Descrição
This edition, comprising a sound recording, transcription, and English translation, provides a record of the Liberation Rite of Water and Land as a resource for the study, analysis, and further exploration of both the Medicine Buddha Sutra and the accompanying liturgical service. The editor created it at the invitation of Fo Guang Shan monastery, and it outlines both the textual and musical elements of the service. Designed as a chantbook, it is intended to be a tool for all those who wish to participate in the vocal elements of the service, from the uninitiated monastery visitor to musical ensembles that might use these musical fragments as inspiration for appropriately staged performances. It is especially conceived for non-Chinese speaking monastics in the Buddhist college and/or those who have experience reading Western musical notation.
Conteúdo
The Medicine Buddha Service
Part 1
- Incense Praise
- Name of the Medicine Buddha
- Sutra Opening Verse
- Name of the Medicine Buddha Sutra
- Medicine Buddha Sutra: Section 1
- Medicine Buddha Recitation
- Medicine Buddha Sutra: Section 2
- Medicine Buddha Recitation
- Medicine Buddha Sutra: Section 3
- Medicine Buddha Recitation
- Praise of the Medicine Buddha
- Transference of Merit
Part 2
- Incense Praise
- Name of the Medicine Buddha
- Sutra Opening Verse
- Medicine Buddha Sutra: Section 4
- Medicine Buddha Recitation
- Medicine Buddha Sutra: Section 5
- Medicine Buddha Recitation
- Medicine Buddha Sutra: Section 6
- Name of the Medicine Buddha Sutra
- Medicine Master’s Anointing Dharani
- Medicine Buddha Recitation
- Praise of the Medicine Buddha
- Triple Refuge
26. Transference of Merit