Buddhism was introduced into the Middle Earth, and the monks promoted the religion, in addition to translating the scriptures and building temples, fasting and preaching, but also used ** painting, sculpture, architecture, literature and other means to widely preach and transform the customs. Buddhism lectures, because of the different listeners, there is a difference between monks and laymen. Lay preaching is a kind of Buddhist teachings and "pleasing and charity" for the laity according to **Religious rap activities
Vulgar preaching is related to the inherent rap tradition in our country, but its more important ** is a means of preaching and vulgarity of Buddhism since the Six Dynasties: "transreading" and "singing guide". Transreading, or chanting, singing, refers to the suppression of the voice and the recitation of the scriptures when preaching. Transliteration is a method of reading scriptures that is introduced with Buddhist scriptures, changed from Sanskrit to Chinese, and adapts to the characteristics of Chinese pronunciation. In the Tang Dynasty, the transfer of scripture teachers absorbed the folk voices, tended to be good, and focused on pleasing the common people, and the transfer of reading developed in the direction of mass entertainment. At the same time, another way of preaching, singing and directing, has also developed considerably. Singing is to preach the principles of singing and enlighten the hearts of the people. The transfer of reading and singing guides, as well as the Sanskrit of singing and praise, integrate speaking and singing, and there are both speaking and singing, so as to form the vulgar talk of the Tang Dynasty
Lay preaching is derived from Buddhist preaching, and the speakers are all monks, that is, the so-called lay monks. They have the main chant of all the teachings, the main explanation of the Dharma teacher, the main chanting of the Sanskrit, and so on. As the saying goes, there is a certain ritual, and the Vena rings the bell to gather the crowd;The Dharma teachers all talked about ascending to the hall and ascending the seat, being Brahman, and reciting the Bodhisattva;Said to be seated;The opening topic is solemn, repentance, acceptance of the three returns, asking for the five precepts, calling the name of the Buddha, etc. Formal lectures, first by the original text of the chant, the master will explain the **, and then chant. When a paragraph is finished, the example is a cliché to urge the scriptures;So they all preached and chanted a number of times, and then they were explained by the teacher. This is repeated until the lecture is finished, and it ends with the commentary. The base of the saying is to talk about **. These speeches are all combined with rhyme and rap. It is spoken in plain or colloquial language, sung in seven words, and used in three or three sentences, six or five words. There are often words such as flat, broken, side, and chanting on it, marking the vocal cavity singing.
The material is all Buddhist scriptures, and the ideological content is nothing more than the Buddhist teachings of impermanence, selflessness, suffering and emptiness, karmic confusion, reincarnation of life and death, karma, practice precepts and wisdom, in order to seek nirvana liberation and so on. Some of these works, with vivid storylines, narratives, depictions, lyricism and other techniques, are widely alluded and eloquent, and the profound teachings are transformed into life displays, oftenBreak through religious barriers and reflect the real world, with its rich life atmosphere, novel and unique content, relaxed and undulating plot, popular and vivid language, fascinating.
[Li Fan keywords:Religious rap activities include rapping and singing, combining prose and rhyme, reflecting the real world
[Li Fan said:The Tang Dynasty's vulgar preaching was a kind of religious activity, the main purpose of which was to spread Buddhism, so it should be as simple and easy to understand as possible, and the form was both speaking and singing, which was easy to be accepted. Some lectures can often break through religious barriers and have a strong atmosphere of life, and everyone must have a good grasp of this.