Tag: Medicine King

• 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

  accessible Buddhism, acoustic blues, acoustic storytelling, alternative spirituality, American Buddhism, Americana spirituality, awakening songs, blues meditation, bridge songs, buddhist folk, buddhist music, chanting song, Conscious Music, contemplative folk, contemporary Buddhist music, daimoku, devotional folk, Dharma blues, dharma folk, Dylan-esque, enlightenment blues, fingerstyle blues, Folk Blues, folk philosophy, folk wisdom, grassroots spirituality, harmonica blues, indie folk, interfaith music, Lotus Sutra, mantra music, Medicine King, meditation music, mindfulness music, Namu Myoho Renge Kyo, non-dual music, philosophical folk, porch music, practice songs, roots music, sacred sound, Skillful Means, sound healing, spiritual folk, Spiritual Music, spiritual roots, storytelling blues, teaching songs, Transcendence, transformation music, Upaya, vibrational music, wisdom tradition, world folk fusion

• The Fearless Vow Blues

  

  The Fearless Vow Blues is a folk-blues retelling of Chapter 13 of the Lotus Sūtra, where Medicine King and countless Bodhisattvas step forward to promise the Buddha they will spread the Dharma fearlessly, even in an age of corruption and hostility. With acoustic guitar, harmonica, and gospel-tinged rhythms, the song walks through the vow, the…

  William Altig

  October 5, 2025

  Chapter 13, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic blues, Ancient Wisdom, Blues Folk, Bodhisattvas of the Earth, buddhist blues, Cosmic Blues, Dharma blues, fearless song, Fearless Vow, folk storytelling, gospel blues, gospel folk, Lotus Sutra, Medicine King, mystical folk, protest folk, spiritual blues, timeless dharma, vow of devotion, vow song

• 4 Shocking Lessons on Conviction from the Lotus Sutra

  

  Introduction: More Than Just a Promise We’ve all made promises. Some are small, but others are profound vows that shape the course of our lives—a commitment to a person, a cause, or a belief. We tend to think of conviction as a straightforward matter of sincerity and willpower. If you believe strongly enough and are…

  William Altig

  October 5, 2025

  Chapter 13, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  Abhaya, Abhaya Mudra, arhats, Arrogant false sages, Arrogant lay people, Arrogant priests, Bhaiṣajyarāja, Bhikshunis, Bodhisattvas, Bodhisattvas of the Earth, Buddha’s extinction, Chapter 13, Chapter 15 (Emerging from the Earth), Delegated authority, ekayāna (one vehicle), Encouraging Devotion (Kan Ji), Essential Teaching (Honmon), Evil Age, Fearless Vow, Great Delight in Speaking, Karmic Purification, Kṣānti, kosen-rufu, Latter Day of the Law, Lotus Sūtra, Mahāprajāpatī, Mahāpratibhāna, Mappō, Medicine King, Miao-lo, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Daishonin, Not sparing bodies and lives, perseverance, Predictions of Buddhahood (vyākaraṇa), Propagation of the Dharma, Saha world, Spiritual conflict, Superficial Connection, Theoretical Teaching (Shakumon), Three Powerful Enemies, Tiantai Buddhism, Votary of the Lotus Sūtra, Wonderful Dharma, Yaśodharā, Zhiyi, Śākyamuni Buddha