A scene from a five-day fesetival on ``beompae'' or chants and songs inspired by Buddha's sacred words that took place in 2004 at National Theater of Korea in Seoul. The Buddhist chants and songs are ...

``Beompae" are chants and songs inspired by Buddha's sacred words. Performed in Buddhist temples during special ceremonies, they have the function of training in harmony with Buddha's teaching by ...

Eastern culture often seems far removed from our mostly Western sensibilities. Epistemologically speaking, when the most New Worlders hear the word "chant" in relation to music, we immediately think ...

Balog Rinpoche teaches The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattva and Mandarin at the Tibet Buddhism Academy. [Photo/Xinhua] On a cool autumn night along Barkhor Street in the heart of Lhasa, the ...

We feature dharma songs, music and chant from the Buddhist traditions, with new albums drawing on the Japanese Zen tradition of bamboo flute meditations. Our starting point is the Japanese phrase ichi ...

KYOTO -- Monks and worshippers here began an all-night Buddhist prayer chant at Chion-in, the head temple of Buddhism's Jodo sect, on the evening of April 18. The "Midnight Nembutsu in Gyoki" event is ...

The pop icon and devout Buddhist has been using the Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō chant to keep calm under pressure in the I’m a Celebrity camp While his campmates have been showing off their rapping skills to ...

While his campmates have been showing off their rapping skills to pass the time, Boy George has fascinated I'm a Celebrity viewers with his Buddhist chanting. The pop icon has been taking solo walks ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. To celebrate International Women's Day, we meet the international singing star, women's rights activist ...