The song "Do ta khong do nang" is a traditional style song that is currently very hot and famous in China and Vietnam. The author of the song, named Co Doc Thi Nhan, used to live in a temple and practice as a layman at Shaolin Temple. He wrote many songs in the traditional style, including "Do ta khong do nang" in the album released in January 2019. The author himself confirmed that the song has nothing to do with the story of a Princess and a young monk who fell in love but their fate did not work out, so the Princess committed suicide, leaving behind resentment and pity for the young monk. He confided that he was inspired to compose this song, and then the story of the Princess was staged accordingly. There are many lyrics translated into Vietnamese, but currently the translation by Tuyen Chinh is known to everyone and covered by many singers. Tuyen Chinh is Vietnamese, currently working and living in Beijing. He is also the one who has worked hard to translate many Chinese songs into Vietnamese, but the song "Do ta khong do nang" is known to many people.
- The importance of music
As we know, music is indispensable in daily life. It is not only a form of entertainment but also contains and reflects the culture and lifestyle of that country. It plays an important role in religious ceremonies as well as folk culture. Because music has such a huge role, the ancients used it to rule people. As the famous saying of Confucius: "The Saint rules the world, restrains them with rituals and music".
Meaning: the Saint rules the world, restrains them with rituals and music. Rites are the way the king can use to govern the country, at that time there is no need for harsh laws, the world will naturally be at peace, while Music is what consolidates and helps Rites become complete and full. The ancients believed that when people run after material things and desires, they will lose their nature, then greed, cruelty and desire... will form, only rituals and music can refine and bring people into a framework to move towards beauty, perfection.
Looking back at our society today, morality is declining, social evils are too complicated, cultural behavior is no longer... that is also a part of the collapse of rituals and music. When society indulges in taste, many complicated problems will occur, in which, the most dangerous is the loss of "humanity". Moral examples, good deeds, kind deeds are not cared for and accepted by anyone, but useless things, things that are too absurd, are promoted and believed by young people. Typically on YouTube, recently appeared a guy named Kha Banh, with clips revolving around trivial and violent issues, but he has 1.5 million followers. How sad for the souls of today's youth! Society no longer has standards to guide people to the path of goodness, so it is not strange that sad, negative, resentful music songs like "Do ta khong do nang" appear and are widely accepted.
- Content of the song
The message of the song "Do ta khong do nang" sends to listeners resentment, hatred, love and lust... completely contrary to Buddhist ideology. Buddha taught that if you want to escape life and death, the first thing is to give up lust, if you do not give up lust, then practicing is useless like trying to cook sand into rice. The young monk himself did not understand that, so he blamed Buddha for not saving him. In reality, there is no such Bhikkhu, because all monks understand that "Buddha's power is infinite, Buddha's wisdom is boundless, but he cannot save those without affinity." The message of Buddha is that he is the one who has awakened and shows that path, that route for those who want to escape suffering and reach peace and liberation, and whether sentient beings go or not is up to them.
The content is tragic, but the rhythm is remixed, so it is quite easy for the public to accept. The lyrics have hit the worldly psychology full of love of ordinary people. It originated from China, a Buddhist country but has dragged the monks down to the level of their mortal hearts. Besides Co Doc Thi Nhan, there are also authors like Bach Lac Mai... who wrote famous works such as "quiet years, peaceful life" "meeting the deepest place of the mortal world"... with a negative tendency to a sophisticated level. The writing style makes the reader feel very well, explains Buddhism very skillfully but directs people to pessimism of the world. I think that is the way to take advantage of literature, take advantage of music to rule people. All of this is due to the atheistic doctrine that has influenced the thinking of the Chinese and Vietnamese people too deeply. That doctrine destroys the heritage of thousands of years of history to pursue the unrealistic, so that today a whole society is complicated to the point of red alert. The ideological system has collapsed and instead praises useless things to the point of "forever", then there will be many more perverse songs than "Do ta khong do nang" appearing, which is normal.
- Some thoughts
What is worth mentioning here is the This popular music has killed the souls of the youth, brainwashing listeners like a death row inmate, before injecting poison, they must inject anesthesia. The content of the song gives listeners a very bad view of Vietnamese Buddhist monks. It means that people no longer know how many good and quintessential things of Buddhism, we all know that learning bad things is very fast but learning good things is so difficult! In every era, there are Holy Monks and Ordinary Monks, there are many true practitioners, why do we have to bring out images of monks with worldly thoughts and sow them in people's awareness, creating a mentality of "sweeping everyone with the same brush" in listeners, is that the purpose of some people who want to sabotage Buddhism? Emotions are something that everyone has, but love in Buddhism, if there is enough Wisdom, both the lover and the loved one will be happy, but love that is interwoven with too much response from the other person, that love is always possessive and of course will bring many consequences and sorrow. That is also the love of the infatuated! In addition, how many contributions, how many examples of selflessness for the sake of the Dharma of the Holy Monks of the past have gradually sunk into oblivion just because of the bad apples that spoil the pot of soup! Sadly, these bad apples are the ones people intentionally leave open the lid and put in.
Don't think that what we mumble, what we think, no one knows, doesn't affect anyone and doesn't cause anything. What we mumble will creep into the subconscious every day and explode through language, actions, then create awareness, personality, lifestyle and silently control our fate in this life and the next. Buddhists call it Evil Thinking, it will lead to Evil Speech and Evil Karma.
The perception of the author of that song contains a lot of infatuation, I don't blame them because most people are like that. The content of the song only creates interest for people who still have too much attachment, it affects exactly what they are desire and cherish. Those who have wisdom and intelligence will certainly only smile when they hear this song, and you will not be surprised to see the majority following it so enthusiastically. But if you are infatuated, you do not need to pay attention to it, follow it, but put it aside and continue on your own path, the path of Mindfulness, of love and understanding. How I wish!