Category: music
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Faith Alone
A raw, heartfelt fusion of folk-blues soul and modern trap rhythm. Faith Alone tells the story of a weary seeker who learns that belief itself — simple, steady, and human — is enough to carry us home. Fingerpicked acoustic guitar and slide licks meet 808s, brushed snares, and gospel harmonies. The result is a prayer…
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Already Home
A slow blues ballad about the moment everything changes. I spent so long trying to earn my way, step by step, brick by brick—keeping score, watching the clock run down, wondering if I’d ever be good enough. Then one single moment of grace broke through, and I realized: I don’t have to keep trying anymore.…
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Cool and Refreshed
“Cool and Refreshed” – A Spiritual Blues-Gospel Duet A powerful testimony of transformation told through male and female voices. “Cool and Refreshed” weaves Buddhist wisdom into the American blues-gospel tradition, exploring the journey from spiritual burden to liberation. Walking heavy with the weight of the past, two souls discover that their true nature is pure—not…
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The Same Moon
A late-night story told on a worn-out porch, “The Same Moon” is a bluesy folk parable about an old teacher and a young student. It explores the timeless Zen wisdom of the “finger pointing at the moon”—the idea that teachings and scriptures are only signposts, not the destination itself. Driven by a fingerpicked acoustic guitar…
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The Sweet Illusion
A raw, acoustic song. This is a song about being stuck in a prison of your own making, calling the “poison water ‘sweet, good wine.’” It’s for anyone who’s been so lost for so long, they’ve “forgotten what goodness even feels like.” It’s about the paradox of grace: the moment a guide offers you a…
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Good Seed
“Good Seed” is a patient, grounding folk-blues meditation on the wisdom of tending life like a garden. With fingerpicked acoustic guitar, warm harmonica, and call-and-response vocals, this song explores what it means to plant good seeds, give freely without demanding results, and learn from the spaces where nothing grows. Drawing on timeless gardening wisdom and…
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Faith Call, Insight Answers
“Faith Calls, Insight Answers” is a Delta Dharma Blues song about the inner dialogue between faith and understanding — a call-and-response between the heart that believes and the mind that sees. Carried by slide guitar, handclaps, and a voice worn smooth by the road, this track brings the Eightfold Path down to earth. It’s not…
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Poison Into Medicine
“Poison Into Medicine” is a bluesy folk anthem about finding strength in struggle and transforming life’s hardships into wisdom. Inspired by the Buddhist teacher Nichiren’s teachings, this song weaves ancient philosophy with raw, soulful blues to remind us that our greatest challenges can become our greatest teachers. Like the lotus that blooms from muddy water,…
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Firewood and Flame
From the heart of the struggle comes a song of profound hope. “Firewood and Flame” is a raw, bluesy folk anthem for anyone who has ever felt weighed down by their own imperfections. With a sound that feels like it was born on a dusty porch at twilight, this track weaves a timeless story of…
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The Open Gate
Inspired by a timeless spiritual paradox, “The Open Gate” is a blues-folk story that suggests the most profound truth isn’t hidden away for the chosen few—it’s accessible to everyone. Using the ancient parable of a loving father saving his children from a burning house, the song explores the idea that the greatest wisdom doesn’t require…
Mr. Altig’s Overview of the Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Sutra 