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Off topic: Chanting in an ancient language (which you probably don't even understand) isn't what buddha taught and music does cause suffering (according to the
by HNLurker2 8y ago
Off topic: Chanting in an ancient language (which you probably don't even understand) isn't what buddha taught and music does cause suffering (according to the teachings)
- mr_overalls 8y agoThe earliest teachings were apparently passed down orally for several hundred years before being written down. I think it's a bit presumptuous to claim specifics of what the Buddha taught, other than the broad strokes: Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, jhana-based meditation, etc.
- lnanek2 8y agoBut the teachings also say to take personal experience and science over any book teachings or otherwise from other people, and chanting (if you listen to the video in the article, it's chanting they are talking about, not really music) has been shown in studies to relieve stress and have benefits: https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-researchers-find-that-religious-chanting-reduces-stress/ https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-researchers-find-that-rel... Personally, I meditate with Chan Buddhists who aren't nearly as chant crazy as the Pure Land Buddhists, but even they have a chant about the five skandhas before we start quiet meditation.
- Raymonf 8y agoWell, there are different variants of Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism is pretty different from, say, Zen.
- drak0n1c 8y agoYes there are, but as an aside, Zen chants Sanskrit too. It's a common practice.
- sdfin 8y agoAccording to which teachings?
- HNLurker2 7y agoSiddhartha Gautama
- helloindia 8y ago"music does cause suffering (according to the teachings)" A mind attached to music causes suffering. "The problem is not enjoyment; the problem is attachment." ~Tilopa