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Song Information:

I like Gregorian chant music. I was searching around the web for some, and came across this instead, the Nichiren Buddhist Morning Chant, which I found to be rather impressive --- and not at all like Gregorian chant. The mp3 file, which I grabbed from

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=22371

includes the vocals and the bells at the beginning and end. The vocals are performed by an amateur acquaintance of the person who supplied the sound file (see below).

I didn't put much into this. I just added some rhythm parts and a few synths. The tricky part was matching the tempo, which wanders just enough to quickly go out of sync with any steady rhythm track. The first rhythm bit is at 146 bpm, the second is 140, the third is at 138, and the final 30 seconds is at 132, or at least that's about the best I could do.

I'm not Buddhist, and I mean no disrespect to Buddhists by putting their vocal music to other music.

Sample provided by:
gezortenplotz (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=11536)
nichi_ren_chant.mp3 (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=22371)

Song Lyrics:

Lyrics from http://www.buddhanet.net/chant-nichiren.htm (good luck singing along!)

Myoho renge kyo
Ho ben pon dai ni
Ni Ji Se Son
Ju San Mai
An Jo Ni Ki
Go Shari Hotsu
Sho Bu' Chi E
Jin Jin Mu Ryo
Go Chi E Mon
Nange Nan Nyu
Is Sai Sho Mon
Hyaku Shi Butsu
Sho Fu No Chi
Sho I Sha Ga
Butsu Zo Shin Gon
Hyaku Sen Man Noku
Mu Shu Sho Butsu
Jin Gyo Sho Butsu
Mu Ryo Do Ho
Yu Myo Sho Jin
Myo Sho Fu Mon
Jo Ju Jin Jin
Mi Zo U Ho
Zui Gi Sho Setsu
I Shu Nan Ge
Shari Hotsu
Go Ju Jo Butsu I Rai
Shu Ju In Nen
Shu Ju Hi Yu
Ko En Gon Kuyo
Mu Shu Ho Ben
In Do Shu Jo
Ryo Ri Sho Jaku
Sho I Sha Ga
Nyo Rai Ho Ben
Chi Ken Hara Mitsu
Kai I Gu Soku
Shari Hotsu
Nyo Rai Chi Ken
Ko Dai Jin Non
Mu Ryo Mu Ge
Riki Mu Sho I
Zen Jo Ge Da's' San Mai
Jin Nyu Mu Sai
Jo Ju Is Sai
Mi Zo U Ho
Shari Hotsu
Nyo Rai Nyo Shu Ju Fun Betsu
Gyo Ses Sho Ho
Gon Ji Nyu Nan
Ek Ka Shu Shin
Shari Hotsu
Shu Yo Gon Shi
Mu Ryo Mu Hen
Mi Zo U Ho
Bus Shitsu Jo Ju
Shi
Shari Hotsu
Fu Shu Bu Setsu
Sho I Sha Ga
Bus Sho Jo Ju
Dai Ichi Ke U
Nan Ge Shi Ho
Yui Butsu Yo Butsu
Nai No Ku Jin

Sho Ho Jis So
Sho I Sho Ho
Nyo Ze So
Nyo Ze Sho
Nyo Ze Tai
Nyo Ze Riki
Nyo Ze Sa
Nyo Ze In
Nyo Ze En
Nyo Ze Ka
Nyo Ze Ho
Nyo Ze Hon Ma' Ku Kyo To

English translation:

The wonderful Law of the Lotus Sutra
Skillful Ways
There the World Honored One
Quietly came up
From his samadhi
And said to Shariputra:
The wisdom of the Buddhas
Is profound and cannot be measured
Its gate is hard to understand
And difficult to enter.
No Shravaka-Disciple
Or Self-taught buddha
Can understand it.
Why is that? (because!)
the [present] Buddhas attended on many
hundreds of thousands of billions
Of [past] Buddhas,
And practiced the many teachings
Of those Buddhas bravely and energetically
To their far-flung fame till they attained
The profound Law
Which you've never heard before,
And also because they are exposing
The Law according to the capacities
Of all living beings a way that the intention is hard to understand
Shariputra!
Since I became Buddha, I also
Have been stating various teachings
With different stories of previous lives,
Various parables, and various similes.
I have been leading all living beings
With countless expedients
In order to save them from materialism,
Because I have the power
To employ skills,
And the power to perform
The Paramita (reached goal of wisdom) of insight
Shariputra!
The insight of the Tathagatas
Is wide and deep.
They have all the [states of mind
Towards] countless [living beings],
unchecked [intelligence], powers,
Fearlessness, dhyana-concentrations,
Liberations and samadhis. They entered
Deep into no limits, and attained the Law which you've never heard before
Shariputra!
The Tathagatas divide the Law
Into various teachings, and state
Those teachings so gently and skillfully
That living being are delighted.
Shariputra!
In short, the Buddhas attained
The countless teachings
Which you've never heard before
No more
Will I say
Shariputra
Because the Law
attained by the Buddhas
Is the highest Truth.
Rare [to hear] and hard
To understand.
Only the Buddhas attained
The highest Truth, that is

The Reality of All Things
In regards to:
Their appearances (form? shape? size? ) as such,
Thier natures (essence) as such,
Their embodiments (present incarnation) as such,
Their powers (potentiality also possibilities) as such,
Their activities (function or role) as such,
Their primary causes (obvious cause) as such,
Their environmental causes (process) as such,
Their effects (latent or hidden effect) as such,
Their requital (final outcome or return) as such,
And the combination of these [factors] as such (over and over again)