Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Aesthetic sound as distraction from doctrine and meditation

aesthetic_sound_as_distraction_from_doctrine_and_meditation

A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) V, 2, 4- / 1 P h awaken & ti dantamayadisu yena kena^i (B.). / Y, 2, 6. ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHIKKHUS. / AULLAVAGGA.; lines 3176-3217 confidence: high

    The Blessed One lists five dangers of singing the Dhamma in that manner: captivation by sound, others’ captivation, laymen being shocked, disrupted meditation from striving after sound accuracy, and common people falling into heresy.

    The listed dangers focus on captivation by sound, shock to laypeople, broken meditation, and heresy.

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