The Dharma of Popular Music
An exercise for mindful listening, because even where you least expect it, music can present opportunities for reflection.
Music
Of the Beginning of the Beginning of the Beginning
Revisiting Revolver, the newly remixed Beatles album, with a fresh pair of dharma ears
How Buddhist Practice Helps Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch in His Everyday Life
“It changed my way of thinking. I think it changed me as a person.”
June Millington: Buddhist, Rockstar, and Pioneer
How the co-founder of the 1970s all-female rock band Fanny found the peace she was looking for through Buddhism
Zen Music That Sounds Nothing Like ‘Zen’
An Instagram post sent a young composer on a pilgrimage, where he met a creative partner. The result: an album born during a Zen retreat.
Chanting in the Time of COVID-19
Rinzai monk Kanho Yakushiji—who once went viral with his rendition of the Heart Sutra—has no problem combining music and monastic life.
When the Dalai Lama Drops an Album
On his 85th birthday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama released a record combining music and Buddhist teachings. How did we get here?
Sitting with Dan Deacon
The musician discusses how meditation inspired his new album, Mystic Familiar, the music of Philip Glass and John Cage, and what happens before you’re born.
The Timbre of Timber
A Zen student’s composition for percussion quartet uses the sound of scrap wood to convey a Buddhist sutta’s teachings.
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