I love listening to music and watching videos about Buddhism, but sometimes find it hard to pinpoint the genre I'm looking for. There are so many different types of Buddhist music out there, and a lot of them aren't what I'm into. But then there are those musicians who create the perfect kind of music for the Buddhist.
This music and video reminds for me of the Buddha and it's a great sound source. I wish and hope more musicians would make or compose this kind of music.
This music was sung by singer Sangeeth Wijesuriya from Srilankan.
This video was produced by Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order.
This video and music is in another language but there isn't any English. Therefore I put the subtitle with English lyrics.
This is source the SriLankan, English lyrics. (Updated from video)
බුධං සරණං ගච්ඡාමි..
buddhan saraṇan gaccāmī..
I take refuge in the Buddha.
ධම්මං සරණං ගච්ඡාමි..
dhammaṁ saraṇan gaccāmī..
I take refuge in the Dharma.
සංඝ සරණං ගච්ඡාමි...
saṁghaṁ saraṇan gaccāmī...
I take refuge in the Sangha.
ඉතිපිසෝ භගවා අරහං සම්මා සම්බුධෝ..
itipisō bhagavā arahaṁ sammā sambuddhō..
He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,
ඉතිපිසෝ භගවා අරහං සම්මා සම්බුධෝ..
itipisō bhagavā arahaṁ sammā sambuddhō..
He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,
ඈත මෑත ගව් දුර දහස් ගෙවා
ǣta mǣta gav dura dahas gevā
The Buddha and his disciples [cows] have passed thousands of miles.
සිත උණුසුම සැප දුක පසෙක තබා
sita uṇusuma sæpa duka paseka tabā
leaving aside the happiness of himself
වේදනා විදි මිනිසුන් සොය සොය
vēdanā vidi minisun soya soya
He was searching for people in pain.
ඔබ දෙසු දම් මග නොවේ නිමා
oba desu dam maga novē nimā
Your Dhamma way is endless
වේදනා විදි මිනිසුන් සොය සොය
vēdanā vidi minisun soya soya
He was looking for people in pain and suffering.
ඔබ දෙසු දම් මග නොවේ නිමා
oba desu dam maga novē nimā
Your Dhamma path is endless and infinite.
නෙත සිත තුටු කළ බුදුරුව බුදු බණ
neta sita tuṭu kaḷa buduruva budu baṇa
eyes and heart were filled with Buddha and buddha's words.
ඉතිපිසෝ භගවා අරහං සම්මා සම්බුද්ධෝ..
itipisō bhagavā arahaṁ sammā sambuddhō..
He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,
ඉතිපිසෝ භගවා අරහං සම්මා සම්බුද්ධෝ..
itipisō bhagavā arahaṁ sammā sambuddhō..
He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,
පිනි බිදුවක පණනල සසරේ
pini biduvaka paṇanala sasarē
The life of the rebirth (reincarnation) like a dewdrop
දුවන පනින සිත නිසල කලේ
duvana panina sita nisala kalē
The running and jumping mind made Calmed
දහමින් තුටු කළ දියත තලේ...
dahamin tuṭu kaḷa diyata talē...
The world was made happy with the Dhamma
බුදු නෙත පහදමු හදමදලේ..
budu neta pahadamu hadamadalē..
Let's keep the Buddha's in the heart.
හෝ හෝ වේදනා විදි මිනිසුන් සොය සොය
hō hō vēdanā vidi minisun soya soya
Searching for the pain or suffering people.
ඔබ දෙසු දම් මග නොවේ නිමා
oba desu dam maga novē nimā
Your Dhamma path is endless and infinite.
නෙත සිත තුටු කළ බුදුරුව බුදු බණ
neta sita tuṭu kaḷa buduruva budu baṇa
Eyes and heart were made happy with Buddha and Buddha's words.
ඉතිපිසෝ භගවා අරහං සම්මා සම්බුද්ධෝ..
itipisō bhagavā arahaṁ sammā sambuddhō..
He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,
ඉතිපිසෝ භගවා අරහං සම්මා සම්බුද්ධෝ..
itipisō bhagavā arahaṁ sammā sambuddhō..
He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,
නේක මෙත් සිත වපුරා සසර දිනා
nēka met sita vapurā sasara dinā
Sowing a lot of The Metta (kindness) he won the world
ලෝකයේ අද සතහට සුවය ගෙනා
lōkayē ada satahaṭa suvaya genā
Blind living beings were cured
තිලවට තිලකව නෙත පෑදූ ....
tilavaṭa tilakava neta pǣdū ....
The Buddha was a moon to the all worlds to clear the blindness
වදිමු වදිමු සම්බුදු සාදු
vadimu vadimu sambudu sādu
Let's worship the Buddha
තිලවට තිලකව නෙත පෑදූ ....
tilavaṭa tilakava neta pǣdū ....
The Buddha was a moon to the all worlds to clear the blindness
වදිමු වදිමු සම්බුදු සාදු....
vadimu vadimu sambudu sādu....
Let's worship the Buddha
නෙත සිත තුටු කළ බුදුරුව බුදු බණ
neta sita tuṭu kaḷa buduruva budu baṇa
eyes and heart were made happy with Buddha and Buddha's words.
ඉතිපිසෝ භගවා අරහං සම්මා සම්බුද්ධෝ..
itipisō bhagavā arahaṁ sammā sambuddhō..
He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,
... ...
End of Song lyrics.