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Myths and MusicTibetan Monks
Vesa Matteo PiluduHelsinki
Department of Comparative Religion
University of Helsinki
Tibetan Monks Chanting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTHoTmjKZc&feature=related
Part of the ceremony the monks do before beginning to work on a Sand Mandala. The particular mandala they are working on is for Avalokiteshvara, one of the deities of compassion.
Part of the ceremony the monks do before beginning to work on a Sand Mandala.The particular mandala they are working on is for Avalokiteshvara, one of the deities of compassion.
CD: sacred chants of the Tibetan Buddhism Trance 1, track 2
Tibetan Monks
The entranced are the musitians
Performing vocal and instrumental music in a mystical trance state
the entranced are the musicians and the singers
Instruments: Bass trumpets, drums, handbells, four drums
Overtone singing
each singer produces three at once: One Voice Chord
type of singing, that manipulates the harmonics
chanting style that would embody both the masculine and the feminine aspects of the divine energy
Sound Vehicles
The Tibetan monks believe, that in the creation of the 'One Voice Chord', the monks do not 'make' the sound.
Rather, they become a vehicle through which the sacred sound may manifest
Mantra (invocation)
Sanskrit word: 'the thought that liberates and protects'
The sounds and words are changing the consciousness of the reciter.
to unite the reciter with a particular deity or energy form.
To empower the reciter
to resonate and activate the chakras (focal point of energies) of the reciter.
Mantra
Each sacred scripture is an invocation to a specific deity or a collection of deities.
The chanters visualize these deities while creating a Mandala, a circular cosmological painting which they inwardly visualize in archetypal symbols
This combination of vocalization and visualization allows the monks to become the embodiment of the energies they are invoking
Mandala
Mudras – sacred gestures
practice of mudras
movements and positions of the hands which have profound symbolic meaning
Tantra
Mahayana: Union of wisdom and compassion for the suffering of all
Tantra: uses the energies and also the passions for spiritual growth
Chanting is combined with visualizing deities in the adept’s body
CHAKRAS
The rites are designed to mobilize the practitioner’s psychic and physical energies
Chakras seem to be the focal point of manifestation for energy which makes up the subtle body
7 as the notes
The adept may have the possibility to experience the opening of the enlightenment in his lifetime
Goal