A STUDY OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS AND FUNCTIONSOF HAN BUDDHIST MUSIC FROM THE PERSPECTIVEOF THE THREE REALMS OF MUSIC

Abstract

This study focuses on the philosophical implications of Chinese Buddhist music, specifically Buddhist ritual music in Huayan Temple. The description of music in Buddhist scriptures paint a broad picture, from the human world to the sounds of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and the Pure Land. Buddhism holds that music is a kind of dependent-originating law, a conditioned law and has made an in-depth analysis of its production, existence, and substance. The Buddhist attitude towards the function of music is the dialectical unity of forbidden music and the use of music. This chapter explores the philosophy of "sound", silent," and "loud" Buddhist music, the philosophical implications contained in Chinese Buddhist music, and the ecological environment, text composition, application process, and functions of Buddhist ritual music in Huayan Temple. The purpose is to awaken people in the world to know their hearts, to self-govern their hearts, to purify their hearts, and to provide some effective methods for the dissemination of Buddhist music, a traditional form of music, in modern society.

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