About the Dharani we DON'T chant at Treeleaf

[Matt Johnson]

I have no interest in the Dharani. But I do have to day that, personally, I like the fact that some musicality has been added to the ceremony. Except for the Dharani, I quite like it.

And, I particularly like the Krishna Das composition of Gate of Sweet Nectar. Side note: a while ago I read an interview with Belinda Carlyle. In it she said she had been singing Kirtan - I had no idea what it was. I googled it and ran across Krisna Das and for whatever reason I just really liked his songs. So I started to listen to him. Then I found the Bernie Glassman connection.

Thanks for sharing this Shinshi, It probably is the musician in me which feels it wants to belt stuff out (and hear multiple voices to harmonise with) It really is an amazing breath practise as well... I had always found the Daihishin Darani to be the most musical of the chants that seem to be shared across White Plum Asanga. Really there seem to be four main ones Heart Sutra, Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Sho sai myo kichi jo Darani and the Daihishin... by the way, I appreciate your efforts as Ino in one of the most challenging situations. Sometimes I feel something is missing in online liturgy and sometimes I think I just need to engage my imagination a bit more.

_/\_

sat / lah

Matt

[Shinshi]

HI Matt,

Thanks. and Imagination is always good!

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Antonio]

Very interesting text. However, after read so many magical words, it is hard for me, do not remember another very funny words, that look like hocus pocus.

Things like the name of a city in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch or Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachu ngsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz a word in german related to a law that should regulate the transfer of monitoring tasks of beef labeling and cattle identification or even pneumoultramicroscopicossilicovulcanoconiótico, a Portuguese word for the disease related to inhalation of volcanic ashes. (I believe that this is also the longest word in English, but I am not sure).

Jokings aside. I truly believe that a Dharani or any other kind of music (from Michael Michale Jackson to Kiss)is valid if helps people to relief the suffer in this world. Anything applied in the right doses can bring benefits and become a good medicine for whom that is lost or wandering in the net for suffering.

Gassho!
SatLah!