
Poetry Recitation and
Singing:
A way of Dharma Transmission easily penetrates into
people's heart
*The use of poetic verses for Dharma talks.
*The use of Dharma for composing music.
*The use of poetic and musical voices to describe
Dharma so that the listeners can easily remember and understand.
This method of Dharma transmission is most beneficial
and suitable with many types of situations, circumstances
and conditions for everyone living near the temples and teachers
or even far away from the temples and teachers as well.
- For those living near the temples and teachers:
After listening to the Dharma talk given by the teachers,
one can listen repeatedly the Dharma words summarized through
poetry and/or music performed by the singers. The listeners
can thoroughly comprehend, penetrate and remember the Dharma
lessons.
- Those living far away from the temples and
teachers can still benefit in the same manner. One can listen
to the CDs during leisure time, after reading the Sutras,
after Dharma discussion with friends, during the celebration
of Buddha's birth, during the Memorial of Ancestors Day,
etc..
- For those that are driving on the roads
or freeways or especially on a long distance from one city
to another, it is a task with multiple benefits. While driving
and still able to listen to the Buddha Dharma, there is
really nothing more valuable. Additionally, these CDs are
an encouraging presents served as a reminder, a guidance
for each other in progressing on the path of ending stress,
suffering and liberation from life and death. When speaking
of poems, of course, music must also be mentioned because
poetry and music cannot be separated. For that reason, there
are many, many songs of Poetic-Musical Meditation appearing
everywhere.
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