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Guru Mantra from the Album ´Bliss Divine´

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Guru Mantra

This track is from my Bliss of Kirtan album and is available for purchase on my website at this link: https://nateshkirtan.com/store. 

The track is a medley of two Ganesha chants written by Natesh.  The first is 'Vakratunda Mahakaya' and the second is 'Ganesha Sharanam Sharanam Ganesha' (which opens with the mantra Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha).  There is an instrumental transition between the two chants, which are in different keys.  The lyrics for the two different chants are as shown below.  

The track opens with a santoor intro by Madan Oak, and features Yvette Om and Joni Allen joining Natesh on call and response vocals.  In addition to Madan Oak on santoor, it also instrumentally features Steve Oda on sarod, Daniel Paul on tabla, Ben Leinbach on bass guitar, drums and percussion, and Natesh on guitars, drums and percussion.

The lyrics are:

OM Vakratunda Mahaakaaya Suryakoti Samaprabha 
  Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva Kaaryeshu Sarvadaa

Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha
Ganesha Sharanam Sharanam Ganesha

Meanings:

O, one with twisted trunk and enormous form, who shines more brilliantly than a billion Suns, please bless me that all obstacles be removed from all my endeavors, always.

Salutations to Ganapati (Ganesha).  I seek refuge in Ganesha.

Ganesha Medley

This track is from my Bliss of Kirtan album and is available for purchase on my website at this link: https://nateshkirtan.com/store.

Entire treatises are written about this ancient and powerful mantra and its meaning(s).  I've read that it originated from Shri Rudram, which in turn comes from the Yajurveda.  I show a very simple meaning following the lyrics.  It is known as the Great Redeeming Mantra and also as Panchakshara (the 5-Syllable mantra, which doesn't count the 'Om') amongst devotees of Lord Shiva, and there are also associations between those 5 syllables and the five elements.  I invite you to do your own research for more about this mantra.

This is the only track on the Bliss of Kirtan album where I sing all of the 'calls' of the call and response format.  The response "chorus" is comprised of Ben Leinbach, Monnie Ramsell, Prajna Vieira, Yvette Om and myself.  The chant has a very trance-like quality as it continually shifts back and forth between 2 different chords and the two lyric variations of the mantra.  

Instrumentally, the track features Steve Oda on sarod, Monnie Ramsell on esraj, Ben Leinbach on electric guitar, keyboard bass, drums and percussion, and myself on guitar, drums and percussion.  I recorded the sound of the thunderstorm that opens the track one night when the noise of the storm was preventing me from doing some other preliminary recording for the album.

The lyrics are:

Om Namah Shivaaya Om Namah Shivaaya

Shivaaya Namaha Om Namah Shivaaya

Meaning (simple):  

Salutations to Shiva

Shivaya Namaha Om Namah Shivaya

This track is from my Bliss of Kirtan album and is available for purchase on my website at this link: https://nateshkirtan.com/store.

This is a chant to Rama, Sita and Hanuman.  Lord Rama was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and his incarnation is said to have been for the restoration of righteousness.  Sita, his beloved, is considered to be an incarnation of Mahalakshmi, the Goddess of Abundance.  Hanuman, the beloved 'Monkey-God' who served Rama and Sita, is considered to be the epitome of devotion.

This chant has a section in the middle of the track that has the lyrics that are shown in parentheses in the lyrics section below.  The track begins with a sarod intro by Steve Oda, and features Joni Allen joining Natesh on call and response vocals and also exquisite improvisational vocals by Gina Salá later in the track. In addition to Steve Oda on sarod, it also instrumentally features Daniel Paul on tabla, Ben Leinbach on bass guitar, drums and hand percussion, and Natesh on guitar, drums and hand percussion.

The lyrics are:

Bolo Raam Bolo Raam Bolo Raam

Jaya Raama Sitaa Raama Jaya Raama Hanumaan

(Jaya Raama Sitaa Raama Hanumaan)

Meaning:

Sing the Name of Ram!  All Victory to Rama, Sita and Hanuman!

Bolo Ram

This track is from my Bliss of Kirtan album and is available for purchase on my website at this link: https://nateshkirtan.com/store.

There is also much written about this ancient mantra from the Rig Veda, and the first line (which is considered to be an invocation rather than part of the mantra).  I show one of the simpler interpretations following the lyrics.

This composition has two melodic parts.  After a couple of passes through the typical call-response-call-response for each melody, the chant then goes to one pass through each melody, with Gina Salá and I singing each part together, which would be the equivalent of shifting to everyone singing together rather than singing call and response in a live kirtan.  

Note that the mantra does not traditionally close with 'Om" but doing so in this composition creates a powerful 'pause' between each iteration.

The track opens with a cello intro by Eddie Young, and features Gina Salá joining me for call and response vocals.  Gina also sings some exquisite improvisational vocals, which are the focal point of the conclusion of the track (and the entire album).  In addition to Eddie Young on cello, it also instrumentally features Ben Leinbach on bass guitar and drums, and Natesh on guitar, drums and hand percussion.

The lyrics are:

Om Bhur Bhuvaha Svaha 
  Tat Savitur Varenyam*
    Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
      Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayaat  OM

* pronounced like 'Vareniyam'

Meaning:

O Supreme One, who pervades all matter, space and consciousness,
Whose Radiance illumines Existence, deserving all worship,
Pure and resplendent, we meditate upon you.
Lead our Intellect (towards Illumination).

Gayatri Mantra

Sri Hanuman Nad Yoga Choir:
SH - Voice, Swara Mandala, Tampura, Harmonium
Choir:
Adeline Mei Fan , Patricia Pellicer , Anne Zancanaro ,            Shandi Bouscatier 


Sri Devi - Navaratri Mantras by Sri Hanuman

Albom of songs that i like, from different parts of the world

Hara Hara Mahadeva (indian bhajan)

A beautiful track from the Sustaining Grace CD done by Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch. Lead voice on the recording is Prem Sadasivananda.  Enjoy!

Sustaining Grace

Twameva

Enjoy David Lurey & ShivaSamba Mantra Yoga at a 'kirtan rehearsal' night in Rio de Janeiro, April 2017.
We just put the microphone out and played... 
The next we played it live and this photo was taken!

Melody from:  Yopi Jay ( https://soundcloud.com/yopi-1  )

Jay Ganesha (Yopi Jay Version / Rehearsal with ShivaSamba Mantra Yoga)

Recorded Live in Satsang @ Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat, Bahamas.

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Natesh has been chanting in the kirtan tradition for over 40 years, first connecting with this transformational spiritual practice in 1979.  He has led regular kirtan in Sedona, AZ, since 2004 and has led kirtan at BhaktiFest, ShaktiFest and other festivals. He's composed over 200 chants since 2004 and his chants have been called “some of the most beautiful melodies I’ve heard" and his singing "deeply soulful." His Bliss of Kirtan album has evoked comments like "stunningly beautiful for the ear and for the soul" and "a lovely and profound offering."

In 2016, Natesh became deeply connected with Brahmarishi Mohanji (www.mohanji.org) and has composed a number of chants dedicated to Mohanji, some of which are here on Soundcloud.

Gayatri Mantra

Natesh Kirtan