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I examined the folk songs derived from Buddhism in the book "The study of the history of Korean Buddhist music." It seems that the reason to recite the Amita-buddha and in the words of the folk songs still has not been researched.
The most of the words of the folk songs derived from Buddhism have been changed to as same as the ones of the common songs yet it is much interesting to recitd the Amita-buddha and Avalokitesvara on the burden.
This paper is to put the 'Hayngga' which was recorded in the document, into the category of the folk songs, and to investigate the contents related to the thought of the pure land, and to study the present words in regard with the thought of the pure land.
The Buddhists want to be born in the pure land thanks to the merits of the buddhas and bodhisattvas. The method for the practice to achieve their hope is reciting the Amita-buddha. It is the reason for the apparence of the name of the Amita-buddha in 'Hayngga' and folk songs.
It has been examined that the act of reciting the Amita-buddha coincides with the music act (reciting and sound, buddha and music) but reciting the Amita-buddha in the folk songs is because the people recite the Amita-buddha by the songs. It is obvious from the fact that the present words in the folk songs(san invocation) have been all changed into the ones in the common songs, but the recited the Amita-buddha still remains on the burden part.
I suggest that the pure land sect which is included in the invocation sect is the music sect. If it is so, not only the folk songs but also all buddhist music including the ones in the worship ritual are invocation, and music which is based on the thought of the pure land.
It is hard to imagine for the Buddhism without invocation. The buddhist music, from worship ritual to daily living, is the Buddhism itself. In the future, the invocation sect should lead in the deeper study and development of the Buddhist music from traditional to creative ones.