介紹全新佛教音樂專輯《城市蓮花》Urban Lotus

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宣化上人粉絲頁 Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

介紹全新佛教音樂專輯《城市蓮花》Urban Lotus

Rev. Heng Sure, PhD｜釋恒實法師: 佛教在一個世紀前傳入加州。佛教的象徵是蓮花。蓮花生於淤泥而不染，花朵亭亭玉立於泥上，潔淨清新。大乘佛教中的菩薩──覺悟的存在──其心亦如是。菩薩身處世間塵勞之中，卻守護著一顆清淨無染的心。宣化上人（1918–1995）在美國西岸各大城市中心創建了道場，包括舊金山、洛杉磯、西雅圖、溫哥華、卡加利、沙加緬度、聖荷西、柏克萊以及其他地區。他培養了許多西方的出家人，使他們如蓮花般在水泥城市的人行道上綻放。宣化上人自己也是一位詞曲創作者，他鼓勵弟子將每日的早晚課誦、讚頌與佛曲，重新譜入當代西方的音樂語彙中。本專輯《城市蓮花》（Urban Lotus）是我們第二次嘗試，將佛陀的法音融入西方旋律中，以六弦與十二弦吉他、班卓琴與低音曼陀林演奏。請讓這些樂曲成為你自己的心聲，並見證一朵蓮花在都市中綻放。

專輯資訊 Album Info

串流與下載Streaming + Download : 專輯預購中。專輯一經發行，即可透過免費 Bandcamp App 無限串流，並可下載高音質 MP3、FLAC 等格式音檔。專輯隨附 34 頁曲目與歌詞手冊。
購買及下載音樂請造訪
https://revhengsure.bandcamp.com/album/urban-lotus

發行日期：2025 年 7 月 13 日

Buddhism came to California a century ago. One of Buddhism’s symbols is the lotus flower. Lotuses are rooted in the mud but their blossoms stand above the mud, pure and undefiled. The heart of the Mahayana’s hero, the Bodhisattva, or Awakened Being, is the same way.

Bodhisattvas keep a pure heart while living in the muddle of the mundane world.

Chan Master Hsuan Hua (1918–1995) opened monasteries in the heart of major urban cities up and down the West Coast: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Calgary, Sacramento, San Jose, Berkeley (Berkeley Buddhist Monastery – Institute for World Religions) and elsewhere (Gold Coast Dharma Realm Buddhist Monastery). He trained Western monks and nuns to become like lotuses and bloom amid the concrete city sidewalks.

He himself was a song-writer and he challenged his disciples to rewrite the daily ceremonies, chants and praises to accord with the musical tastes of the contemporary West. This album, Urban Lotus, is our second go at setting the Buddha’s Dharma teachings to Western melodies, played on 6- and 12-string guitars, banjos, and an octave mandolin. Please make these tunes your own and watch a lotus bloom!

Credits 製作團隊

Producer 製作人: Homero Espinosa
Recording Studio 錄音室: Pandora HQ, Oakland, CA
Recording Engineer 錄音工程: David Cuetter
Mixed by 混音: Eduardo Mendoza, Homero Espinosa
Mastered by 母帶後期: Colin Russell
Album Art 專輯插畫: Wu-ni 吳泥
Photo Art 攝影: Reverend Heng Sure 釋恒實
Album Design 專輯設計: Lai Theng Leong

出處:
https://revhengsure.bandcamp.com/album/urban-lotus