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Listen
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Listen
is an album of Eastern chants and hymns rendered in Western
modern classic music forms with spacious instrumentation,
warm percussion textures and a jazzy bass line, journeying
from deep and sultry to lively and expansive on this collection
of songs from the Kundalini Yoga and Sikh traditions.
Its title comes from this quote, which is a translation
of a daily Sikh prayer about the sacredness of the sound
current and part of the lyrics on the chant "Sa Ray
Sa Sa".
"You were sent here to listen deeply ... Listen
with all of your being." - Guru Amar Das, 3rd
Guru of the Sikh faith
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Flow
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Released
Solstice 2005. Dedicated to my beloved spiritual teacher
Yogi Bhajan, the following mantras can be chanted any time,
but also can be practiced as a 40 day meditation.
Produced
by Thomas Barquee, this yoga chant and meditation CD is
sure to please. I have included on-line meditations with
photos for several of these chants below.
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Daily
Practice Sat Kartar
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This
recording is a collection of traditional mantras blended
with a healthy dose of Western grooves to chant-start
your day and "get your motor running".
Penetrating
vocals, accompanied by djembe, tamboura, bass, guitar,
and keys make this a wonderful addition to your sadhana/
morning spiritual routine. Better than coffee!
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K
I R T A N
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These
recordings are hymns or bhajans in the original Gurmukhi
language, sung in an Indian classical raga format. The
poetry of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, the scripture and
Guru-guide of the Sikh religion is the rich lyrical fabric
of all the music described below.
The
tracks include keyboards, tamboura, mandolin, and soft
ethereal vocals. Use of alap, or vocal improvisation is
a key feature in these songs to the Divine.
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Spirit
In Blossom
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This
features the beautiful raga scales of Rag Basant and Rag
Sorath. Basant is traditionally sung or played when the
spring season is beginning.
These
hymns or shabds are Divine poetry, describing the flowering
of the meditative mind, and soul. Rag Sorath is for the
time between 9PM to midnight. Its soothing sound is said
to help create mental composure and peace.
A
perfect vibration to retire with.
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Domain
Of Shiva
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Rag
Bhairo and Rag Dhanasri are featured on this tape. Bhairav
(or Bhairo) is the name of one of the giants who guards
the palace of Lord Shiva, Lord of the yogis, in his heavenly
domain, hence the album name.
Rag
Bhairo, heard early in the morning (4 - 7 AM), has a grand,
huge vibration that is somewhat heavy and serious, though
not sad. Ragini Dhansari (all ragas are male or female)
is done in the afternoon from 1 - 4 PM.
It
is a scale with the sound of deep longing, often pictured
as a woman missing her beloved so intensely, that she
keeps trying to draw his picture.
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