Composer: Yu Yat Yiu

Lyrics Arrangers: Cedric Chan, David Yeung, Zachary Pink Yung

Vocal: Heilam Tsui

Piano: Edgar Hung

Tongue Drum: Ho Yi-on

Ruan: Mavis Lam

In one single thought
In all places
Looking over all
Mind and its nature are One

All sentient beings
Expounding all truths
Comprehending all
Like one single drop of the ocean

In one single hair pore
Cut off all evil
Skilful engagement with all
Like one and only earth

One sun, one moon above four continents
Attain all wisdom
All in the ten directions
Many is one

Mind indestructible as diamond
All-pervading mind, devoted and understanding
Ocean-like mind of sentient beings
Abandon the mind of rivalry

Mind does not regress
Command the mind for rightful action
Guided by a joyful mind
Skilful use of one’s mind

Mind always joyful and content
A compassionate mind builds connection
A jewel-like pure mind
Give rise to the bodhi mind

Mind’s multitude of mental formations
A pure mind gives relief to others
Actions of body, speech and mind
Immensely joyful mind

One‧Mine‧No‧Sound

Concert music includes:

One‧Mind,

No‧Sound,

Minds as Skilful Painter,

Song of Meditation,

The Ten Directions Are But One Thought,

Hua-yen Buddhaverse in Naamyam

Writer: Yeung Kin-ping

Vocal: Yeung Kin-ping

Qin Qin: Ng Bai-shen

Xiao: Fung Kai-sze

Welcome to all gathering here, let’s open our mind to some Buddhist philosophies, and tune our ears to listen in mindfulness.

May you all relax in a peaceful undefiled mind.

Enjoying the pleasure of music,

May you immerse yourself in the Hua-yen serenity.

Quiet your mind, let go thoughts and emotions,

And think not of honour or disgrace.

Closely follow the light and enter the immense, righteous and all-pervading Hua-yen Buddhaverse.

The Hua-yen Buddhaverse is vast and boundless.

Shining all-pervading brilliance to reveal the thousand-petal lotus.

What is written in the Hua-yen Sutra?

It recorded the teachings of Shakyamuni unfolding Buddhist philosophy.

He had just attained ultimate enlightenment through perfect understanding of Emptiness and Form,

From all directions Bodhisattvas came instantly to pay homage to him.

Shakyamuni, appearing in the form of luminous lights,

Gorgeous and colourful, lighting up the entire sky.

Emanating from the luminosity, wondrous teachings are manifested,

Not a single word is used to impart the teachings.

Buddhist philosophy may seem too abstruse, like ephemeral mist hard to grasp,

One phrase can actually sum it all up, which is Causes and Conditions.

Everything is tied to Causes and Conditions, and their consequences,

Regardless of human beings or the Buddhas; Heaven or Earth.

If no colourful butterflies flutter their wings,

How can we find bright red and purple blossoms all over the spring fields;

If living beings have no blazing desire to exist,

Rare is their chance to be born in the worldly realms with flesh and blood jointly given by a father and a mother;

If there are no sentient beings calling for help to free themselves,

Even in the infinite Hua-yen Buddhaverse, the Buddha will not be found.

By the bridge you gaze at its arch basking in the new moon,

From upstairs you’re seen basking in the wind,

Deep into the moonlit night through roll-up curtains shines the moon,

A dream encounter among flowers under the moonlight.

All beings and things affect each other,

Following the law of the four states of phenomena: Formation, Existence, Destruction and Emptiness.

Everything is created by a complex of conditions,

Whether sad or happy; rich or poor.

Hence all living beings have no intrinsically fixed nature.

The concepts of “You, Me, Him” all point to Emptiness.

If one’s attachment to the concept of Ego is relinquished,

The mind will open up and become “Righteous and All-pervading”, never again letting darkness and ignorance prevail.

