Tag: sutra music

• The William Altig Choir: Blues Meets Buddhist Wisdom

  

  “Just to Cater to Your Whim” – The William Altig Choir Sometimes love looks like giving in. Sometimes compassion means meeting someone where they are, even when you know the path they’re walking won’t heal them. This song is about that impossible tightrope – when your heart can’t bear to see someone suffer, so you…

  William Altig

  November 10, 2025

  music

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• “One Word of Praise”

  

  What if everything you’ve been told about spiritual progress is backwards? This song came from reading an ancient Buddhist text—the Lotus Sutra—that completely flips our understanding of how transformation happens. We’re taught that meaningful change requires years of effort, countless hours of practice, immense sacrifice. Grind long enough and maybe, just maybe, you’ll get somewhere.…

  William Altig

  October 7, 2025

  Chapter 18, Chapter 2, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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