Tibetan Buddhism "pledge Dafa" In Music And Religious Thought

The Tibetan people value religion, and Tibetan Buddhism is not only their major religion but also is a very important part of the traditional Tibetan culture. In the heritage and development of the process of Tibetan Buddhism, many forms has arised,such as Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, Gelug and so on, and Nyingma is the oldest. In The parctice of Nyingma,Mi follows XIian,Xian and Mi.Combined in one. It takes many Bon gods and rituals into its religious doctrine,so has has many characteristics of the local snow-covered culture. The Great Perfection is its lineal sect.. The Nyingma not only has the oldest Tibetan Buddhism——Samye temple-but also has many monks Group, the Nyingma nuns are well konwns as their large scale, long history and the big number of people.Women in the process of the development of Tibetan Buddhism, plays an very important role. Especially in the transmission of Buddhism in Tubo at the beginning, after Princess Chizun and Wencheng went toTibet, Buddhism from India and Han has spread to Tibet, they built the Jokhang Temple and Ramoche.The two buildings became the center of Buddhist culture and Tibetan culture, and play a very impotant rule in Tibetan nationality and religion. Since the emergence of Tibetan temple monks Group in Tufan,many has major really great achievement. Of the Senior monks in ancient, many are women, one of the nuns in the Yeshe measures Ka is a household name in the female living Buddha. She followed practicing tantric master Padmasambhava and become a famous Tibetan female Tantric master, Guru Padmasambhava, hailed as "us with the heart of a disciple. And create a temple-centered Nuns Group and Nuns Mission Organization, and there are a lot of Yogini and achievements.Ge Jia Temple is a Nyingma nuns monastery, large-scale, multi Nuns in Qinghai。Chanting is the main daily practice. The pray Dafa is a big ceremonythat all the nuns prays for world peace.Puja mainly to collective chanting and accompanied by instruments used in the rituals of salvation and blessing ceremonies (musical instrument). Gejia Temple in chanting very focus on the use of music, music learning is very important in their daily practice, a homework chanting music to beautiful, euphemistically known.The pledge Dafa this article to Tibetan Buddhism the Nyingma Gejia Temple as an object of study. First-hand information obtained in fieldwork-based analysis, combined with the author on the Ge Jia congregation of Temple monks and nuns interviews and access to relevant literature puja in the scriptures, rhyme, after the tone, and the instruments used, study and interpretation of the the pray Dafa religious ideas and music in the law will function.In addition to the introduction, is divided into four chapters.Introduction:The introduction of the study, the significance of the topic, research methods and the dynamic. Chapter One:cultural background. Overview of Tibetan Buddhism, Nyingma produce and teachings and representatives, Gejia Temple history, monastic system and ceremonies rituals.The Chapter II:Gejia Temple pray Dafa Association and the puja music fieldwork. Including the origin of the law, and the puja ceremony before the line ready to practice, and BOC pray practice.Chapter III:pray Dafa the chanting ritual music morphological analysis. Carried out a detailed analysis of the instruments used in the music and chanting of prayers, such as:the chanting music scales, modes, rhythm beats and musical instruments, shape, color, range discussed.Chapter IV:elaborated pray Puja ceremony music, religious thought and function of this part relates to religious philosophy, aesthetics, ideology and music therapy function. Mainly from the minds tribute mantra, chanting music alto sound discussed meditation and processors held as well as musical form of treatment and emotional synchronization function.