“Your presence here enriches the quality of our worship,” the Dean of Yale Divinity School, Gregory Sterling, told His Holiness the Karmapa as he welcomed him to the university’s Institute of Sacred Music (ISM). The Institute of Sacred Music arranged a private concert for the Karmapa, himself both a performer and a composer of sacred music in his own Buddhist tradition.
「您的在場令我們的禮拜更上層樓。」耶魯大學神學院院長桂格瑞．斯特林(Gregory Sterling)在歡迎法王噶瑪巴蒞臨聖樂學院(Institute of Sacred Music) 時如是表示。耶魯聖樂學院特別為法王私下演出一場聖曲音樂會，而法王本身在自己的佛教傳統中就是聖樂作曲家兼唱誦者。

Exploring his interest in the music of other traditions is beginning to emerge as an additional theme of this university-centered trip, as His Holiness the Karmapa had operatic voice lessons in Redlands, heard a special arrangement of one of his own songs performed by a 26-person chorus and attended a spiritual open mic night at Princeton. On his last trip abroad to Germany, His Holiness had also attended vespers service at one of the country’s oldest Benedictine monasteries, where he shared in their chanting during worship.
在這次以大學訪問為主旋律的行程中，法王對其他傳統音樂的探索逐漸發展為副歌。之前，法王在雷德蘭茲大學(Redlands University)上過歌劇聲樂課，也聽過自己的作品「世界啊！」重新編曲後由26位合唱團團員的演出。在普林斯頓大學(Princeton University)時，法王參加過學生探討靈性的「開麥之夜」(open mic night)。而上次訪問德國時，法王曾在德國最古老的聖本篤(Benedictine)修道院中與修士們共修晚禱。

Several exceptionally talented students of the institute performed for His Holiness the Karmapa, showcasing Baroque voice and organ music from 17th-century Europe. The powerful soprano voice of Nola Richardson held her audience perfectly still as she sang a lament in Latin, accompanied by Ignacio Prego on harpsichord. Wyatt Smith performed two pieces on Yale’s Krigbaum pipe organ, which was tuned in meantone temperament, as were many organs used in the 17th century, the same period when the pieces he played were composed.
今天這場聖曲音樂會中，學院內幾位天賦異稟的學生，為法王演出巴洛克聲樂和十七世紀歐洲的管風琴樂。諾娜．瑞察森(Nola Richardson)純淨有力的女高音，在伊那西歐．培瑞歌(Ignacio Prego)的伴奏下，以一曲拉丁輓歌，令人全然凝神靜止。雅特．史密斯(Wyatt Smith)以耶魯大學的魁格本(Krigbaum)管風琴演出兩首十七世紀的樂曲，為呈現樂曲的古典原貌，這台管風琴還特別調音為十七世紀盛行於歐洲的中全音律( meantone temperament)。

After the final reverberations of the lower pedals of the organ through the chapel had given way to the sound of applause from the small private audience, His Holiness expressed his interest in viewing the pipe organ up close. The party proceeded upstairs, where the Karmapa examined the workings of the complex instrument and had a private demonstration of the principles of organ playing. His curiosity satisfied—at least for now—His Holiness made his way out of the building and on to his next activity on this rich a
曲終，由管風琴踏鍵控制的尾音在教堂中迴盪，但很快的就被法王一行的掌聲蓋過。法王表示希望能夠近觀這台管風琴，於是大家便上樓到琴房，讓法王仔細觀察這套結構複雜的樂器，當場有人為法王示範管風琴的演奏原理。好奇心滿足後，法王便繼續豐富多元的校園活動的下一站。