ʻO ke hana a ka hīmeni ma Buddha

Ke hele ʻoe i kahi luakini Buddhist, hālāwai paha ʻoe me nā poʻe e mele ana. Ua hīmeni nā kula āpau o Buddhism i kekahi liturgi, ʻoiai ʻano ʻokoʻa ka ʻike o nā mele. Hiki i ka hana ke hōʻoluʻolu i nā mea hou. Hele mai paha mākou mai kahi moʻomeheu haipule kahi e mele a mele ʻia ai kahi ʻōlelo maʻamau ma kahi haipule, akā ʻaʻole mākou e hīmeni pinepine. Eia kekahi, he nui ka poʻe o mākou ma ke komohana i noʻonoʻo i ka liturgy ma ke ʻano he lole waiwai ʻole o ka manawa ma mua, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomana.

Inā ʻoe e nānā i kahi lawelawe oli Buddhist, ʻike paha ʻoe i ka poʻe e kūlou a pāʻani paha i nā gong a me nā pahu. Hiki i nā kāhuna pule ke mōhai i ka mea ʻala, nā meaʻai, a me nā pua i ke kiʻi ma ke kuahu. Hiki ke mele i kahi ʻōlelo haole, ʻoiai ke ʻōlelo Pelekane nā poʻe āpau. ʻAno ʻē paha kēia inā ʻike ʻoe he hoʻomana haipule ʻole ka Buddhism. Hiki ke manaʻo ʻia kahi lawelawe mele e like me ka theistic e like me ka lehulehu Katolika ke ʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka hana.

Nā mele a me nā kukui
Eia nō naʻe, ke maopopo iā ʻoe ka mea e hana nei, e hele mai a ʻike i ka pono ʻole o nā liturgies Buddhist e hoʻomana i kahi akua akā e kōkua iā mākou e ʻike i ka mālamalama. I Buddhism, wehewehe ʻia ka mālamalama (bodhi) e like me ke ala ʻana mai kahi kuhi hewa o kekahi, ʻo ia hoʻi nā delusions o ka ego a me kahi kaʻawale. ʻAʻole naʻaupō kēia ala ʻana, akā kahi loli i ke ala a mākou e ʻike ai a ʻike ai.

ʻO ke mele ke ʻano o ka mahi ʻana i ka ʻike, kahi mea hana e kōkua iā ʻoe e ala aʻe.

Nā ʻano o nā oli Buddhist
Aia nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o nā huaʻōlelo i mele ʻia ma ke ʻano he hapa o nā liturhi Buddhist. Eia kekahi:

Hiki ke oli a i ʻole ʻāpana paha o kahi sutra (i kapa ʻia ʻo sutta). ʻO kahi sutra kahi haʻiʻōlelo a Buddha a i ʻole kekahi o nā haumāna a Buddha. Eia nō naʻe, ua haku ʻia kahi heluna nui o nā suta Mahayana Buddhism ma hope o ke ola o Buddha. (E nānā hoʻi "Nā Palapala Hemolele Buddhist: An Overview" no ka wehewehe hou aku.)
Hiki i ke oli ke lilo i mantra, kahi pōkole o nā huaʻōlelo a me nā ʻāpana paha, oli pinepine ʻia, i manaʻo ʻia he mana hoʻohuli. ʻO kahi laʻana o ka mantra ʻo om mani padme hum, pili me ka Buddhist Tibet. ʻO ke oli ʻana i kahi mantra me ka ʻike hiki ke lilo i ʻano noonoo.
ʻO kahi dharani kahi mea e like me ka mantra, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi. ʻ Dhlelo ʻia ʻo Dharani i ke ʻano o ke aʻo ʻana, a ʻo ke oli oli ʻana o kahi Dharani hiki ke hoʻoulu i kahi mana pono, e like me ka pale a me ka hoʻōla. Hoʻopili ke mele a dharani i ka manaʻo o ka mea mele. Hīmeni mau ʻia ʻo Dharani ma Sanskrit (a i ʻole kekahi hoʻokokoke ʻana i ke ʻano o ke kani ʻana o Sanskrit). I kekahi manawa ʻaʻohe manaʻo paʻa o nā haʻina; ʻo ke kani ka mea nui.

