Buddhist Music, Chanting & Podcast

Listen to and experience Buddhist chanting, music,
and short stories on wisdom and mindfulness.

Audio & Podcast

Listen to and experience Buddhist chanting. Enjoy the short stories on wisdom and mindfulness.

Buddha-Dharma: Pure and Simple Audiobook

This first installment contains 52 articles on the topics of faith and doctrine, laying the foundation for readers to learn and practice in the Buddha’s footsteps. Moreover, it also serves as an inspiration for practitioners to strive for buddhahood and believe that “I am a buddha.”

Bodhi Light Tales

Bodhi Light Tales is a podcast series about short stories on wisdom and mindfulness. Hosted by Venerable Miao Guang, the stories are based on Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s works and edited by FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism, Center of International Affairs.

365 Days Wisdom

Daily reading of “365 days traveler” book which is compiled by venerable master Hsing Yun. Wisdom & philosophy from Classical Chinese literary & Buddhism learnings, both in Chinese & English.

HBC Podcast

The Humanistic Buddhism Centre (HBC) is committed to the research and development of Humanistic Buddhism as well as community engagement. The Centre identifies and undertakes innovative projects that contribute to the scholarly and teaching communities. This podcast collection houses resources on Humanistic Buddhism that will be useful to students, educators and informed Buddhists.

FGS English Dharma Services

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, most FGS cultivation Dharma services have been moved online. This is the first online English Dharma service, with 20 minutes of English Buddhist chanting, followed by a 20-minute Dharma talk by a weekly Dharma speaker.

Buddhist Music

Music sees no boundaries, and good songs make no one lonely.

FGS Buddhist Music Productions

In the past, Buddhist music was handed down by word of mouth, now with science and technology developing at a tremendous pace, the publication of various cassette tapes, CDs and digital media has brought Buddhist music to the public, gaining popularity all over the world.

FGS Buddhist Choir – Tours & Performance

The Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Choir has recently performed internationally. It toured eleven countries in Europe during 1999 and Australia during 2000. This was the beginning of a new chapter in Buddhist music history. 

Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Choir

Under the leadership of Master Hsing Yun, the youth choir followed him whenever he toured to spread the Dharma. Later songs by the choir group were broadcast by the Taipei Chinese Broadcasting Company. It was indeed an historic era for Buddhist music to be broadcast across the airwaves.

Prince Siddhartha the Musical

The Musical tells the story of a prince named Siddhartha who was born 2,600 years ago in an ancient India city known as Kapilavastu. At birth, a seer prophesied that Siddhartha would either be a skilled leader like his father or a great spiritual teacher. Upon hearing this, King Suddhodana did everything in his power to ensure the kingship of his son.

Sounds of the Human World

Sixty-four years ago Venerable Master Hsing Yun arrived in Ilan to propagate the Dharma. In that conservative, orthodox and traditional community, in order to attract youth to study Buddhism, he used modern songs as a bridge to form a Youth Choir.