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Bai

[Genres]Shomyo
[Auch bekannt als]The Buddha of Wisdom in the Splendour of his Thousand Colours

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Play ButtonMusical Anthology of the Orient, Unesco Collection Vol 4
BAI (BOMBAI) "NYORAI MYO SHOKU", "The Buddha of wisdom in the splendour of his thousand colours" is a fragment of one of the oldest preserved hymns. The text is a Chinese translation of a passage from the sutra Srimara-simha-nada, Sho mangyo in Japanese. The translation was made by the monk Gunabhadra (390-464 A.D.). This bombai is a hikyoku, an esoteric melody, which may only be heard by the initiated. On Mount Hiei it is performed only during the initiation ceremony. This typical example proves Buddhist chant to be a private meditation-even in the midst of a crowd - the purpose of which is enlightenment.

Performer: The Right Reverend Genyu Nakayama, Director of the Shomyo-school on Mount Hiei
Recorded on Mount Hiei, on November 11th 1953