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Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 4:23 am
by PimonratC
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Are there any mp3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aysOcKwLx4

But, it to be in English.


Thank you so much. :anjali:



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Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 4:42 am
by Bhikkhu Pesala
I hope not.

The Dhamma should be listened to with full attention and due respect.

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:27 am
by Ben
I have to agree with Bhikkhu Pesala on this one.

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:25 am
by PimonratC
Why do you think music shouldn't be with Dhamma ?
I don't understand.

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:34 am
by Bhikkhu Pesala
PimonratC wrote:Why do you think music shouldn't be with Dhamma ?
I don't understand.
Why do you think that not listening to music is one of the eight precepts observed by Buddhists on full-moon days, or by meditators intent on developing concentration and insight?

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:48 am
by PimonratC
but some meditation use music (sometime sound loops) as a tool to create concentration ...?

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:09 am
by reflection
Those meditations are not really Buddhist then. You won't hear those kind of things in retreat centers or monasteries for example. Meditation is to take the mind inside, not to take it outside by listening to music. Then it is not meditation, but simply listening to music...

Perhaps try to live without music for a while to see how refreshing that is.


edit: I accidentally typed "without meditation"... not what I meant of course. :)

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 12:49 pm
by Bhikkhu Pesala
PimonratC wrote:but some meditation use music (sometime sound loops) as a tool to create concentration ...?
They are not meditation methods that the Buddha taught, and mere concentration or tranquillity is not the aim of Buddhist meditation. The mind needs to become silent so that it can see things as they really are.

Study the Buddha's teachings on meditation such as the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, to learn what the Buddha actually taught.

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 12:54 pm
by Modus.Ponens
Speaking for myself, I like to be in a contemplative mood when I listen to the dhamma. Even when I read, I don't like to do it while listening to music. It doesn't sink in.

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:13 pm
by kmath
PimonratC wasn't asking if it's a good idea to listen to Dhamma with background music. He / She was asking if you knew of any way to listen to Dhamma that way. Maybe it helps him / her relax and focus. Some people like music on when they work, study, etc. In my opinion, it's not that big of a deal. Better to listen to Dhamma with music than not to listen to Dhamma at all.

:shrug:

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:26 am
by PimonratC
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Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:49 am
by Aloka
kmath wrote:In my opinion, it's not that big of a deal
Then why have I never heard teachers at centres and monasteries from two different traditions say :"Would you like some background music?" before giving a Dhamma talk?


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Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:23 am
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Let alone not playing music while listening to the Dhamma, when reciting the suttas, they should not be recited with a musical intonation.

See the Gītassara Sutta

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:34 am
by Ben
If you are going to listen to the Dhamma, give it your entire, undivided attention.

Re: Are there any MP3 Dhamma Teaching with background music?

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:36 am
by cooran
Excellent, Bhante! Thank you.

With metta,
Chris