Evening Chant (Canto de la Tarde)

The Evening Chant is sung at the beginning of the evening sitting meditation session. In the Plum Village monasteries the Evening Chant is most often sung in English, Vietnamese or French, but sometimes also in other languages, like here by Brother Duc Tri in Spanish.

Below you find the original Spanish text and the English translation.

Spanish text:

´Postura erguida y estable

Sentados

al pie

del árbol Bodhi

Cuerpo, palabra y mente

siendo uno

en paz

Ya no hay más conceptos,

ni del bien, ni del mal

Cuerpo y mente están

en recta atención

Redescubrimos

nuestra naturaleza

autentica

Aclarando toda confusión

Noble Sangha, con diligencia

practiquemos la meditación.

Namo Shakyamunaye Buddhaya

Namo Shakyamunaye Buddhaya

Namo Shakyamunaye Buddhaya´

English version (Plum Village):

With posture upright and solid,

We are seated at the foot of the Bodhi tree.

Body, speech, and mind are one in stillness;

There is no more thought of right and wrong.

Our mind and body dwell in perfect mindfulness.

We rediscover our original nature,

leaving the shore of illusion behind.

Noble Sangha, diligently bring our minds into meditation.

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➛ Recorded (October 2022) in Deer Park Monastery, California, USA

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