by Astus » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:51 pm
It looks more like a song contest to me. The order in the video actually is:
10: Rinzai, singing: Hakuin's Song of Zazen
9: Soto, singing: Great Compassion Dharani
8: Tendai/Nichiren (in Tendai temple), singing: 14th chapter of Lotus Sutra
7: Shingon, singing: Rishu-kyo (Adhyardhaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Sutra)
6: Nichiren/Soto/Tendai (in Nichiren temple), singing: 16th chapter of Lotus Sutra
5: together singing the Heart Sutra
4: Shin, singing: Shoshin Nenbutsu Ge (Hymn of the Nembutsu and True Faith)
3: Soto Zen: Kannon-gyo (section of Lotus Sutra, ch. 25)
2: Jodo/Shin, singing: Infinite Life Sutra (Larger Amitabha Sutra)
1: Jodo/Shin/Tendai, singing: Amida-kyo (Shorter Amitabha Sutra)
"To know by thinking falls into the secondary. To know without thinking falls into the tertiary."(Yangshan Huiji, X1405p58b18-19; tr. JC Cleary: A Tune Beyond the Clouds, p 43)"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)Mahayana LinksThe European Buddhist Blog