VOS 4_Concert at Asia Society Texas Center_Chung Mei

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Title: VOS 4_Concert at Asia Society Texas Center_Chung Mei
Creator: Voices of the Spirit 4 was organized and produced by Pat Jasper & Angel Quesada. Folklife and Civic Engagement Department, Houston Arts Alliance.
Date: 2014
Description: The members of Chung Mei Buddhist Temple, both the Venerables who conduct the dharma services there and the adepts who assist them, are followers of Fo Guang Shan and the International Buddhist Progress Society, founded by the Venerable Master Hsing Yun. The temple was established in Stafford in 2001 and is home base to a small but energetic group of Buddhist nuns, referred to as Venerables. The Venerables lead the dharma services utilizing intoned praise and chanting as central to the worship activities of the congregation. They instruct key members of the congregation in the use of traditional liturgical instruments such as the gong, hand cymbals, drums and other percussion to accompany this aspect of Buddhist practice. As part of his teachings and from his earliest years, the Venerable Master Hsing Yun stressed the significance of these sacred items and their sound, and the role they can play in transforming contemporary Buddhism. In fact, his second book-length publication, now available in English as Bells, Gongs and Wooden Fish: Voices for Buddhist Change, uses personifications of the different sacred instruments to describe and assess Chinese Buddhism in the mid twentieth century.
Contributor: Photos courtesy of Pin Lim / Forest Photography
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Item sets: HAA COLLECTION; Voices of the Spirit

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