[Buddha-l] gorgeous sung version of Heart Sutra

[Franz Metcalf]

Gang,

I don't know the merits of the Sanskrit version, but a Chinese version 
sung by nuns to a shockingly celtic melody that I bought at a relics of 
the Buddha tour, really calms down my 18 month old daughter when she's 
fussy in the car. Perhaps she's as (senti)mental as Dante.

BTW: The tour was the Heart Shrine Relic Tour, organized by Lama Zopa 
Rinpoche, who was just mentioned on another thread. It's a tour of the 
relics destined to be displayed in a 150 meter statue of Maitreya in 
Kushinagar. Check out http://www.maitreyaproject.org/

Mighty impressive collection, I have to say, with not only Shakyamuni, 
but various of his disciples and teachers from several traditions 
contributing their sharira. This was the first time I had seen sharira 
in person and the occasion for my daughter's first utterance of the 
word, "Buddha" (at 11 months!). I'm sure she didn't know what she was 
saying, but her middle name *is* Miroku (Japanese for Maitreya).

Hmmm, sounds like *I'm* getting sentimental now, too.

Franz Metcalf