Tag: devotional folk

• The Sound Beyond Words 

  

  (A Folk Blues for the Lotus Path) Sometimes the deepest truths can’t be explained—they have to be sung. This folk blues track takes ancient Buddhist wisdom from the Lotus Sutra and translates it into American roots music. It’s about that moment when thinking stops and something deeper takes over. When the sound itself becomes the…

  William Altig

  October 6, 2025

  Chapter 2, Chapter 26, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• Two Roads of Faith

  

  By William Altig “Two Roads of Faith” is a folk-blues meditation on devotion, courage, and the cost of truth. Inspired by the contrast between the Roman Centurion of the Gospels and Lord Ueno, a votary of the Lotus Sutra, this track explores two radically different paths of belief—one grounded in trust without proof, the other…

  William Altig

  April 16, 2025

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  Bodhisattva Path, Buddhist themes, courage and belief, devotional folk, Dharma music, faith under fire, Folk Blues, gospel blues, historical contrast, Lord Ueno, Lotus Sutra, mystical lyrics, Nichiren-inspired, Poetic Lyrics, Roman Centurion, samurai spirit, slow-burning blues, soulful male vocals, spiritual blues, storytelling song

• Two Roads of Faith

  

  By William Altig “Two Roads of Faith” is a folk-blues meditation on devotion, courage, and the cost of truth. Inspired by the contrast between the Roman Centurion of the Gospels and Lord Ueno, a votary of the Lotus Sutra, this track explores two radically different paths of belief—one grounded in trust without proof, the other…

  William Altig

  April 13, 2025

  music

  Bodhisattva Path, Buddhist themes, courage and belief, devotional folk, Dharma music, faith under fire, Folk Blues, gospel blues, historical contrast, Lord Ueno, Lotus Sutra, mystical lyrics, Nichiren-inspired, Poetic Lyrics, Roman Centurion, samurai spirit, slow-burning blues, soulful male vocals, spiritual blues, storytelling song