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Dharma Function with Sound, Dharma Propagation with Music–A Study of Buddhist Chants and Buddhist Songs of Fo Guang Chan
This paper introduces the historical development and current state of Buddhist chants and songs at Fo Guang Shan, an international Buddhist headquarters founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun. This study also offers academic analysis of the musical forms from a selected set of Buddhist chants and songs with a specific focus on how particular musical forms are manifested in these as well as why they have become popular. Most of the musical scores are transcribed by the author, some of them from recordings made in the main shrine of Fo Guang Shan, and others provided by the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism.
The Value of the Buddhism Practiced by Fo Guang Shan
Buddhism has a long history with a vast body of texts and many schools of thought. Throughout its history, Buddhism has blended with cultures and ethnic groups of different regions, creating a Buddhist landscape where different schools of thought have blossomed. Especially in a modern society, there is a mixture of good and bad in this process. The ascetic style of Da Bei Monastery in Haicheng, the noisy style of Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song, the majestic style of Lingshan Temple in Wuxi, and of course Taiwan’s Chung Tai Temple style and Tzu Chi style are just a few of the many “blooms” that are accumulating in the “social image” and “social perception” of Buddhism.
The Construction of Chinese Buddhist Canon With Special Reference To Fo Guang Buddhist Canon
It was in the tenth century that the Chinese imperial court began to carve the entire Buddhist canon onto wooden printing blocks from which large number of xylograph prints could be taken. The first edition of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, which was constructed from 971 to 983 in Chengdu, Shu (current Sichuan Province), is known as Shuben ( 蜀本) or Sichuan edition of the Song dynasty 宋 (960-1279) or Kaibao Canon 開寳藏.
七佛傳法偈 ─ 毘舍浮佛偈
七佛傳法偈 ─ 毘舍浮佛偈  Gathas on the Transmission of Teachings of the Seven Buddhas - Verse of Visvabhu Buddha
七佛傳法偈 ─ 尸棄佛偈
七佛傳法偈 ─ 尸棄佛偈  Gathas on the Transmission of Teachings of the Seven Buddhas - Verse of Sikhin Buddha
七佛傳法偈 ─ 拘留孫佛偈
七佛傳法偈 ─ 拘留孫佛偈  Gathas on the Transmission of Teachings of the Seven Buddhas - Verse of Krakucchanda Buddha