“For me, being a female is never a ‘gender issue’, but a unique inner quality, a precious Gift in which all of us can discover our Inner Grace and sacred feminity.Hence on this special day, and in each and every sacred nowness of this Present Moment Awareness,Let us love without conditions.Endure and strive without any …
”I remember first listening to the magical Imee Ooi over the speakers of a souvenir shop at Ngong Ping Village, which leads to the famous Po Lin Monastery in Hong Kong. It was 2010. Her songs, which are contemporary renditions of Buddhist dharanis, mantras, and passages from Buddhist texts, evoke aural Pure Lands. Her ethereal, …
Read more ““Seven Line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava” – A Milestone Translation and Song”
In 1997, Imee Ooi switched her focus entirely to Buddhist music. From there, she went on to release over 54 albums since 1999, and work on six major “Broadway” scale musicals including Siddhartha (1999), Above Full Moon (2004) and KITA (2010).The devout Buddhist has established her own genre, spreading the sounds of Dharma through sutras, mantras, and free compositions that appear …