ʻO kahi gatha kahi paukū pōkole e mele ʻia, mele ʻia a mele ʻia paha. I ke Komohana, ua unuhi pinepine ʻia nā gathas i ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe mele. ʻAʻole like me nā mantras a me dharanis, he aha ka mea a nā gathas e ʻōlelo ai i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka mea a lākou e manaʻo ai.
Kūpono kekahi mau oli i nā kula kūikawā o ka Buddhism. ʻO Nianfo (Chinese) a i ʻole Nembutsu (Kepanī) ka hana o ke oli ʻana i ka inoa ʻo Buddha ʻo Amitabha, kahi hana i loaʻa wale i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o Buddhism Land Pure. Pili ʻo Nichiren Buddhism me ka Daimoku, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, kahi hōʻike o ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ka Lotus Sutra. Oli pū ʻo Nichiren Buddhists iā Gongyo, i kūkulu ʻia i mau ʻāpana mai ka Lotus Sutra, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou liturgy maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā.

Pehea e hīmeni ai
Inā ʻoe he mea hou i ka Buddhism, ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻoi loa e hoʻolohe pono i nā mea a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana nei a hana. E kau i kou leo ​​i ka lōkahi me ka hapa nui o nā mea mele ʻē aʻe (ʻaʻohe hui e lōkahi), kope i ka leo o ka poʻe a puni ʻoe a hoʻomaka e mele.

ʻO ka hīmeni ʻana ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka lawelawe pūʻulu kahi mea āu e hana pū nei, no laila ʻaʻole e hoʻolohe wale iā ʻoe iho e mele ana. E hoʻolohe i ka manawa hoʻokahi. E lilo i ʻāpana o ka leo nui.

E hāʻawi ʻia paha ʻoe i ka palapala kākau o ka liturgy oli, me nā huaʻōlelo haole i ka transliteration English. (Inā ʻaʻole, hoʻolohe a ʻike ʻoe.) E mālama i kāu puke mele me ka mahalo. E nānā i ka mālama ʻana o kekahi i kā lākou puke mele a hoʻāʻo e kope iā lākou.

Ka ʻōlelo unuhi a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo kumu?
I ka neʻe ʻana o Buddhism i ke komohana, mele ʻia kekahi o nā liturgies kuʻuna i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a i ʻole nā ​​ʻōlelo ʻEulopa ʻē aʻe. Akā ʻike paha ʻoe i kahi nui o ka liturgy e mele ʻia nei ma kahi ʻōlelo ʻAsia, ʻoiai nā lāhui ʻĀiwi ʻole ʻĀkia mai ʻōlelo ʻole i ka ʻōlelo ʻAsia. No ka mea?

No nā mantras a me dharanis, like ka nui o ke kani o ke oli, kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka nui, ma mua o nā manaʻo. I kekahi mau kuʻuna, ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā kani e hōʻike i ke ʻano maoli o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Inā oli ʻia me ka nānā nui a me ka ʻike, hiki i nā mantras a me dharanis ke lilo i mea noʻonoʻo nui o ka hui.

ʻO Sutras kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, a i kekahi manawa ʻo ka nīnau inā ʻaʻole e oli i kahi unuhi ke kumu o kekahi paio. ʻO ke oli ʻana i kahi sutra i kā mākou ʻōlelo e kōkua iā mākou i loko e aʻo i kāna aʻo ʻana ma ke ʻano i hiki ʻole i ka heluhelu wale ʻana. Akā makemake kekahi mau pūʻulu e hoʻohana i nā ʻōlelo ʻAsia, no ka hopena o ke kani a me ka hapa e mālama i ka pilina me nā kaikaina a me nā kaikuahine Dharma a puni ka honua.

Inā he mea nui ʻole ke mele ʻana i ka mua, e hāmama i ka noʻonoʻo no nā puka e wehe paha. He nui nā haumāna a me nā kumu kiʻekiʻe e ʻōlelo i ka mea a lākou i ʻike ai luhi a lapuwale hoʻi i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻokumu i kā lākou ʻike ala mua.