One-minded Singing of Amitabha

Yutang Lin

This morning while sleeping, mind was free of thoughts, and naturally there arose singing of "Namo Amitabha Buddha" (in Chinese), a melody of two repetitions, and the singing repeated several times. Since it was a natural chanting born of a one-minded state, I got up at once to record the melody in simplified scores. After my morning practices, I sang it out and recorded it so as to offer it to the public, with the hope that it might be adopted for singing Amitabha practices.

The recording file is attached.

Written in Chinese and translated on April 6, 2009
El Cerrito, California

Music score

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Additional Comments:

This melody of singing Amitabha was a naturally occurred inspiration, therefore, we should adhere to its original way of singing so as to obtain readily the inspirational blessings──just as in Tantra the mantras should be repeated according to Guru's pronunciation, instead of taking into consideration the correctness of the pronunciation. At the time the singing occurred it repeated several times, and hence I noticed and remembered distinctly that the very last three notes in the two repetitions were both sung as "Duo O Fo" instead of "Tuo─Fo" as the lyric would otherwise indicate. Disciple Wan Hao based on his trainings in music naturally sang it "correctly" as "Tuo─Fo" and overlooked that my singing was "Duo O Fo." Ordinarily most people would also sing it as "Tuo─Fo," so I deliberately call out for people's attention to this point, with the hope that thereby the inspirational blessing will be more wide-spreading and inspirational effects sensed earlier.

Written in Chinese and translated on April 12, 2009
El Cerrito, California

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