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Release Date: 01-10-1998
Label: Sounds True
Catalog Number: MM00003D
Barcode: 600835000321
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inviting The Bell | 8 | Jewels |
| 2 | Prelude To Sitting Meditation | 9 | Illusion Transformed |
| 3 | Heart Sutra | 10 | Virtuous Man |
| 4 | Night Of Prayer | 11 | Moon Never Sets |
| 5 | Plum Village | 12 | Sound Of A Great Bird |
| 6 | Putting The Little Pain To Sleep | 13 | Knowing The Better Way To Live Alone |
| 7 | Spring | 14 | Refuge Chant |
Description:
Zen Contemplations in Chant and Song. In the Vietnamese Zen tradition, mindfully chosen music and words can serve as soothing droplets to cool the heart. Recorded on location at Plum Village in France, Drops of Emptiness invites listeners into the sanctuary of this practice. These deeply felt works include the poetry of legendary Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese folk songs and Buddhist hymns of Sister Chân Không and chants performed by the nuns and monks of Plum Village. Drops of Emptiness is an opportunity to share in musical contemplations rarely heard outside the seclusion of this cherished Zen monastery. In English, French and Vietnamese.
Biography:
Thich Nhat Hanh is a Zen master in the Vietnamese tradition, scholar, poet and peace activist. He is the founder of the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon and has taught at Columbia University and the Sorbonne. Thich Nhat Hanh is the author of the national bestseller Living Buddha, Living Christ and over 60 other books. He was nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. Since that time, he has developed a special way of teaching the dharma (essential Buddhist truths) in the West - a way that addresses the spiritual challenges unique to our day, while honoring all faiths. The seeds of internal and external peace are already inside you, he teaches. You need only learn to contact and nurture them. This is the path to transcending fear and anger; this is the path to a more peaceful world.
