“Long Autumn Water” is a Buddhist music album that combines Zen painting poetry and music. It is adapted or created by young and promising composers and performers such as Wu Na, Hou Changqing, and Cao Yang. What’s even more rare is that we invited two Buddhist senior experts to add color and luster to this Zen music. The first expert was a Buddhist monk who was famous for his Zen poetry and was hidden in the Nanputuo Temple under the Five Laofeng in Xiamen; The other is a Dharma Master Faqing who is famous for his Zen paintings and is hidden in the Buddhist Village at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.
Today, the song “Long Autumn Water” that I introduce to you is exactly from the album of the same name, and it is the top leading track. The protagonist of this song, Gu Qin, comes on stage at the very beginning. With a soothing and long performance, the scroll of flowing water is brought to our eyes. Then the sound of the flute rises with a rustling sound, which is quite reminiscent of the tragic autumn poetry of “endless falling trees and the endless rolling of the Yangtze River.” Next, the harmony between the qin and the flute, or their replacement, exudes the Zen meaning of the music bit by bit.
“The whole song is composed of painting, poetry, and Zen. It can be said that there is painting in the song, poetry in the painting, and Zen in the poem.”. Silently, I can hear the lingering sound curling around the room. A sudden feeling in the bottom of my heart, unfettered and unhindered, remote and empty, lingering in Zen. What the music presents to the audience is a sumptuous audio-visual feast, as well as an unprecedented spiritual feast.
This song is a Buddhist song in spiritual connotation, while in forms such as orchestration, it belongs to the category of music in the new century. Therefore, it not only has the Zen meaning of Buddhist music, but also does not adhere to the genre of Buddhist music; It has both the elegant and pleasant music of the new century and the spiritual depth of Buddhist music. In terms of content and form, such a perfect combination is truly amazing.
Listening to this music often will not only calm your mind and cultivate it, but also enhance your spiritual level. Imagine that you and I both live in the secular world, chasing fame and profit every day. If fame and wealth are compared to a leaf, then everyone is blinded by the same leaf, and Mount Taishan has disappeared. Once you have only fame and wealth in your eyes, you cannot see the more important spiritual accomplishments. This song has the power of Buddhism and will greatly enhance your spiritual cultivation, as if it had built a spiritual wall that makes you indestructible.
I greatly appreciate the concept of birth and entry advocated by scholarly officials since ancient times: small seclusion in the wild, middle seclusion in the city, and great seclusion in the dynasty. To put it simply, those hermits who hide in the deep mountains and are far away from the world can only be considered small hermits; A hermit who lives in a busy city and is willing to wear cloth clothes can only be considered a middle recluse; The true great hermit is a noble person who lives in seclusion above the court and actively asks for orders from the people.
According to the viewpoint of Mahayana Buddhism, to cross a person, one must cross oneself first. The author is a mortal, neither in the dynasty nor in the wilderness. In this life, one only wants to be able to cross oneself. If there is any residual heat, one can consider crossing others as appropriate. Based on years of study and reflection, I have personally summarized the concept of birth and entry into the world as follows: “People in the world of mortals, with their hearts open to the empty door.”. Since we are all mortal beings, we inevitably have to fight in the fame and fortune arena. However, in our spare time, we need to study the classics of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism more, and turn our hearts towards the empty door. Only by combining reality with reality can we be invincible.
“And the song” Long Autumn Water “is also one of the classics. Every night before going to bed, listen to this song, meditate for half an hour, go deep into the music, meditate in the music, and then let everything go. A whole day of hard work and mental exhaustion will all disappear with it.