Alan Pang

Voice Over: Thích Nhất Hạnh

Composer: Yu Yat Yiu

Lyrics Arrangers: Cedric Chan, David Yeung, Zachary Pink Yung

Vocal: Jeffero Chan, Sobi So

Piano: Edgar

Cajon, Tambourine: Ho Yi-on

Ruan: Mavis Lam

No form is form

Sound as inherent basis

Enter into non-arising wisdom

One sound for skillful delivery of teachings

Sound has no form

Skillful sounds and voice

Neither being nor non-being

Dharani, the sound of concentration

No form is form

Sound as inherent basis

Enter into non-arising wisdom

One sound for skillful delivery of teachings

Sound has no form

Skillful sounds and voices

Neither being nor non-being

Dharani, the sound of concentration

No existence of intervals

Equal with no disparity

Sound and rhythm in harmony

Universal sound illuminating everywhere

Delights with no obstructions

Master the knowledge of sounds and voices

Being as well as non-being             Inconceivable sound

Non-attachment is freedom

Form unsurpassable aspirations

Sounds rumbling as earthshaking thunder

Sounds of chiming bells

Topknot unruffled, eyes undisturbed

Existence and non-existence

Formation, disintegration of the nature of sound

Infinite light as a vehicle for sound

Non-measurable virtues

Sounds without hindrance

Forever with no mental defilements

Universal sound spreading teachings far and wide

See a road with no dust

Pure sound

No existence and no non-existence

Sound of psychophysical freedom

Non-measurable virtues

Sounds without hindrance

Forever with no mental defilements

Universal sound spreading teachings far and wide

See a road with no dust

Pure sound

No existence and no non-existence

Sound of psychophysical freedom

ONE‧MIND‧NO‧SOUND

NO‧SOUND‧ONE‧MIND

Composer: Chinese Folk Melody

Lyricist: The Verses of Juelin

Bodhisattva, Hua Yen Sutra

Arranger: Yu Yat Yiu

Vocal: Sobi So

Piano: Edgar Hung

Vibraphone: Ho Yi-on

Pipa: Mavis Lam

Sheng: Alan Pang

Dizi: Cheng Shing-tai

It’s like a painter spreading the various colours.

Delusion grasps different forms but the elements have no distinctions.

In the elements there’s no form, and no form in the elements.

And yet apart from the elements no form can be found.

In the mind there is no painting, in painting there is no mind.

Yet not apart from mind is any painting to be found.

That mind never stops, manifesting all forms,

Countless, inconceivably many, unknown to one another.

Just as a painter who doesn’t know his own mind,

Yet paints due to the mind, so is the nature of all things.

Mind is like an artist, able to paint the worlds.

The five clusters all are born thence; there’s nothing it doesn’t make.

As is the mind, so is the Buddha; As the Buddha, so living beings:

Know that Buddha and mind are in essence inexhaustible.

If people know the actions of mind create all the worlds,

They will see the Buddha and understand Buddha’s true nature.

Mind does not stay in the body, nor body stay in the mind:

Yet it’s able to perform Buddha-work freely, without precedent.

If people want to really know all Buddhas of all three periods of time,

They should contemplate the nature of the cosmos: All is but mental construction.

of them, plenty of it.

Piano: Edgar

Vibraphone, Bass Drum, Tubular Bells, Crotales: Ho Yi-on

Pipa: Mavis Lam

Sheng: Alan Pang

Dizi, Gong, Resting Bell: Cheng Shing-tai

Mavis Lam

Voice Over: Thích Nhất Hạnh

Writer: Yeung Kin-ping

Vocal: Yeung Kin-ping

Qin Qin: Ng Bai-shen

Xiao: Fung Kai-sze

Life is like a piece of bare paper on which the mind can paint its world.

In one colourful stroke, multiple worlds immersed deep and wide.

You may catch the crescent moon resting in the calmness of the sky with light-toned strokes;

Draw some flowers exuding delicate fragrances, and the moonlight casting shadows of the flowers;

Depict some tragic stories about loyal lovers, bringing tears to many;

Sketch a deserted room under the cold moonlight.

Objects drawn can appear in different forms, but the paper remains the paper itself,

Yet if the paper is not there, traces of brush strokes cannot remain.

In the elements there is no form; and in forms there is no element;

In the mind there is no painting; in painting there is no mind.

No elements then no forms, no mind thus no painting,

Hence everything is created by the mind, and with it follows the five skandhas.

When the mind is full of kind thoughts, actions are also kind,

The selfless wish to benefit the world with compassion grows strong,

Looking up, one only sees luminous lights,

And the world is manifested as a precious lotus.

If the mind is always full of dark thoughts, the deeds are also dark,

Dark reckless deeds lead steadily to decay and disintegration,

Looking up, one only finds burnt embers,

And a world ablaze with flames of destruction.

Intrinsically no unchanging self-entity exists in the world, only our mind creates the world and our place in it,

Simply one action one thought can cause waves surging in ten directions.

Bodhi and mirror, both are illusory,

To reach the state of Buddhahood, one need not see through the Buddha,

Need not go through tens of thousands of volumes of scriptures,

Need not be an ascetic, or tirelessly chanting mantras and scriptures.

Just taste simplicity and tranquility with a restful mind,

Take a penetrating view to see how a mountain is a mountain, and concurrently not a mountain,

Be mindful of our own mind and its thoughts, in the morning and evening,

Cradle a compassionate mind, and let it guide us across the mundanity of life.

Desperate yearning for enlightenment misguides practitioners into the trap of blind obsession,

The practice of non-practice nurtures a committed mind.

With unassuming diligence, myriads of difficulties are overcome,

At last one day when the cloud and mist dissipate,

The magnificent realm of the Hua-yen Buddhaverse can be seen, so stunning, so luminous in its richness of all colours.

