Music

Instrumental music

Original solo acoutic guitar music (and a little baroque lute) is available online through all the usual music platforms.The most popular tracks are Redstone (Offerings CD) and The Honey Song (Meadow Run CD).

Music with specific Buddhist themes is listed below. The CD title on which each piece is found is given in parentheses.

Recently streams from these 4 CD on Pandora and Spotify topped 1 million — thank you so much for listening!

 Amitabha Buddha (The Redwood Sidthe) – from a chant I learned at the City of 10,000 Buddhas
 GuiGui (Meadow Run) – representing ‘gui’ taking refuge
 King Yama’s Mirror (Offerings) – carries a sense of saṃvega or spiritual urgency; lyrics on the ‘Poetry’ page
 Song of Putuo Mountain (Elegant Tern) – written on PutuoShan, the Buddhist pilgrimage site in China
 Sound of Thunderclouds (Elegant Tern) – from a line in the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva, recited after the passing of a dear one
 
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Heartwood Music website — all CDs (pictured below are the CD covers), guitar and lute tablature are available here.