Benefits of Music
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Rinpoche mentioned the following benefits of making music.
Music can bring so much joy and happiness to people, especially if it’s performed with a good motivation. Also, if one is able to play purely to bring joy to others then one becomes less attached to music being “my music.” In that way, you don’t break vows or create negative karma. Also, you can visualize when you play music that you are offering clouds of music to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions who are in essence your own root guru. In this way, you not only bring the music of bodhicitta to all the listeners, through your good motivation, but you also create vast amounts of merit by offering to your guru, who is in essence all of the buddhas.