Buddhist Gong
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Tibetan Singing Bowl List Price: $16.50 Sale Price: $11.97  |
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The sound of the Tibetan singing bowl is known for its healing properties and its ability to induce states of deep meditative absorption. This cd features two recordings. In track one, a single bowl is struck softly and regularly , providing a slow and steady rhythm for deep meditation... |
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Tibetan Meditation Music List Price: $17.98 Sale Price: $11.47 |
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A lot of artists evoke the spirit of Tibet, but Nawang Khechog is actually a former Tibetan monk, who took off the robes and took up the flute to travel the world 20 years ago. His albums are usually slotted in the New Age and meditation genres, and certainly his packaging and imagery inspire that... |
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Buddhist Drums, Bells and Chants List Price: $16.99 Sale Price: $10.27 |
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Buddhist Drums, Bells & Chants is one-of-a-kind. Buddhist Drums, Bells & Chants is self-descriptive and was born out of the real thing! Kyoto, the ancient hub of the Buddhist religion, resounds with the music of the bells of its five main temples... |
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Zen Buddhism: In Search of Self List Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $13.95 |
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Following a tradition dating back over 1000 years two dozen Buddhist nuns gather for a ninety day period of meditation fasting and contemplation deep in the mountains of South Korea. With the singular goal of attaining enlightenment the women undertake a rigorous schedule of meditation at one point sitting for seven days without sleep... |
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The Shaolin Workout: 28 Days to Transforming Your Body and Soul the Warrior's Way List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $16.03 |
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Qigong Empowerment: A Guide to Medical, Taoist, Buddhist and Wushu Energy Cultivation List Price: $34.95 Sale Price: $29.02 |
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Qigong Empowerment is the most unique and complete volume ever written in the English language on qigong (Chi Kung). This volume can be used for attaining better health, for healing, for gaining extraordinary power, and for spiritual development... |
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The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu: The Secrets of Kung Fu for Self-Defense, Health, and Enlightenment (Tuttle Martial Arts) List Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $11.33 |
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This unique book offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to kung fu and all the other aspects of Shaolin wisdom. An inspirational read, it shows how kung fu and other Shaolin arts can bring you health, vitality, and spiritual joy... |
How Wind Chimes Make Noise
There are several different types of wind chimes that make noise in different ways. All wind chimes are percussion instruments. That means the noise is created when a hammer or clapper strikes another part of the wind chime and causes the air around it to resonate. Different materials and arrangements produce different tones.
Some wind chimes are collections of small bells. Each bell has a clapper, and as the wind moves the bell, the clapper hits it and the bell rings. Each bell produces a single tone. Japanese wind bells and a Buddhist sixteen bell chime are examples of this type of wind chime.
Some wind chimes are more like a gong, where a hammer strikes one or more flat or curved circular plates. They fill the air with the resonating sound of a gong. An example is a Japanese Emperor gong.
Another type of wind chime is made of suspended objects that strike one another when the wind moves them. These chimes may not make music; they may have a more percussive noise. These chimes are easy to make out of common household items, such as nuts and bolts or knives and spoons.
The most common type of wind chime is made of hollow tubes or solid rods which are struck by a solid clapper. These chimes are often tuned to produce specific sounds that are pleasing to the ear.
Sometimes, such as with pagoda wind chimes, tubular chimes are combined with bells. This gives a combination of the tinkling sound of bells and the chime of rods.
No matter what kind of wind chime you are talking about, the wind is what initiates the noise. If the air is still, the wind chime doesn't make any noise.
The wind creates the amount of noise a wind chime makes. A gentle breeze might produce a gentle tinkling sound, whereas a howling wind could produce a vigorous clanging. Some wind chimes will give different sounds when the wind blows from different directions.
Whether a wind chime is made of bells, gongs, tuned rods or household junk, the noise it makes is produced when the wind blows through it, causing one part to strike against another and causing the air to resonate.
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