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

    Gassho,
    Jakuden
    SatToday

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    Mp
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    Awesome, thank you for the link. =)

    Gassho
    Shingen

    s@today

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jakuden View Post
    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) ...



    another ...



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



    Gassho, J
    Last edited by Jundo; 05-16-2016 at 03:37 AM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    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) ...



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

    Gassho, J

    SatToday
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    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

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    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


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

    Gassho
    Shingen

    s@today

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



    (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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    Last edited by Anshu Bryson; 05-16-2016 at 05:24 PM.

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shingen View Post
    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...



    Gassho,
    Joyo
    sat today

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



    Gassho,
    Joyo
    sat today

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    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:



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



    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    #SatAndChantedToday
    Hondō Kyōnin
    奔道 協忍

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