Meditation and music with Brother Spirit (Phap Linh) during his two week quarantine in Plum Village. Watch live streams from the Plum Village monastery on https://PlumVillage.org and download the free Plum Village mindfulness app from https://plumvillage.app

The music is a new instrumental arrangement of the Plum Village chant “De La Vision Profonde” — which is a poetic translation by Thich Nhat Hanh, of a traditional classical Chinese invocation — see below for text in English and French.

You can find this chant and others, sung by the brothers and sisters of Plum Village on the album “Chanting as a River” available to download here: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thesistersandbrothersofplumvil

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Text in French:

De la vision profonde éclôt une fleur de grande éloquence.
Libre de toute affliction du monde,
Le Bodhisattva se tient majestueusement,
Sur les vagues de la naissance et la mort.
Sa grande compassion élimine toute maladie,
Même celles pensées incurables.

Sa lumière merveilleuse,
Balaie tout obstacle et danger.
Sa branche de saule une fois élevée,
Révèle des terres pures inombrables.
Sa fleur de lotus une fois épanouie,
Dévoile des miliers,
De centres de pratique.

Nous nous inclinons,
Nous voyons sa presence,
Ici et maintenant.
Nous lui offrons l’encens de nos coeurs.

Que le Bodhisattva nous embrasse,
De sa grande compassion.
Namovalokiteshvaraya
Namovalokiteshvaraya
Namovalokiteshvaraya

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Text in English:

From the depths of understanding a flower of great eloquence blooms.
The Bodhisattva stands majestically
Upon the waves of birth and death
Free from all afflictions
Her great compassion eliminates all sickness
Even that once thought of as incurable
Her wondrous light sweeps away all obstacles and dangers
Her willow branch once waved reveals countless Pure Lands
Her lotus flower blossoms a multitude of practice centres
We bow to her, we see her true presence in the here and now
We offer her the incense of hearts
May the Bodhisattva of deep listening
Embrace us all with great compassion
Namovalokiteshvaraya
Namovalokiteshvaraya
Namovalokiteshvaraya

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