Song of Mind (Xin Ming) - Master Niutou Farong - Zen Buddhism

Reading of the famous seventh-century Zen classic Xin Ming, or "Song of Mind" - this poem is a masterpiece of expressing the inexpressible. Zen master Farong (594-657) of Mt. Niutou came from Yanling in Run Province. His surname was Wei. By the age of nineteen he was versed in the classic Confucian histories, but later he read the Nirvana Sutra and thereupon penetrated the truth. One day he exclaimed, "Confucianism is a doctrine of worldly affairs, but it isn't a teaching of the highest truth. When I read the Nirvana Sutra, I finally found a vessel for leaving the world behind." The full text can be found here: https://www.dailyzen.com/journal/song-of-the-mind-xin-ming Music: Time for Peace - "Everything Returns" This beautiful music can be purchased and downloaded here: www.timeforpeace.bandcamp.com. With deepest thanks to Swami Madhuram Puri for his kind offering of this exquisite music for this channel. _________________________________________ 🙏 May whatever goodness arises from these readings/offerings, may it be for the benefit of all sentient beings. ❤️ A deep thank you to all donors for your offerings of generosity in support of this channel and its intention. Every day I am deeply touched by your warm support and kind messages of gratitude. Turn on the '🔔' to get notifications for new releases! _______________________________________ 🔆 Thank you to everyone who has written to inquire about offering a donation to express appreciation for this channel. You are welcome to do so, and all offerings will go towards the development of a small retreat hermitage for nuns. There are two options to donate using this email address: [email protected] with PayPal and Transferwise (if you have your own accounts) or using this link: https://paypal.me/VivekaHermitage Alternatively, if you prefer to make a bank deposit to Viveka Hermitage account, either internationally or domestically, please contact us on the above email address for account details. _________________________________________ 🎧 As a Buddhist nun, my intention with this channel is to offer these creative adaptations of spiritual teachings for the purpose of deepening spiritual understanding, contemplation, meditation, healing, devotion and relaxation for listeners. This channel is not monetized for profit through YouTube advertising revenue, and never will be. All the videos are strictly for educational purposes, not-for-profit and non-commercial. If ads appear on some videos it is because the music companies have the “right” to run ads for their profit if I have used copyrighted music. You can, however, easily install an ad blocker. Just Google it. “All the words, music, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. This video is posted for educational and spiritual purposes only. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.”