Tag: compassion music

• The Delusion Chain

  

  A blues-folk confession about carrying the weight of our own minds. Starting in the darkness of recognition and moving toward the light of shared burden, this song traces the journey from isolation to acknowledgment—where simply naming what we carry begins to break its hold. Inspired by Chapter Twenty-Four of the Lotus Sūtra, “The Delusion Chain”…

  William Altig

  November 7, 2025

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• Cell Block Chant

  

  A blues anthem for anyone who’s ever felt broken beyond repair. This song tells the story of Maya Chen—a disbarred lawyer serving time for embezzlement—and Rosa, the older woman who taught her a simple Buddhist chant in their shared cell block. What starts as desperate skepticism becomes a practice of transformation: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Through gritty fingerpicked…

  William Altig

  October 12, 2025

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