![]() I even explained to a Triratna man who came to ask me questions about Buddhist music afterwards, that I believe the Buddha advised his disciples to stay away from all music and other art forms that stimulate the senses, but also that that was because, in my opinion anyway, the Buddha’s training for his serious disciples was totally focused around jhāna training, and that in order to go into the non-sense sphere of jhāna, it helps to reduce our fascination with and attraction to the sense sphere. I guess normal Buddhists aren’t involved perhaps because Buddhism doesn’t traditionally have much to do with music. ![]() I seem to always be the only one involved with either Early Buddhism or Tibetan Buddhism (though I’m there musically representing a form of Japanese Buddhism - anyone confused yet? ) ![]() ![]() There are other groups, seem to be all modern forms like Triratna, some new Japanese ‘Buddhisms’, and then plenty of regular forms of other religions. Yes it was nice, it’s an annual interfaith music event I participate in as one of the Buddhist representatives. Okay, well that sounds amazing, tell us how it went!Īh thank you Ajahn.
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