Religious Music - It dosen't mater if it's Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, or even Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, Etc..

[KifflomKween]

Armenian music

 

[Squanto Airi]

Forgot to post this one, but my favorite music during Holy Week:

And of course, since it is still Pascha season:

 

[Squanto Airi]

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

 

[Squanto Airi]

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

 

[BohemianBorzoi]

BUDDHISM
I've not found any note-worthy hidden gems. I'm guessing part of the attachments they removed were passion towards music?

I'm only familiar with Tibetan Buddhism, but from what I understand there's "music", but it's focused on ritual function over musical aesthetics. A lot of it consists of chanting and chaotic sounding instruments.

Spoiler: Short explanation about attachment to music

As far as music goes, the main focus is to be able to listen without attachment. Music can be seen as something that trains the mind to cling to something that's fleeting in nature. Listening without attachment is practicing things like being mindful and present, notice without grasping, and experiencing without judgment (this song sucks, this song is great).

 

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[Trimalchio]

As a previous poster mentioned, it's hard to find good Buddhist music. Most of it is simply a vehicle for reciting Buddhist scriptures or mantras. It can be quite plain musically, sometimes barely above caterwauling, as in the Theravada tradition. I guess this was to make it easier for untrained monks to memorize long and complex texts. There are Buddhist groups today, like Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan, that try to fuse traditional and modern musical styles, with mixed results to my taste.

Anyway, here are some I like from East Asian Buddhist traditions:

This title is a misnomer. The text is from the "Kannon" chapter of the Lotus Sutra.

The Mantra of Light, chanted in Korean transliteration. I don't know if this is a uniquely Korean style or not. I like it though.

Shomyo chant performed by monks of the Japanese Shingon and Tendai sects. I wish the head monk in orange had a stronger voice... The acoustics here are probably better than any Buddhist temple. I admit I don't understand all the ritual gestures. I know flipping through the accordion-style sutra is a way of symbolically sending the Buddha's words out into the world, even without reciting the entire text.

Heart Sutra chanted in Chinese.

This is a modern interpretation, but I think it's cool. I don't recognize everything being sung here, but some of the mantras come from the 13 Buddhas funeral rites of the Shingon sect, which makes sense.

 

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[sodomy lifestyle]

Quakers invented '90s alt rock?

From this compilation, author was kind enough to include full song list in the description.

 

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Inti Raymi Festival of the Sun

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[Trimalchio]

I think this is really beautiful.

 

[stupidfoidfromthekkk]

vedic/hindu ambience music made by a russian dude

 

[Positron]

vedic/hindu ambience music made by a russian dude

Gabrielle Roth collaborates with another Russian Dude called Boris Grebenshikov for a series of albums on a Buddhist theme. I only have one because I don't think the music is interesting.

"Om Mani Padme Hum" means "Praise to the jewel in the lotus".

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lm4xhkSlBj0This is a modern interpretation, but I think it's cool. I don't recognize everything being sung here, but some of the mantras come from the 13 Buddhas funeral rites of the Shingon sect, which makes sense.

I have the notes of this CD at hand. I don't read Japanese but I think this movement depicts the disintegration of the ecosystem. This movement makes use of the following chants, in Kanji: 金剛明咒, 火界咒, 悲救咒 , 心經陀羅尼. I'm not trying to identify their English equivalents.

 

[Squanto Airi]

Been listening to the Sretensky Monastery Choir for the past few days

 

[Positron]

You don't find something so cool on Youtube.

"A Lover's call", an improvisation for harp, flute, piano, percussion and voice on the poem of Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran. The poem is in the mystical tradition, in which mortal man seeks personal relationship with God, which is likened to a lover. Compare St. John of the Cross. The lyrics has strong congruence with the Biblical Song of Songs, in particular the desperate search when the beloved discovered is gone.

The track ends the album Inchcolm by Scottish harpist William Jackson. The vocalist is Mae McKenna.

 

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