Chanting Monks, Manuals, and Karaoke
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Experience monks of various different Buddhist monasteries chanting in both Pāḷi and English. Numerous manuals (and even Abhyagiri’s karaoke files) are here as well.
In a talk given at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, “Ajahn Passano explains the history, tradition, and practice of chanting. The many benefits include calm, concentration, faith, energy, mindfulness, and harmony.”
- Dhammatalks.org has:
- A Chanting Guide: Pāḷi Passages with English Translations, by The Dhammayut Order in the United States of America, which includes a pronunciation guide (PDF).
- The Divine Mantra (PDF)
- Tone Rules: for Pāḷi Chanting in the Thai Tradition (PDF).
- Pāḷi Chanting by the monks of Metta Forest Monastery (Valley Center, CA) (MP3s)
- Abhyagiri (Redwood Valley, CA)
- Chanting Karaoke
Don’t be shy, this is a great place to start. The site features excellent audio and, yes, scrolling text with proper tone marking. - Abhayagiri Morning Chanting (Pāḷi and English)
- Abhayagiri Evening Chanting (English)
- Abhayagiri Evening Chanting (Pāḷi)Abhayagiri Three (3) Refuges and Eight (8) Precepts
- Chanting Book, Volume 1 (2015)
- Chanting Book, Volume 2 (2015)
- Chanting Karaoke
- Amaravati (Hemel Hempstead, England) Chanting Book 2006:
- Buddhanet.net has:
- Buddhist Chanting (an extensive audio collection of MP3s)
- Vandanā, The Album of Pāḷi Devotional Chanting and Hymns (Mahindarama Buddhist Temple, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) (PDF)
- Ānandajoti Bhikkhu’s Pāli and English line by line (interlinear) version of chanting texts:
- Chanting for Meditators, a monthly chanting schedule (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Safeguard Recitals (a large collection of protection chants) (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Daily Chanting, a weekly chanting schedule (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Thai Chanting (selections from the Thai tradition) (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Mettabhāvanā (Śrī Laṅkā version), Friendliness Meditation (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Mettabhāvanā (Universal version), Friendliness Meditation (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Reflections for both monastic and lay (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Aggasāvikā Bhikkhunī Gāthā, The Great Nun Disciples Verses (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Namakkārapāḷi, The Reverence Text (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Tigumbacetiyathomanā, Praise of the Tigumba Shrine (PDF) (EPUB) (MOBI)
- Chanting at the International Buddhist College, (Sadao District, Thailand) (Adobe Flash)
- The Sammadhidhammaram Center (near Bangkok, Thailand) offers the following:
- Thai-Pāḷi Chanting Book (Pāḷi & Thai)
- Pāḷi-Thai-English Chanting Book (Pāḷi & English)
- Comprehensive English-Mandarin-Pāḷi Chanting Book (Pāḷi, English, & Mandarin)
- Pāḷi-Mandarin Chanting Book (Dharma Light Meditation Center and Santi Forest Monastery—Pāḷi & Mandarin)
- Sunday Morning Chanting by Atammayatarama Buddhist Monastery (Near Seattle, Washington—English with Thai pronunciation in English)
- Others:
- Monk chanting script (Dhammayutika Ordination Procedure)
- Novice Ordination Procedure & Script (สามเณร)
- Mae Chi (Nuns) Ordination Script (แม่ชี)
- Blessing Chant
- ISSUU (sign in or create a free account to download) includes the following additional material:
- Chanting Book—Morning and Evening Chanting (Pūjā), Reflections, and Suttas[2006], as used by Buddhist Monasteries and Groups associated with the Western Forest Sangha in the lineage of Venerable Ajahn Chah
- Chanting Book, Volume 1 [2015 version of the above]
- Chanting Book, Volume 2 [2015 version of the above]
- Chanting Book of Wat Praadhātu Srī Chomtong Voravihāra, (Chaing Mai Province, Thailand) Pāḷi Passages with English Translation (PDF)
- A Chanting Guide, The Dhammayut Order in the United States (Pāḷi with English translations)
- Plum Village Chanting Book (Vietnamese with English translations)
- Vipassanāsaṇga’s website (in the tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw) includes Pāḷi Chanting by the following monks:
- Bhante Jnanapuñik
- Sayadaw U Pandita
- Sayadaw U Silananda
- Mingun Sayadaw
- Venerable Phra Ofer Adi
- Sayadaw U Paññathami