Evening chanting in the vihāra of Wat Champuh K'aek, 2006

Vatt Campuh K'aek

Evening chanting, Wat Champuh K'aek, Cambodia

Cambodian Pali Chant Excerpt (Homage To The Dhamma)

Pali chant in an modern style:
natthi me saraṇaṃ aññaṃ
buddho me saraṇaṃ varaṃ
etena saccavajjena
hotu me jayamaṅgalaṃ

natthi me saraṇaṃ aññaṃ
dhammo me saraṇaṃ varaṃ
etena saccavajjena
hotu me jayamaṅgalaṃ

natthi me saraṇaṃ aññaṃ
saṅgho me saraṇaṃ varaṃ
etena saccavajjena
hotu me jayamaṅgalaṃ

I Have No Other Refuge

A lecture/performance I gave at Berkeley Zen Center, 24 September 2010.

Dharma Song Lecture/Performance at Berkeley Zen Center

#1 Homage in Eight Verses (Khmer)

For Khmer and English versions and a short introduction , see http://stirringandstilling.org/s02.html

#2 Sarabhañña (English)

#1 Homage in Eight Verses (English)

#3 The Holy Three Marks (Khmer)

#4 Formations Fade Away (Khmer)

#6 The Ghost Cries Out in Remorse (Khmer)

#8 Asking for Mother's Forgiveness (Khmer)

#8 Asking for Mother's Forgiveness (English)

#11 Māyā's Guidance for Gotamī (Khmer)

#12 Divine Messengers (English)

#13 Defeat of Māra (Khmer)

#14 The Buddha's Last Words (Khmer)

#15 Paṭiyoga (Khmer)

#2 Sarabhañña (Khmer)

#3 The Holy Three Marks (English)

#4 Formations Fade Away (English)

Dedication to Prum Ut (English)

#16 Lotus Flower Offering (Khmer)

Stirring and Stilling

Dedication to Prum Ut (Khmer)

#7 Orphan's Lament (English)

#10 Lullaby (English)

#6 The Ghost Cries Out in Remorse (English)

#10 Lullaby (Khmer)

#12 Divine Messengers (Khmer)

#7 Orphan's Lament (Khmer)

Interview with ABC Radio Australia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 2014. Link: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/khmer/radio/onairhighlights/1351646

Trent Walker, interview with ABC Radio Australia

Trent Walker - How Sophea Lost Her Sight

Public lecture at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 February, 2020. This talk was the basis for the following article: Trent Walker,  “A Chant Has Nine Lives: The Circulation of Theravada Liturgies in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.” Journal of Vietnamese Studies 15.3 (Summer 2020), 36–78. Visit www.trentwalker.org/publications for links.

Invitation to Preach the Dharma: A Chant’s Nine Lives in Southeast Asia

A highly abridged version of Khmer and Pali funerary prayers, along with English translation, for use in online memorial services.

Khmer and Pali Prayers for the Departed

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford University. I write about Southeast Asian music and manuscripts.

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