Marin gives birth to a new sound – dharma music

“Dharma music is a brand new thing,” says singer-songwriter Eve Decker, a retreat manager at Spirit Rock. “Buddhism in the East has chanting, and there is lyrical music for other spiritual traditions, but dharma music as a popular form for regular folks is just being born.”

Decker, who’s 47 and grew up in Mill Valley, has recorded what is believed to be the first dharma CD, “Commentary on Perfections of the Heart,” an acoustic folk-pop album based on the 10 paramis (teachings) of Buddhism – generosity, virtue, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, determination, loving-kindness and equanimity. …