Meditative, hypnotic, minimal jazz for relaxation and sleep.  Rest.  Calm.  Clarity.  Peace.

Enchanted Skies

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Enchanted Skies | Meditative, Soothing, Soulful | Music for Peace & Relaxation

This track is from the album Dakini - Buddhist Chants In Praise Of The Sacred Feminne and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/indiajivawithayyayeshe

Long Dharani

A jam session at Deer Park Monastery with monastics and laypeople right before the Family Retreat on Jun 2011. Enjoy!

I am remembering who I am...

I am Remembering

A Plum Village song.  Words by Thich Nhat Hanh (with additional words by me.  Music by Betsy Rose

This performance and arrangement © Monica Max West

Animals, plants and minerals
Animals, plants and minerals

I vow to develop understanding
In order to live peacefully with people
Animals, plants and minerals
Animals, plants and minerals

Mmmm, ahhh, mmmm, ahhh, mmmm, ahhh

I vow to develop my compassion
In order to protect the lives of people
Animals, plants and minerals
Animals, plants and minerals.

Mmmm, ahhh, mmmm, ahhh, mmmm, ahhh

This is my vow, this is my vow
My two promises

Two Promises (Plum Village song)

Sun Spirit

White Bird, Blue Sky

Bamboo Forest

Hollow Bamboo 2

A warm summer night along the Carson River in northern Nevada.  Cottonwoods whisper in the breeze as crickets and cicada stridulate and poorwills and distant screech owls and coyotes call.  A beaver climbs out of the stream, stumbles through the leaf litter and begins chewing on a log.  Use headphones to pick up the subtleties of this relaxing track.

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Summer night at the River

A call-and-response song in the Plum Village tradition!
Originally discovered on YouTube (Verena Böttcher); first verse and chorus lyrics adapted from Leonard Cohen's "Anthem"
With additional lyrics (verses 2-4) by Monica Max West.
This performance, arrangement and recording © Monica Max West.

There is a crack!
There is a crack!

Forget your perfect offering 
There's still a bell that we can ring 
There is a crack in everything… there is a crack in everything

That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 
That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 

There is a crack!

Forget the drive to be a king
The here and now is happening
There is a crack in everything… there is a crack in everything

That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 
That's how - the light – gets in
…Gets in! 

Forget the flash, forget the bling
It’s the gift of presence we can bring
There is a crack in everything… there is a crack in everything

That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 
That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 

Forget compulsion in doing
Instead we’ll join our palms and sing
There is a crack in everything… there is a crack in everything

That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 
That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 
That's how - the light – gets in
That's how the light gets in! 
That's how - the light – gets in!

How The Light Gets In (Plum Village song)

A song written during the 2012 Holiday Retreat in Deer Park Monastery.
Music by Nhu-Mai Nguyen (www.soundcloud.com/sorbetskies)
Lyrics by Nhu-Mai and children from the Children's Program

The Sun! The Sun, it shines!
On my face and on my eyes
The su-u-u-un shines in my heart (2x)

The River! The River, it flows!
From the mountains to my toes
The ri-i-i-ver flows in my heart (2x)

Chorus:
From the mountains, the flowers,
The children, and the deer
We all love each other
There's a space for everyone in my heart

The Trees! The Trees, they sway!
And give oxygen everyday
The Tree-ee-ees they sway in my heart (2x)

The Birds! The Birds, they fly!
As a school of fish swim by
The Animals are all in my heart (2x)

From the Mountains, the flowers,
The children, and the deer
We all love each other
There's a space for everyone in my heart
There's a space for everyone in my heart
There's a home for everyone in my heart

All In My Heart (The Children's Song!)- Written by Nhu-Mai Nguyen

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