Ban, Bangu: Ho Yi-on

Chanting (Recording): Sik Guo Ding, Sik Yue He

Cheng Shing-tai

Voice Over: Thích Nhất Hạnh

Composer: Eman Lam

Lyricist: Venerable Sik Hin Hung, Eman Lam

Arranger: Yu Yat Yiu

Vocal: Heilam Tsui

Piano: Edgar Hung

Vibraphone: Ho Yi-on

Pipa: Mavis Lam

Sheng: Alan Pang

Dongxiao, Tubular Bells: Cheng Shing-tai

Sights of mountains recall the unwavering loftiness of the beginner’s mind

Sounds of wind echo the compassionate vow seeded deeply within

Dazzling sun brings to light the zealous and tender mind of compassion and wisdom

Sounds of water as if calling forth the Buddha-nature of all beings

May heaven and earth be filled with sounds of Dharma like Pure Land

With music playing, let’s walk the path of awakening

Sights of mountains recall flowers blossoming and falling; flowers that are not really flower

Sounds of wind as if calling forth the whisper of Emptiness

Dazzling sun reveals sea breeze and spray devoid of coming and going

Sounds of water whisper through the mundane world

May heaven and earth be filled with sounds of Dharma like Pure Land

With music playing, let’s walk the path of awakening

HA AH… HA AH…

Sights of mountains show them resting unwaveringly

Sounds of wind echo the mind of primordial peace and ease

Dazzling sun shines on the inner mirror-like wisdom, pure and undefiled

Sounds of water as if calling forth this song of meditation

May the mind and its thoughts open up like a thousand-petalled lotus

With singing, let’s enjoy a good laugh over the illusory life and the world of mortals

Piano: Edgar Hung

Vibraphone: Ho Yi-on

Pipa: Mavis Lam

Sheng: Alan Pang

Dizi: Cheng Shing-tai

Composer & Arranger: Yu Yat Yiu

Lyricist: Lin Xi

Vocal: Jeffero Chan

Piano: Edgar Hung

Vibraphone: Ho Yi-on

Pipa, Crotales: Mavis Lam

Sheng: Alan Pang

Dongxiao, Gong: Cheng Shing-tai

The ten directions are but just one thought

Darkness and light

Adorn like paintings, so that the eye can see

Only the mind can create

Joy and resentment, gloom and brightness

All the way up to ultimate peace

The thousand petals of lotus flowers

Carpet the path of life

So that dirt will not even tarnish the shadow

Without obstruction and without dust

Be enlightened with the heart of compassion

Formation and continuance will eventually

Lead to deterioration and annihilation

Only karma will be left

To testify what had happened

Comprehension of the body

The mind and the circumstances

Has not yet been accomplished

By countless sentient beings

Be it Buddha nature or human nature

All will be befittingly delivered

From their moans and groans

Where there is the Buddha

There is the Sūtra

From nowhere

There is also the Sūtra

The fruit of Bodhi

Was planted by a human

To deliver this chaotic world

To the land of the Buddha

The immense, righteous and

All-pervading Buddha illuminates universally

While meditating on a grain of sand

Without attaching to the physical body and

Seeing that shapes and forms are but empty names

Names, one will be able to end destiny

Millions of spacious sky towers

Songs, dances and being merry

Humankind gets attached

To these illusory props

When clouds accumulate, they become rain

Rain will then illusively turn into snow

And forget its shape

Formation and continuance will eventually

Lead to deterioration and annihilation

Only karma will be left

To testify what had happened

Comprehension of the body

The mind and the circumstances

Has not yet been accomplished

By countless sentient beings

Be it Buddha nature or human nature

All will be befittingly delivered

From their moans and groans

Where there is the Buddha

There is the Sūtra

From nowhere

There is also the Sūtra

The fruit of Bodhi

Was planted by a human

To deliver this chaotic world

To the land of the Buddha

The flower of Bodhi

Will be gathered by a human

While attaining the nature of non-arising

And dwelling in the land of true freedom

The Hua-yen Sūtra has various titles namely Flower Adornment Sutra, Dafangguang fo huayan jing (Pinyin), and AvataMsaka Sūtra (Sanskrit). It is an important Buddhist scripture that narrates the relationship between the mind and the world. The vision expressed in the Hua-yen Sūtra is the foundation upon which the Huayan School of Buddhism in China based their teachings. Believed to be the first Dharma teaching by the Buddha after his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the Hua-yen Sūtra reveals the inconceivable and infinite worlds of the Buddha, the profound realisation of Dependent Origination, the transformation from mundane to saintly experiences, the various practicing stages of the Bodhisattva path en route to the attainment of Buddhahood. The Sūtra is a Dharma teaching delivered not through the media of languages, sounds of voices. Instead, the Buddha conducted the teaching using the symbol of lights. The lights radiated from his entire body inspired the bodhisattvas, gods and deities who attended the Dharma talk. Then it was elaborated and interpreted by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva via the various media of languages, writings, icons and images.