Tag: buddhist blues

• Bodhi Tree Blues

  

  Bodhi Tree Blues is a slow-shuffle folk-blues hymn born from the Lotus Sūtra’s Chapter 17 promise of immediate awakening. A warm finger-picked guitar and mournful harmonica set the groove, while a gospel-style choir lifts the chorus like a sunrise. The song celebrates the truth that every breath and every step are sacred—each of us already…

  William Altig

  October 2, 2025

  Chapter 17, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  12/8 blues, Acoustic Guitar, awakening song, Blues Folk, Bodhi Tree, Bodhi Tree Blues, buddhist blues, Chapter 17, contemplative music, Dharmakaya, Ekāyana, Folk Blues, gospel choir, Harmonica, Immediate Enlightenment, Inherent Buddhahood, Lotus Sutra, maitreya ajita, meditative blues, Nonduality, One Vehicle, porch session, singer songwriter, slow shuffle, spiritual folk, Texas folk blues, William Altig Choir

• Joyful Display Blues

  

  Joyful Display Blues is a slow-burning, midnight-porch blues-folk song that turns ancient Lotus Sūtra insight into raw, human sound. Finger-picked guitar and a low harmonica drone carry lyrics about bodhisattvas rising from the earth, the Buddha’s cosmic display of light, and the vow to transform anger, isolation, and attachment into courage, compassion, and wisdom. Lantern-warm…

  William Altig

  September 28, 2025

  Chapter 21, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic blues, americana roots, Blues Folk, bodhisattva blues, buddhist blues, Cosmic Blues, Deep Listening, fingerpicked guitar, Lotus Sutra, meditative blues, mindful music, mystical folk, Nichiren inspiration, porch blues, slow blues groove, soulful harmonica, spiritual awakening, spiritual blues, transformation song, vow and joy

• The Buddha’s Eyes Blues

  

  Buddha’s Eyes Blues is a slow-rolling, rootsy folk-blues meditation on the heart of Chapter Ten of the Lotus Sūtra. With warm finger-picked guitar, mournful slide, and harmonica sighs, it honors the sutra’s call to make offerings of devotion and daily action. Each verse carries the listener down a dusty road of incense smoke and open…

  William Altig

  September 25, 2025

  Chapter 10, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic blues, Americana, awakening, Blues Folk, Buddha Nature, buddhist blues, devotional blues, dharma songs, equality and difference, fingerpicked guitar, Harmonica, Lotus Sutra, mindful music, Offerings, roots music, Slide Guitar, slow blues, soulful meditation, spiritual awakening, spiritual folk