramitā, percibió con claridad que los cinco agregad...


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

                                              Sutra do Coração em Português
                                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3GCzt9yTAQ
                                              Sutra Do Coração Da Grande Sabedoria CompletaQuando Kanzeon Bodisatva praticavaEm profunda sabedoria completaClaramente observouO vazio dos cinco agregadosAs...


                                              Gassho,

                                              Kyonin
                                              #SatAndChantedToday
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