Track Listing

1. Under the Wings of Blessing
2. Great Prince of Peace and Universal Compassion
3. Five-Peak Wisdom Mountain
4. Daily Prayer and Practice of the Dalai Lama
5. Walking into the Himalaya to Meditate
6. Infinite Love
7. Great Arya Tara
8. Wisdom and Compassion
9. Perfection of Wisdom
10. Dagkar Taso Mila's Cave
11. For as Long as Space Endures

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105330 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Tibetan Meditation Music
In my opinion there is very little music truly suitable for meditation. One exception I can think of is Tony Scotts Music for Zen Meditation. This CD is remarkable. I read somewhere that it was like a cross between Nawang's sensational flute playing and Arvo Part's slow meditative music. That description comes very close. It is quite simply beautiful and the ideal accompaniment to meditation or just to listen to in order to relax. There are a few other instruments alongside the flute on this recording: cello, violin, oud, chimes. You would think that would be distracting or detract from the simple flute sounds, but it isn't and it doesn't. Someone on Amazon dot com wrote about how Nawang's chanting was too quiet. I think the hushed chanting of his beautiful language is stunning and I personally wouldn't want it any louder.
If you want peaceful, spiritual, slow music to really create space and stillness within, buy this CD. I am sure you won't be disappointed. I am off to look for his "Sounds of Peace" recording now.

Solemn music for prayer and chant
Tibetan flautist Nawang Khechog marks 20 years as a professional musician with his new release, Tibetan Mediation Music, a collection of 11 original compositions based on traditional meditative themes. The title might suggest otherwise, but except for sounds used to mark passages in services - such as gongs, bells, and trumpets - music is not a part of Buddhist mediation. It is employed here as the aural background to some of the more commonly used chants and prayers in the Tibetan tradition.

Nawang Khechog knows a bit about those, having in his youth been an ordained monk for 11 years. Among the pieces for which he has chosen to compose are chants to the Buddha, Manju Shri (the god of wisdom), Avalokiteshrava (the god of compassion), and Tara (a female goddess of compassion). There are also two songs based on classic Tibetan poetry, as well as a piece commissioned for the opening ceremony of a 2006 address from ten Nobel Peace Laureates.

Given its purpose, it's hardly surprising to find the music for this project is solemn and staid, built around Nawang's exceptional flute playing and his subdued, often whispered, chanting of the ancient invocations. Except for the marimba on The Great Prince of Peace, the music is played without rhythmic accompaniment and is adorned with bells, gongs and occasional sound effects, such as rolling thunder in The Perfection of Wisdom, or cowbells in Walking Into the Himalayas. These tonal explorations are enriched by the sound of violin, cello, and oud.

This is a lovely album of quiet music suitable for prayer, relaxation, yoga, or massage. It is can also be used to create a relaxing ambience for your work space.

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Tibetan Meditation Music
Simply stunning. One thing you do not want when you are meditating is any sudden jarring sounds which bring you back from a place of peace to the concerns of the present. This CD fulfills in spectacular style what it sets out to do. The music is nonintrusive and calming which allows you to carry on either meditating or reading or relaxing and just listening. As you listen you may find images coming to mind of relaxing water with trees shrouded in mist or other calming images and that is OK too. The flute playing is soft and gentle and is in harmony with the rhythms of your heart. A wonderful CD for your meditative journey.